Article 1
The list of waterways of a maritime character provided for in Article 3(d) of Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 shall be as given in Annex I to this Regulation.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 13/2004 of 8 December 2003 determining the composition of the list of waterways of a maritime character provided for in Article 3(d) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 13/2004 of 8 December 2003 determining the composition of the list of waterways of a maritime character provided for in Article 3(d) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1108/70 (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 281/71 is repealed. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex III.
Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 December 2003. For the Commission Loyola De Palacio Vice-President (1) OJ L 130, 15.6.1970, p. 4. (2) OJ L 33, 10.2.1971, p. 11. (3) See Annex II.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEX ISupplementary provisions
List of waterways of a maritime character Kingdom of Belgium - Lower Scheldt - Ghent-Terneuzen Maritime Canal, downstream from the northern branch of the Ghent Circular Canal Federal Republic of Germany - Kiel Canal - Lower Ems - Lower Weser - Lower Elbe French Republic - Seine, downstream from Jeanne-d'Arc bridge in Rouen - Loire, downstream from Nantes (confluence with the Erdre) - Garonne, downstream from Pierre bridge in Bordeaux, and Gironde Kingdom of the Netherlands - North Sea Canal - Rotterdamse Waterweg and the Nieuwe Maas - Westerschelde - Ghent-Terneuzen Canal Portuguese Republic - Douro, a jusante da ponte D. Luís, da cidade do Porto - Tejo, a jusante do Carregado - Sado, a jusante do esteiro da Marateca - Guadiana, a jusante do Pomarão Republic of Finland - Saimaan kanava/Saima kanal - Saimaan vesistö/Saimens vattendrag Kingdom of Sweden - Trollhätte kanal and Göta älv - Lake Vänern - Södertälje kanal - Lake Mälaren United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Weaver Navigation (Northwich to the junction with the Manchester Ship Canal) - Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. ANNEX II Repealed Regulation and its successive amendments that have not been repealed Regulation (EEC) No 281/71 (OJ L 33, 10.2.1971, p. 11) - Act of Accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (OJ L 73, 27.3.1972, p. 92) - Act of Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic (OJ L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 162) - Act of Accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden (OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 165) ANNEX III CORRELATION TABLE >TABLE>
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