The Central Commission has a long tradition of international cooperation with other international organisations, with non-member States, and with non-governmental organisations involved in inland navigation. This is because the CCNR’s activity has an impact, beyond the Rhine, on all inland navigation throughout Europe. The CCNR has indeed always been in favour of the integration of inland navigation at the European and international level.
The CCNR’s international cooperation is mentioned in Article 44 quinquies of the Mannheim Document.