Danube Commission (1948)

Danube Commission
Members   Observers
Administrative center	Budapest, Hungary
Official languages	French German Russian
Membership	Austria  Bulgaria  Croatia  Germany  Hungary  Moldova  Romania  Serbia  Slovakia  Ukraine
Establishment	11 May 1949
Website www.danubecommission.org

The Danube Commission (French: Commission du Danube; German: Donaukommission; Russian: Дунайская комиссия, romanized: Dunayskaya komissiya; Ukrainian: Дунайська комісія, romanized: Dunayska komisiya) is concerned with the maintenance and improvement of navigation conditions of the Danube River, from its source in Germany to its outlets in Romania and Ukraine, leading to the Black Sea. It was established in 1948 by seven countries bordering the river, replacing previous commissions that had also included representatives of non-riparian powers. Its predecessor commissions were among the first attempts at internationalizing the police powers of sovereign states for a common cause.

Members include representatives from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine.

The commission dates to the Paris Conferences of 1856, which established for the first time an international regime to safeguard free navigation on the Danube, and of 1921, which resurrected the international regime after the First World War.^[1]