OST-02-11589

OST-02-11589

International Air Transport Association

OST-02-11589

February 13, 2002

Application for an Exemption, in Part, from the Conditions on the Approval of IATA's Traffic Conference Provisions

Exemption from the Civil Aeronautics Board Order 68-7-55.

By: David O'Connor

International Air Transport Association

Order 02-08-16
OST-02-11589

Issued August 15, 2002
Served August 20, 2002

Order Granting Exemption

Exemption From Conditions of CAB Order 68-7-55 for Cargo Services Conference Action

Order 2002-8-16, the Department (1) grants the application of the International Air Transport Association filed in this docket for an exemption from condition #2 imposed on IATA's Procedures for the Conduct of the IATA Traffic Conferences, Agreement 1175, as amended, by Order 68-7-55, to the extent that IATA need not file the Cargo Services Conference resolutions and recommended practices identified in the Appendix to this order for review and approval by the Department prior to a declaration of effectiveness by IATA and implementation by IATA members; (2) Agreements exempted under paragraph 1 will retain any existing antitrust immunity, subject to conditions imposed, until they are amended or modified and those amendments or modifications are declared effective under IATA's procedures; and, (3) This exemption may be revoked in whole or in part, at any time.

Specifically, IATA requests an exemption from this condition to the extent necessary to permit it to adopt and implement 14 resolutions and recommended practices (RPs) of its worldwide Cargo Services Conference (CSC), without filing for prior approval by the Department and without immunity from U.S. antitrust laws. The list of resolutions and recommended practices is specified in the Appendix to IATA's application of February 13, 2002, and in the Appendix to this order.

By: Read Van de Water