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Title: Shipping Act CH
Category: Ministry of Transportation and Communications(交通部)
Chapter 2 Regulations for Vessel Carriers
Section 3 International Joint Organization and International Shipping Agreement
Article 34
Any vessel carrier operating in ROC, joining or setting up an international joint service organization shall file the Articles of Association, proposal for joint operations and relevant documents with the shipping administration authoritythe shipping administration authority for ratificationthrough submission to MOTC for approval on discussion with other authorities. The said filing requirements shall also apply to the alteration or dismissal of such organization.
If such international organization is organized primarily on the basis of discussing freight charges and ticket fares, the fares of the member carriers may be filed by those member carriers authorized by the said organization with the shipping administration authoritythe shipping administration authority for file and further inspection.
Provision of Article 22 applies to such international joint organization.
Article 35
Any vessel carrier operating in ROC and entering an international shipping agreement shall file name, content and membership list of such international shipping agreement with the shipping administration authoritythe shipping administration authority for submission to MOTC for approval. The filing requirements stated as above also apply to the alteration of such international shipping agreement.
If such international shipping agreement is manipulated primarily on the basis of discussing freight charges and ticket fares, the fare list shall be filed by one of such party, with signatures given on the agreement stated above, with the shipping administration authoritythe shipping administration authority for file and further inspection.
The fare list stated above shall permit the vessel carrier to make decisions on the freight charges and ticket fares at his own discretion.