GEHA Naftiliaki & Ors (Transport)

(Transport - Maritime transport - Freedom to provide services - Restriction - National legislation applicable to all persons providing services, irrespective of their nationality, that distinguishes between domestic or intra-Community transport and transport to third countries)

REFERENCE to the Court under Article 234 EC by the Diikitiko Protodikio Rodou (Greece) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between Geha Naftiliaki EPE, Total Scope NE, Stavros Georgiou, Charalambis Bros OE, Anastasios Charalambis, Nikolaos Sarlis, Dimitrios Kattidenios, Antonios Charalambis, Vasilios Dimitrakopoulos

on the interpretation of Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) 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 (OJ 1986 L 378, p. 1), THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),

composed of: J.-P. Puissochet (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann, F. Macken, N. Colneric and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges, Advocate General: S. Alber, Registrar: R. Grass,

after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of: - Geha Naftiliaki EPE, Total Scope NE, Mr Georgiou, Charalambis Bros OE, Mr Anastasios Charalambis and Mr Sarlis, by E. Bakaloumas, dikigoros, - NPDD Limeniko Tamio Dodekanisou, by I. Stamoulis, dikigoros, - the Commission of the European Communities, by M. Patakia and B. Mongin, acting as Agents, having regard to the report of the Judge-Rapporteur,