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INLAND WATERWAY
TRANSPORT
THE EUROPEAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK
MASSIMILIANO GRIMALDI
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CONTENTS
Detailed Table of contents vii
About the author xvii
Table of cases xix
Table of legislation xxi
Preface xxv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 2 THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF INLAND
WATERWAYS VESSELS 31
CHAPTER 3 NAVIGABILITY LICENCES FOR INLAND
WATERWAY VESSELS AND THEIR RECIPROCAL
RECOGNITION 123
CHAPTER 4 PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF THE
CREW IN INLAND NAVIGATION AND THEIR
RECOGNITION 132
CHAPTER 5 THE ORGANISATION OF WORKING TIME IN
INLAND WATER TRANSPORT 213
CHAPTER 6 INLAND WATER TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS
AND GOODS IN THE EU MARKET 230
CHAPTER 7 INLAND WATER TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS
GOODS 283
CHAPTER 8 NAVIGATION SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION 302
Appendix: List of State Aid Cases in the EU inland water transport sector 361
Index 367
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About the author xvii
Table of cases xix
Table of legislation xxi
Preface xxv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1001 Aim of the book 1
1002 An overview of common transport policy 1
1002.1. Inland water transport in the Treaty of Rome, 25 March 1957 1
1002.2. Judgment of the Court of Justice, 22 May 1985 – Case
n. 13/83 – European Parliament vs. Council of the
European Communities – application for a declaration
under Article 175 of the Treaty that the Council has failed
to fulfil its obligations in respect of the common transport
policy 2
1002.3. COM (1992) 0494 – the future development of the common
transport policy – a global approach to the construction of
an EU framework for sustainable mobility 3
1002.4. COM (2001) 0370 – The second White Paper: towards a
European transport policy for 2010 3
1002.5. COM (2006) 6 final – promotion of inland waterway
transport ‘NAIADES’ – an integrated European action
programme for inland waterway transport 4
1002.6. COM (2006) 0314 – keep Europe moving – sustainable
mobility for our continent – Mid-term review of the
European Commission’s 2001 Transport White Paper 4
1002.7. COM (2007) 770 final – First progress report on the
implementation of the NAIADES Action Programme for
the promotion of inland waterway transport 5
1002.7.1. Adopted European legislation 5
1002.7.2. Improving market conditions 5
1002.7.3. Modernising the fleet 6
1002.7.4. Promotion of jobs and skills 6
1002.7.5. Improvement of image 6
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1002.7.6 Provision of adequate infrastructure 7
1002.7.7 Financial support programmes 7
1002.7.8 The way forward 7
1002.8. COM/2011/0144 final – White Paper – Roadmap to a
Single European Transport Area – towards a competitive
and resource efficient transport system 8
1002.9. COM/2013/0623 final – towards quality inland waterway
transport NAIADES II 9
1002.10. COM (2019) 640 final – the European Green Deal –
accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility 11
1002.11. COM (2020) 789 final – sustainable and smart mobility
strategy – putting European transport on track for the future 11
1002.12. COM (2021) 324 final/2 – NAIADES III: Boosting future –
proof European inland waterway transport – Action Plan
for 2021–2027 12
1002.12.1. Shifting more freight transport to inland waterways 12
1002.12.2. Towards zero-emission inland waterway transport 12
1002.12.3. Smart inland waterway transport 13
1002.12.4. Towards more attractive and sustainable jobs
in inland waterway transport 14
1002.12.5. Financing 14
1002.12.6. Governance 14
1002.13. The Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) in
Regulation (EU) 1315/2013 14
1002.13.1. The dual-layer structure: comprehensive network
and core network 15
1002.13.2. The legal concept of inland waterway transport
infrastructure 16
1002.13.3. The Member States obligations with regard to
inland waterway infrastructure requirements 17
1002.14. The Connecting Europe Facility for Transport
(CEF-Transport) in Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 17
1002.14.1. The actions eligible for funding in the inland
water transport sector 18
CHAPTER 2 T HE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF INLAND
WATERWAYS VESSELS 31
2001 The legal discipline on the technical requirements for inland
waterway vessels in Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European
Parliament and of the Council 31
Scope, definitions and waterway zones 34
2001.1. Subject matter 34
2001.2. Scope 36
2001.3. Definitions 39
2001.4 Classification of inland waterways 41
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Navigation certificates 43
2001.5 Compliance with technical and safety requirements 43
2001.6 Union inland navigation certificates 44
2001.7 Obligation to carry a certificate 45
2001.8 Supplementary Union inland navigation certificates 47
2001.9 Provisional Union inland navigation certificates 48
2001.10 Validity of Union inland navigation certificates 53
2001.11 Exceptional extension of validity of Union inland
navigation certificates 56
2001.12 Renewal of Union inland navigation certificates 56
2001.13 Replacement of Union inland navigation certificates 57
2001.14 Major alterations or major repairs to craft 60
2001.15 Refusal to issue or renew, and withdrawal of, Union
inland navigation certificates 64
2001.16 Recognition of navigation certificates of craft from
third-party countries 68
2001.17 Certificate registers 70
Vessel identification, inspections and altered technical requirements 74
2001.18 Unique European vessel identification number 74
2001.19 European Hull Data Base 79
2001.20 Carrying out of technical inspections 82
2001.21 Recognition of classification societies 83
2001.22 Control of compliance 91
2001.23 Altered technical requirements for certain zones 97
2001.24 Derogations for certain categories of craft 101
2001.25 Use of new technologies and derogations for specific
craft 105
2001.26 Hardship 108
2001.27 Register of type-approved equipment 109
Final provisions 109
2001.28 Transitional provisions concerning the use of
documents 109
2001.29 Craft excluded from the scope of directive 82/714/EEC 109
2001.30 Transitional provisions concerning temporary requirements
pursuant to directive 2006/87/EC 111
2001.31 Adaptation of the annexes 111
2001.32 Exercise of delegation 112
2001.33 Committee procedure 113
2001.34 Review 114
2001.35 Penalties 115
2001.36 Amendment to directive 2009/100/EC 115
2001.37 Transposition 117
2001.38 Repeal 117
2001.39 Entry into force 118
2001.40 Addressees 118
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