Article 18 of the Regulation 2017/352 establishes the the right to appeal against the decisions or individual measures taken under this Regulation by the managing body of the port, the competent authority, or any other relevant national authority. Nevertheless this provision only applies to procedures related to port services. It does not cover the whole maritime transport sector.An applicant is a private person who applies to a court for it to control the legality and validity considerations of an administrative act issued by an institution or of the actual action of an institution within the scope of discretionary powers in order to decide regarding the existence in effect or fulfilment of a public legal contract or also to determine the public legal duties and rights of a private person.