Article 9.04, para.6 - Application of Article 3.14, para. 1

With respect to Article 3.14 para. 1:

(a) In the case of seagoing vessels operating only temporarily in inland navigation areas, the competent authorities may authorize the use of the day and night signals prescribed in the Recommendations on the Safe Transport of Dangerous Cargoes and Related Activities in Port Areas adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (by night an all-round fixed red light and by day flag “B” of the International Code of Signals), instead of the signals prescribed in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this article;

(b) The competent authorities may prescribe red lights (or cones) instead of blue lights (or cones).

Note by the secretariat:

In accordance with article 9.04, paragraph 6, the following administrations authorize (a) seagoing vessels operating only temporarily in inland navigation areas the use of the day and night signals prescribed in the Recommendations on the Safe Transport of Dangerous Cargoes and Related Activities in Port Areas adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization (by night an all-round fixed red light and by day flag “B” of the International Code of Signals), instead of the signals prescribed in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of article 3.14 and (b) prescribe red lights (or cones) instead of blue lights (or cones):

1. Belgium: yes, (a) only;
2. Belarus: yes, (b) only;
3. Lithuania: yes, (a) only;
4. Romania: article 1.02, paragraph 2, Part II, Special Rules of Navigation on the Danube, the sector between Sulina and Brăila Port (km 175) of “Rules of Navigation on the Danube in the Romanian sector” - edition 2013;
5. Russian Federation: yes, (b);
6. Serbia: yes, (a) and (b); (b) - only for vessels carrying explosive goods;
7. Turkey: yes, (b) only;
8. Ukraine: yes, (a) only.