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RYA CEVNI Test

RYA CEVNI Test

This online CEVNI course is an endorsement to the International Certificate of Competence (ICC) and allows candidates to demonstrate they hold sufficient knowledge to sail the inland waterways of the European Continent.

Anyone requiring an ICC that is valid for inland waters must pass the CEVNI test irrespective of whether the regulations are in force in the country or on the river, lake or canal where they intend to go boating. The CEVNI course will cover the signs, rules and procedures for navigating many of the European inland waterways. On passing the ICC CEVNI, the Inland category on an ICC is validated and indicates that candidates have the required.
 
This course is fully online - on enrollment you will be sent details of how to access the RYA interactive training portal. Please select a date from the calendar to make a booking however you do not have to complete the training on that date - you can complete the training at your leisure!

Course detail

Code European des Voies de Navigation Interieure (CEVNI) is the code governing navigation on the interconnected European inland waterways.
 
Resolution 40 requires that candidates applying for an International Certificate of Competence (ICC) with the inland category validated have sufficient knowledge of the traffic regulations applicable on inland waters, in particular the CEVNI.
 
Those operating a craft on many of the inland waterways of Europe are expected to know the CEVNI as this is the basis of many of the various countries' own regulations. Passing the ICC CEVNI test is required in order for the Inland category on your ICC to be validated and indicates that candidates have knowledge of the traffic regulations applicable on inland waters. There is no separate CEVNI certificate or CEVNI endorsement.The RYA ICC CEVNI test is a multiple choice test and usually takes an hour to complete.
 
Pre-requisites

It is essential to have read the RYA European Waterways Regulations before undertaking the examination, copies of which are available at the centre
Minimum age 16