94/594/EC: Commission Decision of 27 July 1994 relating to a proceeding under Article 85 of the EC Treaty and Article 53 of the EEA Agreement (IV/34.518 - ACI) (Only the English and French texts are authentic)
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Pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 and Article 53 (3) of the EEA Agreement, Article 85 (1) of the EC Treaty and Article 53 (1) of the EEA agreement are hereby declared inapplicable to the agreements between British Railways Board, Société Nationale de Chemins de Fer Français and Intercontainer relating to Allied Continental Intermodal Services Ltd for a period of five years from the date on which the Channel Tunnel opens to good trains.
The following conditions are attached to the exemption in Article 1: (a) the railway undertakings party to the ACI agreement must supply to any consignor or combined transport operator the same rail services as they supply to their subsidiary ACI, on a non-discriminatory basis; (b) BR and FME must hire out to any operator or consignor the specialized wagons they have at their disposal for the transport of containers through the Channel Tunnel under contracts of at least six months' duration, if they go unused for six months or more; the parties may not give priority to subsidiary months' associated undertakings, but may give priority to undertakings wishing to supply services through the Channel Tunnel.
This Decision is addressed to: British Railways Board, Euston House, 24 Eversholt Street, UK-London NW1 1DZ; SNCF, 88, rue Saint Lazare, F-75009 Paris; Intercontainer, 85, rue de France, B-1070 Bruxelles. Done at Brussels, 27 July 1994. For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission (1) OJ No L 175, 23. 7. 1968, p. 1. (2) OJ No C 57, 27. 2. 1993, p. 5. (3) OJ No C 115, 26. 4. 1994, p. 5. (4) OJ No L 73, 26. 3. 1993, p. 38. (5) OJ No C 43, 16. 2. 1993, p. 2. (6) OJ No L 237, 24. 8. 1991, p. 25.
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