THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL REGIME OF FREE NAVIGATION ON THE DANUBE

Nemanja Danilović

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the origins and development of the international regime of free sailing on the Danube. The focus is on the international agreements and conventions upon which the legislation of the principles of sailing on the Danube was or is still based. The author uses the descriptive method to discuss the occurrences and processes that preceded the establishment of certain international agreements. Furthermore, they use the comparative method to compare the occurrences and processes that preceded the making of an international agreement regarding sailing on the Danube with the occurrences and processes that brought about either its revocation or its ratification. This paper chronologically describes the process of the legal shaping of the regime of free sailing on the Danube through the segment of historical occurrences and processes.

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