¹ In the course of the journey, a driver with the necessary aptitude or the prescribed capacity must be on any vessel. An official shall be on board any floating equipment in service.

² Is deemed to be the driver who exercises the authority on board.

³ Any person who is not in a position, as a result of illness, physical or mental infirmity, abuse of alcoholic beverages or for other reasons, to safely conduct a vessel shall refrain from doing so.

¹ The members of the crew shall carry out the orders given to them by the driver within the limits of his duty and shall contribute to the observation of this Regulation.

² Any person on board shall be required to comply with the orders given to him by the driver in the interests of safety of navigation and order on board.

¹ Even in the absence of specific requirements in this Regulation, the driver shall take all the precautionary measures which the general duty of vigilance and the rules of current practice require, in order to avoid:

A.

To endanger and inconvenience people;

B.

Cause damage to other vessels, to the property of others, to the shoreline and to the vegetation along the shore or to any facility of any nature in or on the shoreline;

C.

Create barriers to navigation or fishing;

D.

Polluting the water or altering its properties.

² The driver must ensure that navigation is possible without danger and adapt the road to local conditions.

In order to avoid an imminent danger, the driver shall take the necessary measures, even if he is so obliged to depart from this Regulation.

¹ The load or number of persons mentioned in the navigation permit shall not be exceeded. If there are marks of draught or freeboard, the vessel shall not be loaded in such a way as to sink, in the stopped position, beyond the lower limit of those marks.

² The load shall be arranged so as not to endanger the safety of the vessel or to obstruct the visibility necessary for the conduct.

³ Where permitted, three children under 12 years of age may be counted for two adults on pleasure craft; one adult and two children under 12 years of age may board a vessel with a load capacity of two persons.

⁴ If the number of persons or the permissible load has not been fixed, the vessel must be loaded in such a way that safety is not compromised.

⁵ If the determination of the carrying capacity of passenger vessels is foreseen for the establishment of the navigation permits, the competent authorities shall apply the rules of the national legislation of their own State.

⁶ On vessels used for the public transport of persons either in regular service of line or for the rental, the carrying capacity assigned by the competent authority shall be indicated on a clear leaflet.

If a navigation permit is required for a vessel or a similar document is required, these documents must be on board and submitted whenever required by the competent authority.

It is forbidden to berth the signals of the waterway, to damage them and to render them unfit for their purpose and function.

When a vessel has moved or damaged a signal or a waterway-signalling installation, the driver must notify the police without delay.

In principle, drivers have the same obligation when they see possible damage to the signals and signalling installations of the waterway.

If a vessel has damaged a construction (bridge, pole, etc.), the driver must notify the police without delay.

¹ No person shall behave in such a manner as to cause or constitute a danger of water pollution.

² Any alteration in the physical or chemical quality of water that can, surely or likely, harm organisms living in water or create disadvantages for the use of water shall be considered pollution. Fuels, fuels and lubricants are considered to be polluting substances.

³ If a vessel is in danger of polluting the water, the driver must take all measures to reduce or eliminate the danger or pollution, and in any case notify the police or the competent authority without delay.

⁴ A driver who finds a substantial amount of fuel, lubricant or other substances likely to cause pollution in the water shall notify the police or the competent authority.

Noise, smoke, exhaust and odour emissions shall be kept within the limits compatible with the normal operation of the vessel, used in accordance with the rules.

¹ In the event of an accident, the driver shall take any measures necessary for the protection or rescue of persons on board.

² After a navigation accident, everyone involved must be made available so that their identity, the characteristics of their boat and the nature of their participation in the accident can be established. Any person whose conduct may have contributed to the accident shall be considered to be involved in a navigation accident.

³ The driver is required to provide immediate assistance to persons or vessels in danger, to the extent compatible with the safety of his or her own vessel. If necessary, it asks for assistance from third parties.

⁴ If there are any injured, dead or missing, the police must be notified without delay.

⁵ In the case of property damage in the absence of the injured party, the injured party shall notify the injured party as soon as possible.

When a vessel is failed or sunk and the safety of navigation is a hazard, the driver must show the signals provided for in s. 29 and 31 and take immediate action to avoid danger. If it is not possible to do so, the police must be notified without delay.

The competent authorities may remove, at the expense of the owner, the holder or the persons who caused the obstacle, stranded or sunken vessels and other objects that endanger or hinder navigation, when the Those involved do not eliminate them within the appropriate time limit. The competent authority shall not set a time limit in the event of imminent danger.

¹ Operators of vessels and fixed gear supervisors shall comply with the specific orders of the competent authorities, with a view to respecting the safety of traffic and avoiding difficulties in navigation.

² Operators of vessels and fixed gear supervisors shall also comply with temporary character requirements issued in special cases, such as water demonstrations, water works or on the banks, And in case of high or low water.

In the control operations, drivers and supervisors of fixed floating units shall provide the necessary support to the competent supervisory authorities.

¹ Without prejudice to the cases provided for in Art. 4 of the Convention and derogations from para. 5 of this Article, any vessel shall be provided with distinctive signs attributed by the competent authority.

² Distinctive signs shall be applied on each side of the vessel, in a prominent place, in legible and indelible Arabic Latin characters and numerals.

³ Characters and figures shall be at least 8 cm high for vessels not exceeding 15 m in length, at least 20 cm for other vessels. The width and thickness of the strokes will be adapted to the height. The characters and numbers must be clear on a dark or dark background.

⁴ The competent authority may prescribe the use of control plates.

⁵ Not subject to the obligation to bear distinctive signs:

A.

Vessels from the navigation undertakings to the benefit of concessions for regular line services;

B.

Vessels with a length of less than 2.5 m;

C.

Canoes, kayaks and other similar boats without engines as well as windsurfing boards;

D.

Rowing boats.

The vessels referred to in the letter shall be distinguished by their name or the initials of the undertaking, followed by figures; the vessels referred to in the let. B, c and d shall bear, in a conspicually visible place, a plate or similar object with the Indications concerning the owner or holder.

¹ In a place that is visible, easily accessible and ineffable, must be affixed:

A.

On the hull: - the brand or name of the manufacturer and the type;

B.

On the engine: - the brand or name of the manufacturer and the type,

-the construction number.

² Such indications may be struck on a wafer, fixed by welding, riveting or any other equivalent means.

¹ Passenger vessels and floating gear shall be marked on each side of the maximum draught marks, placed in the middle of the length of the vessels. Ship-to-goods vessels shall be marked on each side of the maximum draught marks, respectively, at a distance of the bow and stern corresponding to about one sixth of their length.

² The draught marks shall have a length of 30 cm and a height of 4 cm. They shall be indelibly marked in a light colour on a dark background or in a dark colour on a clear background, in such a way that their lower edge corresponds to the greatest draught.

The boats carry, from night to day, the panels, pavilions and balloons prescribed. The signals are reproduced in Annex 1.

¹ Prescribed lights will be placed so that they are visible. Unless otherwise provided, they must be visible on the horizon and emit a uniform and continuous light.

² By dark night and clear air, the range will be at least:

¹ Prescribed panels, pavilions and balloons are positioned to be clearly visible. Their colours must be easily recognizable. The shortest side of the boats and pavilions will be at least 60 cm. The balloons of the liner panels with a length of more than 15 m must be at least 60 cm in diameter and 30 cm in diameter for the other vessels.

² Balloons may be replaced by equivalent devices excluding any confusion.

¹ No person shall wear visual signals other than those provided for or used in conditions other than those prescribed or permitted.

² Notwithstanding the above, the use of other lamps and signals may be permitted for communication between ships in regular service of line or between such vessels and the land, provided that they do not amenable to confusion with the lights and signals Mentioned in this Regulation.

³ The use of flags which may impede the visibility or complicate the identification of the signals provided for in this Regulation shall be prohibited.

¹ When lamps prescribed by this Regulation cease to function, they shall be replaced without delay by emergency lamps having characteristics as close as possible to those of the prescribed lamps.

² If the emergency lights cannot be put into service immediately and the safety requires it, a clear white light on the horizon will be set up.

It is forbidden to use lights and projectors

A.

That may be confused with the prescribed fire;

B.

That produce glare and endanger or interfere with navigation.

¹ Motor boats shall bear:

A.

A flagpole or a bow fire consisting of a strong white light, visible only on an arc of 225 ° , arranged to project its light on 112 ° 30 ¢ On each side of the vessel (i.e. bow to 22 ° 30 ¢ On the rear of each edge) and placed on the longitudinal plane in the front half of the boat, at a height of not less than 3 m above the plane of the largest sinking;

B.

Two set lights set, starboard by a light green light, to port by a light red light. Each of these lamps shall be visible only on an arc of horizon of 112 ° 30 ¢ , that is, the bow until 22 ° 30 ¢ On the back of the way. These lamps shall be placed at the same height and on the same perpendicular to the longitudinal plane of the vessel. In addition, they shall be placed 1 m lower at least than the white light of the mast or bow referred to in the letter a; when required, the green and red lights shall be hidden inside the vessel so that the green light does not Can be seen as starboard, or a starboard red light;

C.

A stern lamp, consisting of a white light visible only on an arc of horizon of 135 ° Placed in the longitudinal plane in such a way that it projects its light to 67 ° 30 ¢ On starboard and on 67 ° 30 ¢ To port. If this is not possible because of the particular layout of the harbour, the fire may be placed outside of this plan.

² Power-driven vessels less than 15 m in length are also permitted:

A.

Clear fires in place of powerful fires;

B.

A white light visible from all sides, placed in the longitudinal axis of the boat, instead of the flagpoles and stern lights;

C.

The distance between the intersection of the line of the lights and the axis of the vessel shall be at least 0.5 m;

D.

Moreover, if the propellant is less than 6 kW, the boats can carry only one ordinary white light, visible from all sides.

¹ In the course of the journey, sailing vessels and sails in isolation and any towed vessel must show a white light.

² Instead of the only white light, sailboats may carry:

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The side lights and stern lamp provided for in s. 26, para. 1, let. B and c. In addition, this marking may be supplemented by two superimposed lights at the top of the mast, with the upper light being red, the lower green;

-

Or a single combined fire (tricolor lantern) at the head of the mast.

Ships in regular service of line shall bear:

A.

At night, in addition to the prescribed lights prescribed in s. 26, para. 1, a clear green light visible over the horizon as far as possible 1 m higher than the flagpole or bow fire;

B.

Of the day, a green ball.

¹ Vessels in the parking lot, with the exception of those that are moored at the shore or at an officially authorized parking lot, carry a white light, visible on the horizon.

² Where required by the safety of navigation, the buoyant apparatus shall be illuminated in such a way that its contours are recognizable.

Vessels assigned to special tasks (measures, hydrological research and rescue actions) who wish to be protected against the eddy and the suction effect shall bear, with the agreement of the competent authority:

A.

At night, in addition to prescribed lights, a regular red light and a white light placed approximately 1 m below the first;

B.

Of the day, a pavilion whose upper half is red, the lower half white. This pavilion can be replaced by two superimposed pavilions, the upper flag being red, the lower white flag.

¹ When a vessel is forced to anchor in such a way as to constitute a hazard to navigation, it shall bear:

A.

At night, a white light that is placed at least 1 m above the white light prescribed in s. 29;

B.

, two superimposed white pavilions.

² Where required by the safety of navigation, the position of the anchor shall be reported at night by a white light, day by a yellow floating body.

¹ Police boats can show a glittering blue light when they are in urgent service. With the agreement of the competent authority, firemen boats, pollution control services and rescue services can carry this sparkling blue light when they are in urgent service.

² If a vessel of the police or border or fishery monitoring services wants to enter communication with another vessel, it must show the flag letter "K" of the international signal code (flag of which half the hampe side is Yellow and the other blue half).

¹ During the laying and raising of nets, professional fishing vessels shall bear:

A.

At night, a yellow light;

B.

By day, a yellow ball.

² The boats carrying out the sport fishing by day carry a white ball.

¹ When diving underwater from the shore, a sign reproducing the letter "A" of the international signal code (pavilion in the shape of two-pointed handlebars, half of which is white and the other half blue) must be placed.

² When diving offshore, the signal referred to in para. 1 must be visible from all sides; at night and in time, the intended signal must be illuminated in a visible manner.

¹ If necessary, any vessel shall be capable of transmitting the sound signals provided for in this Regulation.

² The prescribed sound signals and those admitted and whose meaning is summarized in Annex 2 shall be issued:

A.

On motorized vessels, except pleasure craft, by means of audible alarms operated mechanically or electrically;

B.

On other vessels, by means of an appropriate horn or horn. For rowboats and sailing vessels up to 15 m ² On the surface, a whistle is enough.

³ To ensure the audibility of sound signals, audible alarms must be placed high enough so that the sound can propagate forward and as far as possible to the rear.

¹ Sound signals shall be emitted in constant intensity sounds.

² The bell tower has a duration of about four seconds. It can be replaced by hitting a metal object.

³ Police vessels and other services authorized in emergency response may use a two-tone alarm or siren.

⁴ No person shall emit sound signals other than those provided for or used in conditions other than those prescribed or authorized.

¹ Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Regulation, drivers shall comply with the requirements and take account of the recommendations or indications which are brought to their knowledge by the signals of the waterway or those which are On the banks and reproduced in Annex 3.

² The competent authority shall determine the location and type of signals to be installed.

¹ Waterbodies that are not permitted to navigate are marked with yellow spherical buoys. This signage may be supplemented by signs A. 1.

² Water bodies that are restricted to certain categories of boats only are marked with yellow spherical buoys and signs indicating the nature of the ban (A. 2, A. 3 or A. 4).

³ Water bodies and corridors reserved for the departure and arrival of water skiing in riparian areas shall be marked with yellow spherical buoys and, on the shore, by means of E. 5 panels. At the corridors, the offshore buoys have a double diameter of that of the other buoys; the top of the left buoy is painted red, that of the right buoy in green.

⁴ The channels of access to the ports and the mouths of rivers or canals can be reported, from the wide, to the left, by red buoys of cylindrical shape, to the right, by green buoys of conical shape, or by fixed signals. At night, the signs may consist of red flashing lights on the left, green on the right.

⁵ River channels and channels may be marked with signs A. 11 or D. 2.

¹ At night and in the case of reduced visibility, access to the ports open to general traffic is reported on the right-hand pole, seen from the wide, by a green light and on the one on the left, by a red light. It is permitted to place an additional direction light, yellow in colour.

² Passports for passenger vessels located outside the ports are, at night and per time buoy, reported as a general rule by one or more red lights. A yellow direction lamp may be placed at an additional charge.

³ After agreement with the competent authority, ports and landings other than those referred to in paras. 1 and 2 can be reported in the same way.

⁴ The lamps referred to in paras. 1 and 2 can be glittering fires.

The sound signals provided for in Annex 2, or yellow scintillating lights, may be emitted from fixed installations by fog and muted time.

In the event that a storm warning system is established, the signals relating thereto shall be as follows:

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Caution signal (scintillating amber light at approximately 40 light appearances per minute) to emit as soon as possible in the event of danger of arrival more or less close to tempestuous winds;

-

Storm signal (scintillating amber light at about 90 appearances per minute) to be issued in the event of imminent storm danger.

¹ The driver shall adjust the speed of the vessel so as to be able, at all times, to meet its obligations in the traffic. It must execute any maneuver early enough so as not to create confusion.

² Road and speed changes must not create a collision hazard.

¹ Vessels less than 2.5 m in length and beach gear, pneumatic gear and any type of other small amusement and play equipment shall only sail close to the shore and within a band of 150 M from shore; in no case can they be fitted with an engine.

² Canoes, kayaks and other similar boats without engines as well as rowing boats and sailboards are not subject to this provision.

Every ship shall depart from the route of the vessels which show the sparkling blue light referred to in Art. 32, para. 1, or emit the sound signals referred to in s. 36, para. 3. If necessary, they reduce their speed or stop.

In case of encounter and exceedance, and subject to art. 44:

A.

All vessels depart from vessels in regular line service;

B.

Each vessel, with the exception of vessels in regular line service, diverts from the cargo vessels;

C.

Each vessel, with the exception of regular line vessels and cargo vessels, departs from professional fishing vessels carrying the signals referred to in s. 33;

D.

Each vessel, with the exception of regular line vessels, cargo vessels and professional fishing vessels bearing the signals referred to in s. 33, departs from sailing vessels;

E.

Each motorized vessel, with the exception of regular line vessels, cargo vessels and professional fishing vessels bearing the signals referred to in s. 33, departs from rowing boats.

Subject to the priorities set out in s. 45, the following rules apply:

A.

When two motorized vessels follow routes that are directly opposite or slightly opposite in order to cause a collision, each of them must come on starboard in order to pass each other on board. Where a vessel cannot determine with certainty that such a situation exists, it must admit that it exists and act accordingly;

B.

When two motorized vessels follow roads that cross in such a way as to cause a collision, the vessel that sees the other by starboard must depart from the other's route.

¹ Subject to the priorities set out in s. 45, a boat that catches up with another is out of the way of the catch.

² A vessel must be considered a vessel that catches up with another vessel when it is closer to another by moving from a direction of more than 22.5 ° On the back of the latter, that is, which is in such a position, in relation to the boat that is caught up, that it could, at night, see only the stern lamp but none of the lights on the side of it.

³ When a vessel cannot determine with certainty that it is catching up with another vessel, it must admit that this situation exists and act accordingly.

⁴ No subsequent change in the position of the two vessels shall allow the vessel to catch up with the other vessel, within the meaning of these Rules, or to release it from the obligation to depart from the catch of the vessel Until it has completely overtaken and parsed.

¹ When two sail boats approach each other in order to cause fear of a collision, one of them must maneuver in the following way to leave the road on the other:

A.

When each of them receives the wind from a different edge, the boat that receives the port wind must leave the road free;

B.

When all two vessels receive the wind from the same vessel, the vessel that is in the wind shall leave the vessel under the wind free;

C.

If a vessel that receives the port wind sees a boat in the wind and cannot determine with certainty whether the other vessel receives the wind of port or starboard, it must maneuver in such a way as to leave the road on the other side free.

² For the purpose of applying this rule, the side from which the wind comes from is that of the side opposite the edge where the dome of the large sail is located.

¹ Vessels that must depart from other vessels must leave the space necessary for them to continue their journey and manoeuvre. They shall maintain a distance of at least 50 m in relation to ships in regular line service bearing the signals referred to in s. 28 and a distance of at least 200 m if at the rear of the professional fishing boats.

² As far as possible:

A.

Pleasure craft shall maintain the distances provided for in para. 1 in relation to vessels that are trolling and bear the signal referred to in s. 33, para. 2;

B.

Cargo vessels shall be held at a distance of not less than 200 m if at the rear of the professional fishing craft that bear the signal referred to in s. 33, para. 1.

In case of danger of collision, art. 45 to 47 are, however, applicable without restriction.

Every vessel shall be kept at a distance of not less than 50 m from the vessels or shore sites reported in accordance with s. 34.

¹ Vessels must adjust their speed to avoid the formation of backwater or suction effects that could damage vessels in the parking lot or on the road or in the facilities. In particular, they must reduce their speed on time, taking into account the dimensions and characteristics of the ships of the liner service, but at the same time keeping the speed necessary for safe navigation:

A.

At the ports of entry;

B.

In the vicinity of vessels berthed near shore or landing craft, or close to vessels loading or unloading;

C.

In the vicinity of vessels parked at authorized locations;

D.

Near the aquatic vegetation fields.

² In relation to vessels carrying the signals prescribed in s. 30, the other vessels shall reduce their speed in accordance with para. 1 and maintain as wide a gap as possible.

¹ Vessels unable to manoeuvre should swing a red flag or red light when other vessels approached. They can also send the sound signal "four short sounds".

² Any other vessel must move away from vessels unable to manoeuvre.

¹ Vessels coming out of a port shall have priority over those who enter the port, unless they are ships in regular service of line or vessels in distress. Ships in regular online service, or those in distress, announced their entry early, however, by issuing "three extended sounds".

² Vessels shall not interfere with the entry and exit of ports. It is forbidden to stay near the entrance to the ports.

³ Vessels shall not approach the landing craft in such a way as to interfere with the docking or departure of vessels in regular line service; they shall not moor.

¹ Motorized vessels, with the exception of regular service vessels and professional fishing vessels, may only travel through the inner riparian area to berth or leave, park or cross narrow crossings.

During these manoeuvres, they must follow the shortest route and not exceed the speed of 10 km/h.

² It is prohibited to navigate in protected areas and in aquatic vegetation fields such as reeds, rushes and water lilies.

The governments of the Contracting States may prescribe a minimum distance.

¹ The use of water skis or similar equipment shall be authorised only by day and in good visibility, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the latest.

² The use of water skis or similar equipment is prohibited in the riparian zone outside the officially accepted corridors for departure and arrival, as well as water surfaces reserved for that purpose.

³ The driver of the tug boat must be accompanied by a person in charge of the trailer service and the supervision of the skier who is capable of carrying out this role.

⁴ The tug boat and water skier must be kept at a distance of at least 50 m from any other vessel and bathers. The tension cord should not be elastic. It must not be dragged into a vacuum.

⁵ It is prohibited to tow more than two water skiers simultaneously.

⁶ The towing of flying machines (kites, parastators and similar gears) is also prohibited.

⁷ Competent authorities may authorise exceptions.

¹ The use of water scooters or similar equipment is prohibited on the Swiss waters of Lake Lugano and Lake Maggiore independently of their type of propulsion.

² The competent authorities may admit exceptions for pre-authorized nautical events and on areas of a limited and defined scope.

³ Authorisations shall be valid only on the day, in good visibility and provided that the event does not significantly impede the use of the lake, navigation, fishing and that it does not harm the environment.

⁴ The organisers of nautical events must be provided in an appropriate manner.

⁵ Jurisdiction over Italian waters rests with the local authorities which regulate the matter within the framework of national and international legal requirements.

¹ On a bumped time (fog, snow gust, etc.), vessels that cannot transmit prescribed visual and sound signals that do not have a compass should not be released. If the weather turns along the way, these boats must win a port or get closer to the shore as quickly as possible.

² With the exception of vessels in regular line service, vessels must reduce their speed on the basis of reduced visibility and stop if circumstances so require.

³ When the visibility conditions so require and when the distance between the wheelhouse and the bow is greater than 15 m, a lookout shall be placed on the vessels. It must be able to communicate with the driver.

On time, the ships in regular service of the line issued "two extended sounds", the other boats "one prolonged sound". These signals are repeated at least once a minute.

¹ The radar can be used as an auxiliary navigation device when the observer is able to use the device and interpret the information it provides.

² The vigie prescribed in s. 56, para. 3, is not required in the case of radar use.

³ The use of radar shall not relieve the obligation to comply with all the provisions of this Regulation.

To request relief, a vessel in distress may use the following means of signalling:

A.

Circularly shake a red flag, fire or other appropriate object;

B.

Fire red rockets or show other red light signals;

C.

Issue a series of extended sounds;

D.

Emit by acoustic or optical means the signal composed of the group • • • --- • • • (SOS) Morse code;

E.

Issue bell-volleys;

F.

Make slow and repeated motions from top to bottom of the extended arms on each side.

¹ Boats shall choose their place of parking so as not to interfere with navigation.

² Parking vessels must be anchored or secured in a secure manner, taking into account the turbulence caused by the boats on the road. They must be able to track changes in water levels.

³ Anchor is prohibited in the vicinity of reported fishing nets and gear.

¹ The navigation under the arcades of the Melide causeway and in the narrow passage of Lavena is governed by a particular signage, both diurnal and nocturnal.

² The central arcade of the Melide bridge is reserved exclusively for boats in regular line service. The other boats pass under the other arcades.

In the narrow passage of Lavena (Stretto di Lavena), the boats sailing in the direction of Ponte Tresa have priority over those who come. Ships in regular line service always have priority over other vessels.

The driver's licence shall contain at least the following particulars:

A.

Surname and given name, photograph, home, date of birth and signature of the holder of the driving licence;

B.

Category;

C.

Conditions and decisions of the authority;

D.

Authority that issued the permit, place and date of establishment.

¹ The navigation permit shall contain at least the following particulars:

A.

Type of vessel and name of manufacturer;

B.

Distinctive signs or name of vessel;

C.

Place of registration of the vessel or its usual parking place;

D.

Length and width out of all;

E.

Number of persons or carrying capacity;

F.

Engine type, brand and power;

G.

Velic surface;

H.

Minimum crew (for passenger and cargo vessels and for floating equipment only);

I.

Conditions and obligations imposed by the authority;

K.

The name and address of the owner or holder;

L.

Authority that has established the permit, place and date of issue.

² The registration document must contain at least the particulars of para. 1, let. A, b, f, g, k and l.