Liner Conferences in Competition Law A Comparative Analysis of European and Chinese Law /

• Main Author: Liu, Hongyan. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg, 17
• Subjects: Law.; Commercial law.; Comparative law.; Public law.; International & Foreign Law/Comparative Law.; European Law/Public International Law.; Commercial Law.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03875-4

A liner conference, as a self-regulation organisational form of liner shipping companies, constitutes a typical "hard-core cartel" with significant anti-competitive effect. One of the main three trade routes of liner shipping traffic is the Europe-Asia Trade, on the two ends of which both...

Table of Contents:

• Maritime Policy and Regulation
• General and Sector-Specific Competition Rules in Force
• Scope of Application of Sector-Specific Regulation of Liner Conferences
• Exemption and Prohibition Provisions Concerning Liner Conferences
• Regulatory Procedure
• Future Perspectives after the Change of the Regulation Regime
• Conclusion.