Corsica Ferries France v Direction generale des douanes (Judgment): ECJ 13 Dec 1989

Europa Before the entry into force of Regulation No 4055/86 of 22 December 1986 applying the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport between Member States and between Member States and third countries, adopted by the Council on the basis of Article 84(2 ) of the Treaty, the EEC Treaty, in particular Articles 59, 61, 62 and 84, did not prevent a Member State from levying, in connection with the use by a ship of harbour installations situated in its island territory, charges on the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers arriving from or going to a port situated in another Member State, whilst in the case of travel between two ports situated within national territory those charges were levied only on embarkation at the island port.

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C-49/89, [1989] EUECJ C-49/89

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