20Since Regulation No 4055/86 has rendered applicable to the sphere of maritime transport between Member States the totality of the Treaty rules governing the freedom to provide services (see Commission v France, cited above, paragraph 13), it precludes the application of any national legislation whose effect is to make the provision of services between Member States more difficult than that of purely domestic services within a Member State, unless that legislation is justified by compelling reasons of public interest and the measures enacted thereby are necessary and proportionate (see Commission v Portugal, cited above, paragraph 28).
Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.