Paragraph 4

Disputes between the parties referred to in article 23, paragraph 1 relating to:

(a)

Refusal of admission of a national shipping line to a conference serving the foreign trade of the country of that shipping line;

(b)

Refusal of admission of a third-country shipping line to a conference;

(c)

Expulsion from a conference;

(d)

Inconsistency of a conference agreement with this Code;

(e)

A general freight-rate increase;

(f)

Surcharges;

(g)

Changes in freight rates or the imposition of a currency adjustment factor due to exchange rate changes;

(h)

Participation in trade; and

(i)

The form and terms of proposed loyalty arrangements

which have not been resolved through an exchange of views or direct negotiations shall, at the request of any of the parties to the dispute, be referred to international mandatory conciliation in accordance with the provision of this chapter.