CELEX: 62015CN0092
Language: en
Date: 2015-02-25 00:00:00
Title: Case C-92/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 25 February 2015 — Sven Mathys v De Grave Antverpia NV

11.5.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 155/15
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hof van beroep te Antwerpen (Belgium) lodged on 25 February 2015 — Sven Mathys v De Grave Antverpia NV
   (Case C-92/15)
   (2015/C 155/16)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Referring court
   
   Hof van beroep te Antwerpen
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Sven Mathys
   
      Defendant: De Grave Antverpia NV
   
      Question referred
   
   Is Article 3 of the Belgian Law of 5 May 1936 on inland waterway chartering compatible with Articles 1 and 2 of Directive 96/75/EC (1), in so far as a person who is not the owner or operator of an inland waterway vessel concludes a contract for the carriage of goods on inland waterways as carrier and is not acting as an agent (‘charterer’) within the meaning of Article 3 WBB?
   
      (1)  Council Directive 96/75/EC of 19 November 1996 on the systems of chartering and pricing in national and international inland waterway transport in the Community (OJ 1996, L 304, p. 12).