Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on a Community fleet capacity policy to
promote inland waterway transportØ (˛)
(1999/C 15/06)
(Text with EEA relevance)
COM(1998) 792 final - 98/0281(SYN)
(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 189a(2) of the ECÜTreaty on 14 December
1998)
(˛)ÙOJ C 320, 17.10.1998, p. 4.
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL
Article 4
2.ÚÙThe ratio may be set at different levels for different
sectors of the market, i.e. dry cargo carriers, tanker
vessels and pusher craft; the ratio must gradually bereduced to zero within not more than five years of 28April 1999. Once the ratio has been set at zero, thearrangements shall become a standby mechanism and
may be reactivated only in the event of a serious
disturbance of the market, as provided for by Article 7 ofDirective 96/75/EC.2.ÚÙThe ratio may be set at different levels for different
sectors of the market, i.e. dry cargo carriers, tanker
vessels and pusher craft; the ratio must gradually bereduced to zero within not more than five years of 28April 1999. Once the ratio has been set at zero, thearrangements shall become a standby mechanism and
may be reactivated only in the event of a serious
disturbance of the market, as provided for in Article 6 ofthe present Regulation.
Article 4
3.ÚÙThe owner of the vessel shall have the choice
between paying the special contribution or scrapping old
tonnage either at the time that the firm order for
construction of the new vessel is placed or at the timethat the application for import is lodged, provided thevessel is brought into service within eighteen months
thereafter, or at the time that the new or imported vessel
is brought into service. This choice must be stated at thetime of ordering or applying to import the vessel. Thevessel offered for scrapping as compensatory tonnage
must have been scrapped before the new vessel is
brought into service. Owners of vessels to be broughtinto service who have a higher tonnage than necessaryscrapped shall receive no financial compensation for thissurplus. Vessels definitively withdrawn from the market
for use for purposes other than the carriage of goods
such as vessels for humanitarian purposes, museum ships,vessels for developing countries outside Europe or vesselsplaced at the disposal of nonÜprofitmaking bodies may
be counted as compensatory tonnage, i.e. treated as if
they had been scrapped, at the decision of theCommission.3.ÚÙThe owner of the vessel shall have the choice
between paying the special contribution or scrapping old
tonnage either at the time that the firm order for
construction of the new vessel is placed or at the timethat the application for import is lodged, provided thevessel is brought into service within twelve months
thereafter, or at the time that the new or imported vessel
is brought into service. This choice must be stated at thetime of ordering or applying to import the vessel. Thevessel offered for scrapping as compensatory tonnage
must have been scrapped before the new vessel is
brought into service. Owners of vessels to be broughtinto service who have a higher tonnage than necessaryscrapped shall receive no financial compensation for thissurplus. Vessels definitively withdrawn from the market
for use for purposes other than the carriage of goods
such as vessels for humanitarian purposes, museum ships,vessels for developing countries outside Europe or vesselsplaced at the disposal of nonÜprofitmaking bodies may
be counted as compensatory tonnage, i.e. treated as if
they had been scrapped, at the decision of theCommission.20.1.1999 C 15/15 Official Journal of the European Communities EN