The EU Court of Justice states that a Member State conferring undertakings an exclusive right to provide a mooring service and charge it at a higher price to foreign shipping companies is not unlawful (Corsica Ferries)

Case C-266/96 Corsica Ferries France SA v Gruppo Antichi Ormeggiatori del Porto di Genova Coop, ari and Others* 1. Article 177 of the Treaty does not make reference to the Court subject to there having been an inter partes hearing in the proceedings in the course of which the national court refers a question for a preliminary ruling. However, in the context of a procedure where there has been no inter partes hearing, it is equally necessary that the national court give the Court a detailed and complete account of the factual and legal context. 2. In the context of references