CELEX: 51998PC0792
Language: en
Date: 1998-12-11
Title: Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on a Community fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport

20.1.1999            EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                                  C 15/15
              Amended proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) on a Community fleet capacity policy to
                                             promote inland waterway transportØ(Î)
                                                       (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 EC-Treaty on 14 December
                                                             1998)
              (Î)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         2.ÚÙThe ratio may be set at different levels for different
sectors of the market, i.e. dry cargo carriers, tanker             sectors of the market, i.e. dry cargo carriers, tanker
vessels and pusher craft; the ratio must gradually be              vessels and pusher craft; the ratio must gradually be
reduced to zero within not more than five years of 28              reduced to zero within not more than five years of 28
April 1999. Once the ratio has been set at zero, the               April 1999. Once the ratio has been set at zero, the
arrangements shall become a standby mechanism and                  arrangements shall become a standby mechanism and
may be reactivated only in the event of a serious                  may be reactivated only in the event of a serious
disturbance of the market, as provided for by Article 7 of         disturbance of the market, as provided for in Article 6 of
Directive 96/75/EC.                                                the present Regulation.
                                                           Article 4
3.ÚÙThe owner of the vessel shall have the choice                  3.ÚÙThe owner of the vessel shall have the choice
between paying the special contribution or scrapping old           between paying the special contribution or scrapping old
tonnage either at the time that the firm order for                 tonnage either at the time that the firm order for
construction of the new vessel is placed or at the time            construction of the new vessel is placed or at the time
that the application for import is lodged, provided the            that the application for import is lodged, provided the
vessel is brought into service within eighteen months              vessel is brought into service within twelve months
thereafter, or at the time that the new or imported vessel         thereafter, or at the time that the new or imported vessel
is brought into service. This choice must be stated at the         is brought into service. This choice must be stated at the
time of ordering or applying to import the vessel. The             time of ordering or applying to import the vessel. The
vessel offered for scrapping as compensatory tonnage               vessel offered for scrapping as compensatory tonnage
must have been scrapped before the new vessel is                   must have been scrapped before the new vessel is
brought into service. Owners of vessels to be brought              brought into service. Owners of vessels to be brought
into service who have a higher tonnage than necessary              into service who have a higher tonnage than necessary
scrapped shall receive no financial compensation for this          scrapped shall receive no financial compensation for this
surplus. Vessels definitively withdrawn from the market            surplus. Vessels definitively withdrawn from the market
for use for purposes other than the carriage of goods              for use for purposes other than the carriage of goods
such as vessels for humanitarian purposes, museum ships,           such as vessels for humanitarian purposes, museum ships,
vessels for developing countries outside Europe or vessels         vessels for developing countries outside Europe or vessels
placed at the disposal of non-profitmaking bodies may              placed at the disposal of non-profitmaking bodies may
be counted as compensatory tonnage, i.e. treated as if             be counted as compensatory tonnage, i.e. treated as if
they had been scrapped, at the decision of the                     they had been scrapped, at the decision of the
Commission.                                                        Commission.