CELEX: C2004/300/17
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 October 2004 in Case C-288/02: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (Maritime transport — Freedom to provide services — Maritime cabotage)

4.12.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 300/9
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Second Chamber)
   of 21 October 2004
   in Case C-288/02: Commission of the European Communities v Hellenic Republic (1)
   
   (Maritime transport - Freedom to provide services - Maritime cabotage)
   (2004/C 300/17)
   Language of the case: Greek
   In Case C-288/02: action under Article 226 EC for failure to fulfil obligations, brought on 9 August 2002, between Commission of the European Communities (Agents: K. Simonsson and M. Patakia) and Hellenic Republic (Agents: E.-M. Mamouna) — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of: C.W.A. Timmermans (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann and R. Schintgen, Judges; A. Tizzano, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 21 October 2004, in which it:
   
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               Declares that, by regarding the Peloponnese as an island and applying to Community cruise liners exceeding 650 gt which carry out island cabotage its national rules as host State on manning conditions, the Hellenic Republic has failed to fulfil its obligations under Articles 1, 3 and 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 of 7 December 1992 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport within Member States (maritime cabotage);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the remainder of the action;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders each party to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 247 of 12.10.2002.