1. Current state of play in the NtS Expert Group Danube Commission RIS Workshop Budapest 11 th April 2011

2. Agenda Legal background Task Forces RIS Index Implementation status Plans for 2011 Summary Slide -2-11.04.2011.State of play

3. Legal background Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2007 (under amendment procedure) CCNR: Standard for Notices Skippers Edition 3.0 Danube Commission  referring to UNECE standard UNECE: International Standards for Notices to Skippers and for Electronic Ship Reporting in Inland Navigation - Resolution No. 60 Slide -3-11.04.2011.State of play

4. Task Forces XML Enhancement Webservice User friendly NtS Joint Task Force on the RIS Index Slide -4-11.04.2011.State of play

5. RIS Index Interoperable and open river information services Location codes in the RIS key technologies No regulatory framework for the RIS Index so far RIS Index enhanced and maintained by the NtS Expert Group Slide -5-11.04.2011.State of play

6. RIS Index European Reference Data Management System RIS Index Encoding Guide Joint Task Force established: – unambiguous encoding guide for the ISRS location code – elaborate a proposal for the unambiguous encoding of waterway networks – provide a proposal based on the RIS Index for a revision of the Annex I of Directive 2005/44/EC Slide -6-11.04.2011.State of play

7. Implementation status XSD version 3.0 National implementations IRIS Europe II project – Fairway and traffic, water level, ice, weather messages – Webservice implementation NEWADA – Danube FIS Portal Slide -7-11.04.2011.State of play

8. Plans for 2011 Supporting the European Commission in issuing the amended regulation Upgrading the RIS Index Encoding Guide and advise the European Commission on the relevant regulation Clarification and enhancement of the XML message Clarification and application of the NtS webservice technology Co-operation with the relevant projects such as PLATINA, IRIS Europe II, NEWADA etc. Slide -8-11.04.2011.State of play

9. Summary Legal framework – Commission regulation under amendment More than 80 members in the NtS Expert Group Ensuring high level of expertise Implementation works in several countries Webservice RIS Index Slide -9-11.04.2011.State of play

10. Slide -10-11.04.2011.State of play http://www.ris.eu

11. Thank you for your kind attention! Róbert Rafael robert.rafael@rsoe.hu nts@ris.eu