I find it utterly incomprehensible how the European Commission, scarcely a year after the failure of its first proposal for a directive on market access for port services just before the end of its term of office on 13 October 2004, can put forward a new proposal for a directive that not only contains drastically more stringent provisions but also retains the same core rules that were the downfall of its predecessor.
Tämä on edistänyt merkittävästi yksityisen sektorin osallistumista satamapalveluiden tuottamiseen.