| Commission centrale pour la navigation du Rhin (French) Zentralkommission für die Rheinschifffahrt (German) Centrale Commissie voor de Rijnvaart (Dutch) | |
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| Abbreviation | CCNR |
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| Formation | 1815 |
| Type | IGO |
| Headquarters | Palais du Rhin, Strasbourg (France) |
Region served | Rhine basin |
Membership | Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland |
Main organ | Secretariat |
| Website | www |
The Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine (CCNR; French: Commission centrale pour la navigation du Rhin; German: Zentralkommission für die Rheinschifffahrt; Dutch: Centrale Commissie voor de Rijnvaart) is an international organisation with five member countries, whose function is to encourage European prosperity by guaranteeing a high level of security for navigation of the Rhine and environs. Founded in 1815, it is the world's oldest international organization still in operation.[1][2] It has been based in Strasbourg, France, since 1920. Lucia Luijten from the Netherlands has been its Secretary General since November 1, 2021.
- ^ European Yearbook, volume XLII (1994) p. CCR1 at Google Books
- ^ Klemann, Hein A.M.; Klemann, Hein A. M. (2017), "The Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine, 1815-1914. Nineteenth Century European Integration.", The Rhine: A Transnational Economic History, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, pp. 31–68, doi:10.5771/9783845284736-31, ISBN 978-3-8487-4204-2, retrieved 2 August 2020