Member States shall classify a stretch of inland waterway in their territory as an inland waterway with a maritime character where one of the following criteria is met:
Aicmeoidh na Ballstáit stráice d’uiscebhealach intíre ina gcríoch mar uiscebhealach intíre de chineál muirí i gcás ina gcomhlíontar ceann de na critéir seo a leanas: