C-413/24Vlaams Gewest v P&O North Sea Ferries Limited and P&O Ferries Limited

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Reference for a preliminary ruling – Regulation (EEC) No 4055/86 – Application of the principle of freedom to provide services to maritime transport between Member States and between Member States and third countries – Article 56 TFEU – Article 191 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part – Freedom to provide services – Restrictions – National legislation providing for the payment of a charge for the mandatory use of a vessel traffic services system (‘Verkeersbegeleidingssysteem’), depending on the length of the vessel concerned – Legislation applying to maritime traffic that is bound for ports of Vlaams Gewest (Flemish Region (Belgium)) covered by that system and that departs from a port of a Member State other than the Kingdom of Belgium, but not applying to the traffic between those Flemish ports – Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (Brexit).

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