Inland waterway transport: Community fleet capacity policy

The Commission's amended proposal incorporates 2 of the 7 amendments adopted by the European Parliament at first reading. These concern: - allowing that the Commission may reactivate the "old-for-new" rule, only if there is a serious disturbance in the market, which should be understood from Article 6 of the Common Position, rather than Article 7 of Directive 96/75/EC; - reducing the time limit for bringing a vessel into service from 18 months, as proposed by the Commission, to 12 months.�