The Court of Justice rules on the transport of empty containers before loading or after unloading of goods in the context of combined transport
The road transport of empty containers between a container terminal and a point where the goods are loaded or unloaded falls within the concept of “combined transport”, so that it benefits from the liberalised scheme laid down for initial and/or final road transport legs which form an integral part of a combined transport operation and which are exempt from the application of the provisions relating to cabotage laid down by Regulation No 1072/2009