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{{Water Project |Is built=organizational |Purpose=river basin organization, formal commission |Monitoring= |Monitoring Purpose= |Organization Monitoring Issues= |Monitoring Method= |Info Sharing= yes |Information Sharing Topics= |Information Sharing Scope= institutionally - within or by the organization |Public Participation=yes |Organization Public Participation= |Organization Covers Water Feature= {{Link Water Feature |Water Feature=Schelde River}} |Dispute Resolution Mechanism=yes |Project Type= |Project In Riparian= |Project in Basin= |Capacity Rating= |Storage Capacity= |Reservoir= |Desal Production Capacity= |Treatment Capacity= |Project Region= |Start Date= |Description= The multilateral commission was established 1994 and is based upon the Treaty on the Protection of the Scheldt. It covers the Schelde River and includes Belgium, France and Netherlands. ==Secretariat== Functions of the secretariat include: provides assistance in the execution of its tasks, sustains functioning of working groups and projects, organizes their gatherings and meetings and translates documents and sends them to various delegations. ==Relevant Water Law Principles== International water law principles mentioned in legally relevant documents to this organization include: Helsinki Rules and polluter pays principle. ==Organizational Bodies== Organizational bodies include: Commission/Plenary Meeting, Head of Delegations Meeting, Secretariat and Working Groups (Incidental Pollution, Communication, Cartography, Surface Water, Groundwater, Cost Efficiency Analysis, Floods/Droughts).<ref name=SchmeirRBO/> ==Decision-making Mechanisms== The commission formulates its advice and recommendations and takes its decisions by unanimous vote; absence of party is considered as abstention. One abstention does, however, not prevent taking decisions in unanimity. ==Dispute Resolution Mechanisms== Parties engage in solution found through negotiation or by any other means of dispute resolution that judge acceptable and suitable. The first instance of a dispute between parties is resolved bilaterally between disputing parties through negotiation without RBO involvement.<ref name=SchmeirRBO>Schmeir, Susanne. International River Basin Organization Database. Oregon State University Program in Water Conflict Management and Transformation. Accessed online April 30 2014. http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/research/RBO/index.html</ref> |Associated Water Project= |External Links={{External Link |Link Text=International River Basin Organization database |Link Address=http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/research/RBO/index.html |Link Description=The International RBO Database was created by Susanne Schmeir as part of her PhD research and has been incorporated into the resources hosted by the Transboundary Freshwater Disputes Database at Oregon State University. It is available in a queryable online form, data download. }} |Case Review={{Case Review Boxes |Empty Section=Yes |Clean Up Required=Yes |Expand Section=Yes |Add References=No |Wikify=No |connect to www=No |Out of Date=No |Disputed=No |MPOV=No }} }}
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