{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982/schedule/part-1/chapter",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/37",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping(Liner Conferences) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/part/1/chapter",
  "kind": "chapter",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Objectives and principles",
  "text": "Part One\nChapter I. Definitions\nChapter II. Relations among member lines (Articles 1-6)\nChapter III. Relations with shippers (Articles 7-11)\nChapter IV. Freight rates (Articles 12-17)\nChapter V. Other matters (Articles 18-22)\nPart Two\nChapter VI.\nProvisions and machinery for settlement of disputes\nA. General provisions (Articles 23-27)\nB. International mandatory conciliation (Articles 28-45)\nC. Institutional machinery (Article 46)\nChapter VII. Final clauses (Articles 47-54)\nAnnex to the Convention: Model rules for procedure for international mandatory conciliation\nCONVENTION ON A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR LINER CONFERENCES OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES\nThe Contracting Parties to the present Convention,\nDesiring to improve the liner conference system,\nRecognising the need for a universally acceptable code of conduct for liner conferences,\nTaking into account the special needs and problems of the developing countries with respect to the activities of liner conferences serving their foreign trade,\nAgreeing to reflect in the Code the following fundamental objectives and basic principles:\n(a) The objective to facilitate the orderly expansion of world sea-borne trade;\n(b) The objective to stimulate the development of regular and efficient liner services adequate to the requirement of the trade concerned;\n(c) The objective to ensure a balance of interests between suppliers and users of liner shipping services;\n(d) The principle that conference practices should not involve any discrimination against the shipowners, shippers or the foreign trade of any country;\n(e) The principle that conferences hold meaningful consultations with shippers’ organisations, shippers’ representatives and shippers on matters of common interest, with, upon request, the participation of appropriate authorities;\n(f) The principle that conferences should make available to interested parties pertinent information about their activities which are relevant to those parties and should publish meaningful information on their activities,\nHave agreed as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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