I lyset af udviklingen på containertransportområdet inden for søtransport, som giver sig udslag i, at der i stigende grad indgås konsortieaftaler, vedtog Kommissionen den 18. juni et forslag om gruppefritagelse for konsortieaftaler i overensstemmelse med EØF-Traktatens artikel 85, stk. 3.
As regards shipping, growing containerization has led to an increase in the number of consortium agreements, and on 18 June the Commission adopted a proposal which would allow block exemptions to be granted to certain categories of agreements of this kind under Article 85(3) of the EEC Treaty.