In regulating rates, the aim must be to maintain uniform and low rates.
Article 96.
All railways, including those not serving purposes of public communication, must accede to requirements of the Realm made in the interests of national defence.
Article 97.
The Realm shall acquire as its property and administer the waterways serving purposes of public communication.
When the Realm has taken over the waterways, new waterways serving the purposes of public communication shall not be constructed or extended except by the Realm or with its consent.
In administering, extending, or constructing waterways, the Realm shall co-operate with the Lands to safeguard the requirements and development of agriculture and of irrigation.
Every waterways administration must permit another inland waterways system to effect a junction with it at the cost of the latter. The same shall apply to the connections between waterways and railways.
In taking over the waterways the Realm acquires the right to expropriate, to fix rates, and to administer the river police system.
The undertakings of the River Development Companies in regard to the natural waterways of the Rhine, Weser, and Elbe shall be taken over by the Realm.