Judgment of the General Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 September 2010 – Mohr & Sohn v Commission

(Case T-131/07)

Inland waterway transport – Community-fleet capacity – Conditions for putting new vessels into service (‘old for new’ rule) – Commission decision not to grant the specialised vessels exemption – Article 4(6) of Regulation (EC) No 718/1999

Transport – Inland waterway transport – Structural improvement (Council Regulation No 718/1999, Art. 4(6)) (see paras 31-32, 36-37, 39-40)

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision SG (2007) D/200972 of 28 February 2007 not to grant to the vessel ‘Niclas’ the specialised vessels exemption, pursuant to Article 4(6) of Council Regulation (EC) No 718/1999 of 29 March 1999 on a Community-fleet capacity policy to promote inland waterway transport (OJ 1999 L 90, p. 1).

Operative part

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Paul Mohr & Sohn, Baggerei und Schiffahrt to bear its own costs and pay those incurred by the European Commission.