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Prolongation of the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation

Competition

The Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (Regulation 906/2009) will expire on 25 April 2020. The Evaluation that was conducted in 2018/2019 concluded that the justifications for the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation remain valid. The Commission therefore proposes to prolong the Regulation by four years.

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ID: 12062

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12 responses

Consultation response

European Sea Ports Organisation, 19 Dec 2019

The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the consultation on the Roadmap “Prolongation of the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation” and the Draft Regulation prolonging the Consortia BER. ESPO regrets the Commission’s proposal to prolong the Consortia…

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FEPORT, 30 Dec 2019

FEPORT welcomes the opportunity to provide a reply to the consultation about the Staff Working Document on the Consortia BER and would like to make the following comments that are further elaborated in the attached legal analysis in annex of this reply: The CBER was adopted when rationalisation in…

World Shipping Council urges five-year extension for consortia rules

World Shipping Council, 20 Dec 2019

The Council supports the prolongation but demands a five-year extension instead of four. They claim that European law mandates a five-year period for such regulations.
This extension ensures continued legal certainty and lower compliance costs for the shipping industry.

Consultation response

CLECAT - European association for forwarding, transport, logistic and Customs services, 31 Dec 2019

European freight forwarders, represented by CLECAT, express their disagreement with the European Commission’s proposal to extend the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) with 4 years. The EC has indicated that an extension to the BER is justified based on the current market conditions and…

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Logistics UK, 3 Jan 2020

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is one of the biggest business groups in the UK, supporting, shaping and standing up for efficient logistics. We are the only organisation in the UK that represents all of logistics, including the buyers of freight services such as retailers and manufacturers…

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Confederazione Generale Italiana dei Trasporti e della Logistica, 30 Dec 2019

CONFETRA represents at political economic social and union level the entrepreneurial categories of the sector of transport,freight forwarders,logistics and goods storage as well as the connected and ancillary sectors. The CBERwas adopted when rationalisation in consortia involved sharing the…

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EUROPEAN TUGOWNERS ASSOCIATION, 2 Jan 2020

The European Tugowners Association welcomes the opportunity to give feedback to the Staff Working Document of the commission related to CBER. It is unfortunate that the CBER has been unilaterally extended without taking into consideration the concerns of a number of stakeholders including that of…

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ECTU - European Shippers' Council, 23 Dec 2019

This legal analysis highlights by reference to evidence in the Commission files that many flaws in the SWD render highly questionable the arguments put forth by the Commission in support of its present proposal for a 4 year extension of the BER. These flaws relate to many issues - missing data…

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Hapag-Lloyd AG, 23 Dec 2019

Public consultation on the prolongation of the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (“CBER”) (EC) No. 906/2009 as amended (Ref. HT.5252) Hapag-Lloyd welcomes the “Commission Staff Working Document” which professionally proves that based on a sound consultation and a…

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Global Shippers Forum, 3 Jan 2020

GSF disagrees with the Commission’s proposal to simply prolong the CBER. The terms of the Review seem to have limited discussion to either renewal or non-renewal of the current legal instrument. This has precluded the possibility of a wider discussion of the role of competition policy in optimising…

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Japanese Shipowners' Association, 23 Dec 2019

The Japanese Shipowners' Association (JSA) fully endorses the joint submission filed by ICS, ASA, and WSC on this issue filed on 20 December. The JSA especially welcomes the Commission's intention to prolong the Consortia BER and echoes its main findings concerning effectiveness, efficiency,…

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FEDERAZIONE NAZIONALE DELLE IMPRESE DI SPEDIZIONI INTERNAZIONALI, 20 Dec 2019

CONTRIBUTION OF FEDESPEDI TO THE CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED PROLONGATION OF THE CONSORTIA BLOCK EXEMPTION REGULATION FEDESPEDI welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the consultation on the Roadmap “Prolongation of the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation” and the Draft Regulation…