Decree of the Office for the Protection of Competition No. 205 / 2001 Coll.
Ordinance of the Office for the Protection of Competition for the Authorisation of a General Exemption from the Prohibition of Competition Agreements pursuant to § 3 (1) of Act No. 143 / 2001 Coll., on the Protection of Competition, for certain types of agreements in the field of railway, road and inland waterway transport
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Effective from 01.07.2001
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20.06.2001
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DECLARATION
The competition authority
of 5 June 2001
authorising a general exemption from the prohibition of agreements distorting competition pursuant to Article 3 (1) of Act No. 143 / 2001 Coll., on the Protection of Competition, for certain types of agreements in the field of railway, road and inland waterway transport
According to Section 26 (1) of Act No. 143 / 2001 Coll., on the Protection of Competition, the Authority provides:
The prohibition provided for in Article 3 (1) of Act No. 143 / 2001 Coll., on the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as "the Act") shall not apply to agreements in the field of railway, road and inland waterway transport which result in technical improvements or technical cooperation through:
(a) unifying the equipment of means of transport or fixed equipment used for their operation;
(b) the mutual or joint use of their personnel, means of transport, their equipment or fixed installations for their operation;
(c) the provision and implementation of successive, complementary, replacement or combined transport, the determination and application of total rates and conditions for such modes of transport, including specific competitive rates;
(d) the use of routes most cost-effective for one mode of transport;
(e) the continuity of the public transport timetable;
(f) the performance of a transport contract by several carriers; or
(g) the adoption of uniform rules on the structure of transport tariffs and their conditions of use, provided that such rules do not directly determine the transport rates and conditions.
The prohibition laid down in Article 3 (1) of the Act shall not apply to agreements establishing associations of competitors operating road or inland waterway transport for the purpose of joint provision of transport activities and to agreements on the joint financing and acquisition of transport equipment and supplies related to the provision of transport services which are necessary for the joint provision of transport activities within the association, provided that:
(a) in the case of road transport, the total capacity of vehicles of all participants in the pool does not exceed 10 000 tonnes and the capacity of vehicles of any competitor participating in the pool does not exceed 1 000 tonnes;
(b) in the case of inland waterway transport, the total capacity of vessels of all participants in the pool does not exceed 500 000 tonnes and the capacity of vessels of none of the competitors participating in the pool does not exceed 50 000 tonnes.
This Decree shall take effect on 1 July 2001.
Chairman:
Ing. Bednář v. r.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Office for the Protection of Competition No. 205 / 2001 Coll., authorising a general exemption from the prohibition of agreements distorting competition pursuant to § 3 (1) of Act No. 143 / 2001 Coll., on the Protection of Competition, for certain types of agreements in the field of railway, road and inland waterway transport |
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| Regulation Type | Order |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 20.06.2001 |
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| Effective from | 01.07.2001 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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