Transport of goods by inland waterway: freedom to provide services

The Council's common position made a number of changes to the original proposal: - the Council established a parallel with Regulation (EEC) No 3921/91 by adding a provision stating that the owner of the vessel used for a transport operation between Member States and in transit through them must be a national of a Member State and have his domicile in one of those states; - the international conventions and obligations entered into by the Community will not be affected by the proposed Regulation (the Council deleted the reference to a group of third countries). �