Court of Justice 28 April 2005, C-3/04 (Poseidon Chartering BV v Marianne Zeeschip VOF and Others.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General I – Introduction 1. The present case, a preliminary reference from the Rechtbank (District Court) Utrecht, Netherlands, concerns the question whether the Commercial Agency Directive (2) (hereinafter ‘the Directive’) applies to intermediaries who have negotiated just one contract with a customer, where this contract has been renewed