A Member State may exempt persons referred to in Article 4(1), Article 5(1) and Article 6 who operate exclusively on national inland waterways that are not linked to the navigable network of another Member State, including those that have been classified as inland waterways with a maritime character, from the obligations set out in Article 4(1) and (2), Article 5(1), Article 6, the first subparagraph of Article 22(1), and Article 22(3) and (6).
Féadfaidh Ballstát daoine dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 4(1), in Airteagal 5(1) agus in Airteagal 6 a oibríonn go heisiach ar uiscebhealaí intíre náisiúnta nach bhfuil nasctha le gréasán inseolta Ballstáit eile, lena n-áirítear iad sin a aicmítear mar uiscebhealaí de chineál muirí, a dhíolmhú ó na hoibleagáidí a leagtar amach in Airteagal 4(1) agus 4(2), Airteagal 5(1), Airteagal 6, an chéad fhomhír d’Airteagal 22(1), agus Airteagal 22(3) agus (6).