M. Mario Monti, commissaire chargé de la concurrence, a déclaré: "Les compagnies maritimes opérant dans le cadre de conférences bénéficient d'une exemption exceptionnellement généreuse des règles normales de concurrence de l'Union. Il importe qu'une conférence soit confrontée à une concurrence effective exercée par des compagnies maritimes indépendantes opérant hors conférence.
Mr Mario Monti, Commissioner for Competition, said "Shipping lines operating within liner conferences benefit from an exceptionally generous exemption from the normal European competition rules. It is important that a conference is faced by effective competition from independent shipping lines operating outside the conference. The ETTCSA case shows that the Commission will act firmly where conference and non-conference shipping lines conspire together as a cartel".
