Before 1 July 1961 Governments shall notify the Commission of any tariff, or formal or other agreement on transport rates and conditions operating in their respective countries, whereby the rates and conditions for carrying the same goods over the same transport links vary according to the country of origin or of destination of the goods in question.
The exemption provided for in Articles 3 and 6 shall be granted subject to the condition that the agreement, decision or concerted practice shall not, within the common market, cause detriment to certain ports, transport users or carriers by applying for the carriage of the same goods and in the area covered by the agreement, decision or concerted practice, rates and conditions of carriage which differ according to the country of origin or destination or port of loading or discharge, unless such rates or conditions can be economically justified.
Charges or dues in respect of the crossing of frontiers which are charged by a carrier in addition to the transport rates shall not exceed a reasonable level after taking the costs actually incurred thereby into account.
