Council Directive 96/75/EC of 19 November 1996 on the… Article 5

Article 5

During the transitional period referred to in Article 3, Member States shall take the necessary steps to maximize flexibility in the systems of chartering by rotation, in particular: - by providing shippers with the opportunity of concluding contracts for multiple trips, i.e. a series of successive trips using the same vessel, - by providing that single or multiple trips offered twice consecutively under the system of chartering by rotation without finding any takers shall be taken out of that system and be freely negotiated.