The Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine, or CCNR (French: Commission Centrale pour la Navigation du Rhin) is the world's oldest international organization. Its function is to encourage European prosperity by guarenteeing a high level of security for navigation of the Rhine and environs. An international organization (also called intergovernmental organization) is an organization of international scope or character. ... Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...

Palais du Rhin, seat of the CCNR

History

Today the Commission is physically based in Strasbourg, in Le Palais du Rhin. Legally, its authority comes from agreements made at the Congress of Vienna, held in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The member states then included Germany, Belgium, France, the Low Countries, and Switzerland. City flag City coat of arms Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Département Bas-Rhin (67) Région Alsace Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Intercommunality Urban Community of Strasbourg City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 78. ... The Congress of Vienna by Jean-Baptiste Isabey, 1819. ... The Battle of New Orleans 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Allies: • Great Britain/United Kingdom, • Prussia, • Austria, • Sweden, • Russia, • and Others • France • Denmark-Norway • Poland Casualties Full list The Napoleonic Wars consisted of a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ... The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries (see Country) on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers. ...

The first meeting took place on August 15, 1816 in Mainz. In 1831 the Convention of Mainz was adopted, establishing a number of the first laws governing Rhine navigation. In 1861 the commission's seat was moved to Mannheim, and on October 17, 1868, the Convention of Mannheim was agreed to. This agreement still governs the principles of Rhine navigation today. Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Mannheim is a city in Germany. ...

Shortly after the end of the First World War, in 1920, the commission's headquarters was moved to Strasbourg as a part of the Treaty of Versailles. In 2003 the European Commission asked for the permission of the Council of Ministers to negotiate the adhesion of the EU to the regulations of the CCNR and the Commission of the Danube, especially given the prospective enlargement of the EU. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Woodrow Wilson with the American Peace Commissioners For other treaties with this name, see Treaty of Versailles (disambiguation) The Treaty of Versailles (1919) was the peace treaty which officially ended World War I between the Allied and Associated Powers and the German Empire. ... The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... The Council of the European Union forms, along with the European Parliament, the legislative arm of the European Union (EU). ...

External links

• Commission Website