MANZI AND ANOTHER V CAPITANERIA DI PORTO DI GENOVA

Case C-537/11,Court of Justice of the European Union, 23 January 2014

European Union law - Maritime transport - Air pollution from ships - Passenger ships operating regular services - Cruise ships - Maximum sulphur content in marine fuels - Validity - Directive 1999/32/EC - MARPOL Convention 73/78 - Annex VI

This was a request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Genova (Italy) in proceedings between, on the one hand the owner and the captain of MSC Orchestra, and on the other hand the Genova Port Authority regarding an administrative penalty issued by the port authority in respect of the sulphur content of fuel. The Directive was concerned with achieving a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels and imposed a lower limit than Annex VI of MARPOL (the 1997 Protocol).