1999年12月29日,美国联邦海事委员会(“FMC”)宣布,鉴于亚洲北美东行费率协议(ASia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement,以下简称“ANERA”)已经停止了协调费率的行动,且支付了55,000美元的罚款,决定终上对ANERA服务合同中“opting out”条款的调查程序。 根据ANERA 1998年服务合同中的“opting out”条款以及其运价本中的相关条款,ANERA的任何成员公司都可以在作为ANERA服务合同参加方的同时,不按照与托运人约定的服务合同费率收取运费,而按照货物出运时共同的或各自的运价本费率向托运人收取运费。只要这些运价本的费率高于服务合同费率,托运人出运的这些货物就可以计入合同货量之中。 On December 29, 1999, the Federal Maritime Commission (“FMC”) announced that as the ASIA North America Eastbound Rate Agreement (“ANERA”) has stopped coordinating rates and Paid a fine of $ 55,000 and decided to finalize the investigation of the “opting out” clause in the ANERA service contract. According to the “opting out” clause in ANERA’s 1998 service contract and the terms of its tariffs, any member of ANERA may, in addition to agreeing with the shipper as a party to the ANERA service contract, not comply with the service contract fee agreed with the shipper Rate charged freight, and in accordance with the goods shipped common or their tariffs to the shipping charges. As long as the rates for these tariffs are higher than the service contract rates, these shipments shipped by the shipper can be factored into the volume of the contract.