RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.35
20October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3208)
Original: English Negotiating Group onMaritime Transport Services
COMMUNICATION FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Response toQuestionnaire onMaritime Transport Services
Thefollowing communication iscirculated attherequest oftheCzech Republic tomembers
oftheNegotiating Group onMaritime Transport Services.
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I. Market Structure
Vessels
1. Thestructure ofnationally-owned oroperated fleet,interms oftotalnumber ofvessels, tonnage
andflagsbytheprincipal types ofvessels.
STRUCTURE OFNATIONALLY-OWNED OROPERATED FLEET
Type ofVessels Number ofVessels Deadweight Tonnage
National Flag Foreign Flag National Flag Foreign Flag
OilTankers -- -- -- --
Liquified GasCarriers -- -- -- --
Chemical Tankers -- -- -- --
Combination Carriers -- -- -- --
Ore/Bulk Carriers 8 3 218.713 152.272
General Cargo 3 -- 49.075 --
Refrigerated Carriers -- -- -- --
Specialized Cargo -- -- -- --
Ro-Ro -- -- -- --
Ferries andPassenger -- -- -- --
Other -- -- -- --
AllVessels 11 3 267.788 152.272S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.35
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Trade
2. Total international trade carried bysea:
1994 Percentage ofTotal Trade
Value
USD billion 3,6 80%
3. Figures notavailable.
4. AllCzech vessels arechartered byforeign charterers.
5. Figures notavailable.
Organization ofcargo
6. Liner services: None.
Drybulkshipping: Figures notavailable.
Liquid bulkshipping: Figures notavailable.
7. None.
8-11. None.
Ports andauxiliary services
12-14. None.
II. Regulatory Structure
General
1. TheCzech Shipping Office -Ministry ofTransport oftheCzech Republic, Navigation and
Waterways Division -isacompetent authority formatters related tomaritime shipping.
2. Czech Republic doesnothaveanynational regulations onbulkshipping.
3. Czech Republic doesnothaveanynational regulations onlinershipping.
4. Czech Republic doesnothaveanyregulations onmultimodal transport asthereisnomaritime
port.
5. None.
6. AsithasnoportorseacoasttheCzech Republic defines allmaritime transport as"international
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7. IntheCzech Republic thereisonlyone("Czech Ocean Shipping, jointstockcompany, Prague")
national shipping enterprise.
Market Access
8. None.
9. No.
10. Yes,inorder toflytheCzech flag,vessels mustbeowned byaCzech party andmustreside
intheCzech Republic.
11. (a) No.
(b) No.
(c) Inorder toflytheCzech flag,vessels mustbeowned byaCzech party andmustreside
intheCzech Republic.
National treatment
12. No.
Access toanduseofportfacilities
13-19. None.
Most-favoured-nation treatment
20-26. No.
Government procurement
27-28. No.
Competition law
29. Thelawsandregulations oncompetition apply without restriction tothemaritime transport
sector.
Shipping conferences
30. There arenoshipping conferences intheCzech Republic.
31-34. See30.
Shipper/carrier relations
35. There arenoarrangements concerning therelations between shippers andcarriers.
36. Therearenorequirementsregardingfreightratenegotiations,consultationonmattersofcommon
interest orthesettlement ofdisputes. TheGovernment doesnotplayanyrole.