Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2000:25
Date: 2000-02-01
Language of the case: Dutch
Court formation: Fifth Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Transport
Concepts: Inland waterway transport
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Netherlands

Summary of the Judgment 
Transport — Inland waterway transport — Structural improvements — Contribution to 
the scrapping fund — Exemption for specialised vessels — Assessment on the basis of the 
characteristics of the vessel concerned — Grant of the exemption to another vessel with 
the same technical specifications — No effect 
(Council Regulation No 1101/89, Art. 8(3)(c)) 
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SUMMARY — CASE T-63/98 
When a vessel does not display the char­
acteristics of a specialised vessel within the 
meaning of Article 8(3)(c) of Regulation 
No 1101/89 on structural improvements in 
inland waterway transport, an exemption 
from the special contribution to the scrap­
ping fund provided for under that article 
cannot be allowed on the ground that it 
was allegedly granted for another vessel 
displaying the same technical specifications 
when the Court has not even been called on 
to examine the case of the latter vessel. 
(see para. 98) 
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