Considerations on COM(2006)869 - Repeal of Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 concerning the ratification by Member States of, or their accession to, the UN Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2006)869 - Repeal of Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 concerning the ratification by Member States of, or their accession to, the UN ... |
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| document | COM(2006)869  |
| date | December 11, 2007 |
| (2) | The Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences sets out an international regulatory framework for shipping conferences, in particular by means of rules on access to shares of trade by ship owners established in the territories of the State parties to the Convention, which serves mutual foreign trade. |
| (3) | Council Regulation (EC) No 1419/2006 should be 25 September 2006 (4) repealed Council Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 of 22 December 1986 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport (5), which, inter alia, provided for an exemption from the prohibition in Article 81(1) of the Treaty in respect of shipping conferences. |
| (4) | At the end of the transition period provided for by the second paragraph of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1419/2006, the prohibition in Article 81(1) of the Treaty will apply to scheduled maritime transport services and, as a consequence, shipping conferences will no longer be allowed to operate in trade to or from the ports of the Member States. |
| (5) | The Member States will therefore be prevented from fulfilling their obligations under the Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences. From that time, Member States will no longer be in a position to ratify, approve or accede to that Convention. Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 will therefore become inapplicable and should be repealed with effect from the end of the transition period provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1419/2006, that is to say on 18 October 2008, |