BASIC PROJECT DATA

 

Project ID: PA1A174

Project Website: https://www.viadonau.org/en/company/project-database/comex2-river-information-services-corridor-management-execution2

 

 

STATUS  AND  TIMEFRAME

Start date: February 2023
End date: March 2028

 

FINANCING

Total budget: EUR 36,456,050
EU funds: max. 50 % CEF2 (Connecting Europe Facility)

 

 

NEED AND ADDED VALUE FOR THE DANUBE REGION STRATEGY

COMEX² succeeds the international RIS COMEX project will take up the baton for the harmonised implementation and optimisation of River Information Services (RIS) in Europe – including the Danube Region – over the coming years.
With a focus on the future-oriented further development of national systems and services, the programme also includes improving the resilience of the systems and services at the Danube locks and the relaunch of the national ship registration database.

 

OBJECTIVE(S) OF THE PROJECT

COMEX² shall continue, expand and optimise the in EuRIS provided services and data on functional, technical and geographical scope for the benefit of the stakeholders. Focus is also put on making the organisational, legal and financial framework for sustainable operation of EuRIS more flexible and future fit to enable onboarding of additional partners and to ease administrative aspects.

Next to EuRIS, COMEX² will tackle the optimisation of CEERIS and, where applicable, of other electronic reporting systems and applications and put a focus on their interconnection to foster the reporting only once principle within European inland waterway transport. This certainly also includes the necessary legal framework for international exchange of related data.

Other pillars of COMEX² are continuous stakeholder management, measures to foster digitalisation within Inland Waterway Transport, as well as other national and international priorities.

 

PLANNED PROJECT ACTIVITIES

• Assessment of EuRIS, electronic reporting in Europe and other relevant European initiatives (e.g. DIWA, eFTI) to identify needs and requirements to be considered in COMEX²
• Evolution of the EuRIS Platform in terms of functional and technical optimisation of services, data and interfaces, geographical extension to more waterways and countries as well as ensuring continuous sustainable operation
• Optimisation, interconnection and integration of existing reporting systems to reduce the administrative reporting burden within Inland Waterway Transport, enabling the reporting only once principle in Europe
• Investigation and realisation of common services (e.g. geographical reference data, mobile solution, NtS creator)
• Enhancements of national RIS systems and services to act as sustainable and resilient data source
• Support of and contribution to the evolution of the standardisation of RIS technical services under the framework of CESNI/TI

 

TRANSBOUNDARY IMPACT

The project – coordinated by viadonau – covers 20 partners from 13 European countries as well as three cooperation partners from Switzerland, Serbia and Ukraine and is fostering the international collaboration on all major European waterways.

 

PROJECT TEAM

Project leader: via donau – Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft
Address: Donau-City-Straße 1, 1220 Vienna, Austria

Project partner(s):  

• Belgium: De Vlaamse Waterweg nv
• Bulgaria: Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure
• Croatia: Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure
• Czech Republic: Ministry of transport, Directorate for waterways, State Navigation Administration
• France: Voies navigables de France
• Germany: Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
• Hungary: Ministry of Construction and Transport, RSOE, General Directorate of Water Management
• Nederlands: Rijkswaterstaat
• Poland: Ministry of Infrastructure, Inspectorate of Inland Navigation (Szczecin)
• Romania: Romanian Naval Authority, Danube River Administration of Galati, Administration of the Navigable Canals
• Slovakia: Ministry of Transport of the Slovak Republic
• Luxembourg: Ministry of Mobility and Public Works

Cooperation partners:

• Switzerland: Port of Switzerland
• Serbia: Plovput
• Ukraine

 

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES  /  TARGET GROUPS

Authorities and logistics users involved in inland navigation.

 

PROJECT ENVIRONMENT

PROJECT CROSS – REFERENCE

IRIS Europe II (PA1A008)
IRIS Europe 3 (PA1A019)
RIS COMEX (PA1A120)

EUSDR EMBEDDING

EUSDR COMPLIANCE

 

META  DATA

Data provided by: viadonau, Austria – 02.01.2026