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WORLD TRADE S/NGMTS/W/ 2/Add.9/Supp.1
26June1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1725)
Original: English Negotiating Group onMaritime Transport Services
COMMUNICATION FROM EGYPT
Supplementary Information ontheEgyptian Response totheQuestionnaire
onMaritime Transport Services
Supplement
Withreference todocument S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.9, thefollowing supplementary information
iscirculated attherequest ofEgypt tomembers oftheNegotiating Group onMaritime Transport
Services.
I. Market Structure
1. National companies vessels flytheEgyptian flagifmore than50percentofthetotalcapital
ofthecompany isnationally-owned.
Nationally-owned foreign-flag vessels arenotincluded inthenational vessels category.
13. TheEgyptian Lawstipulates thatthecompany 'snationally-owned capital should bemore than
51percent.
II. Regulatory Structure
2. WithregardtotheGovernmentalcontractings,theEgyptiancompanies'nationally-ownedvessels
orchartered foreign-flag vessels carry thebulkcargo.
Private companies havethefreedom tocarry bulkcargo onanyvessel.
3. Thevolume ofcargo carried bylinershipping isgoverned bytheamount ofbookings carried
outbyitsEgyptian representative intheEgyptian ports.
4. Egypt isintheprocess ofapplying thismode oftransport.
8(b). Access totheinformation required willbeavailable through theEgyptian Maritime DataBank
tobefullyoperated andconnected toforeign databanks during 1995.
8(c). Nolimitation oncargo.
MARTRANSdoesnotmonopolizethebookingofcargoforboththeprivateandbusinesssectors
inEgypt.
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20-22. TheBilateral Agreements aregoverned bythecargo-sharing mechanism oftheCode ofConduct
forLiner Conferences. Asregards linershipping, themechanism applied isgoverned bythe
amount ofcargo booked bysuchliners.
27. Measures aretaken according totheGovernment 'sdecisions inthisrespect.
31. Noting thefactthatshipping conferences areformed between Egyptian andforeign lines, there
isnoGovernmental interference inthisrespect.