EUROVOC descriptor: freight rate freight rate freedom to provide services merger control common transport policy common transport policy competition policy dominant position provision of services provision of services approval of tariffs approval of tariffs restriction on competition restriction on competition transportation tariff carriage of goods carriage of goods international transport international transport intra-EU transport maritime transport maritime transport maritime transport maritime transport maritime transport infringement of EU law economic concentration restrictive trade practice restrictive trade practice

When we look at this bill, it actually gives our rail freight customers, or shippers, the right to service agreements with rail companies, especially CN and CP.

The European Commission has fined 11 air cargo carriers a total of €799.445.000 for operating a worldwide cartel which affected cargo services within the European Economic area (EEA).

The cartel members extended their cooperation by introducing a security surcharge and refusing to pay a commission on surcharges to their clients (freight forwarders).

These multilateral agreements modernize the rules regarding airline liability for passengers and cargo, and simplify documentation for the international carriage of cargo originally established, as the previous witness mentioned, under the Warsaw Convention of 1929 and its amendment, the Hague Protocol of 1955.

If there are big movements, such as from Michelin Tire, Scott Paper, and so on, in Nova Scotia, we have special divisions of revenue, especially if we supply the railroad car or if Canadian National supplies the railroad car, but it is a sharing of revenue.