# Merchant Shipping(Liner Conferences) Act 1982, Paragraph 7


If the national shipping lines of the countries concerned do not participate in the trade between those countries covered by a conference, the shares of trade carried by the conference between those countries shall be allocated between the participating member lines of third countries by commercial negotiations between those lines.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/37/schedule/part/ONE/chapter/II/crossheading/article-2-participation-in-trade/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shippingliner-conferences-act-1982/schedule/part-ONE/chapter-II/crossheading-article-2-participation-in-trade/paragraph-7
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