En imposant l’habituelle solution unique à tous les ports communautaires, la directive soumettrait le port de Belfast, qui traite 66 % du commerce maritime de l’Irlande du Nord, à des pratiques inutiles et restrictives sur le plan commercial, qui porteraient atteinte à sa viabilité économique.
By imposing the usual 'one-size-fits-all' solution on all EU ports, the directive would subject Belfast Port, which handles 66% of Northern Ireland's seaborne trade, to unnecessary and commercially restrictive practices which would damage its economic viability.