This argument was admitted only for cruise vessels because of the direct effect of these events on such vessels, but not for other types of vessel, where such events are considered to have an indirect impact and a more general effect.In fact, the Commission noted in the decision to initiate the procedure that, according to a report by Clarkson Research of November 2003, ‘The 9/11 event certainly added problems in an already slowing world economy’.
Dans sa décision d'ouvrir la procédure, la Commission rappelle d'ailleurs que selon le rapport de l'institut Clarkson Research de novembre 2003, «les événements du 11 septembre 2001 ont sans nul doute aggravé les problèmes de l'économie mondiale, qui connaissait déjà une phase de ralentissement.»