On 12^th November 2020 the General Director of the Secretariat of the Danube Commission, Mr. Manfred Seitz, took part online in Exchange of views on development in the EU inland waterways transport

The 6^th METEET workshop was held as a live webinar for Bulgaria on 26^th – 27^th November 2020. The Secretariat of the Danube Commission (DC) provided the communication tool (WebEx) as the meeting’s host.

Under the auspices of the German EU Council Presidency, the virtual ministerial conference “Inland Navigation – Key to the Green Deal” was held on 20 November 2020.

The 5^th METEET workshop was held as a live webinar for Romania on 5^th – 6^th November 2020. The Secretariat of the Danube Commission (DC) provided the communication tool (WebEx) as the meeting’s host.

On 29^th October 2020 the European Commission launched an additional set of actions to help limit the spread of the coronavirus, save lives and strengthen the internal market’s resilience.

According to the notification by the competent authorities of Hungary (Notice to Skippers No. 73/Du/2020 of 26^th October 2020), navigation at km 1643.200 of the Danube will be suspended for 48 hours from 9 a.m. on 18^th November 2020 till 9 a.m. on 20^th November 2020 due to repair work on the railway bridge.

During its 20-22 October 2020 meeting, the Danube Commission’s working group for legal and financial matters managed to partially clear the backlog of issues for consideration that had accumulated as a consequence of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.