By a judgment issued on 27th March 2014 the European Court of Justice held that a maritime transport service consisting of a cruise which starts and ends, with the same passengers, in the same port of the Member State falls within the definition of ‘maritime cabotage’ under the Council Regulation (EEC) No 3577/92 of 7 December 1992, with reservation of the cabotage services ‘to Community shipowners who have their ships registered in, and flying the flag of, a Member State of the European Union’.