CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER IV—FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION > SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS AFFECTING OCEAN SHIPPING IN FOREIGN COMMERCE (parts 515 to 545) > PART 535—OCEAN COMMON CARRIER AND MARINE TERMINAL OPERATOR AGREEMENTS SUBJECT TO THE SHIPPING ACT OF 1984 > SUBPART C—Exemptions (§535.301 to §535.312) > 535.307—Agreements between or among wholly-owned subsidiaries and/or their parent'exemption.

535.307—Agreements between or among wholly-owned subsidiaries and/or their parent'exemption.

(a) An agreement between or among wholly-owned subsidiaries and/or their parent means an agreement under section 4 of the Act (46 U.S.C. 40301(a) -(c)) between or among an ocean common carrier or marine terminal operator subject to the Act and any one or more ocean common carriers or marine terminal operators which are ultimately owned 100 percent by that ocean common carrier or marine terminal operator, or an agreement between or among such wholly-owned carriers or terminal operators.
(b) All agreements between or among wholly-owned subsidiaries and/or their parent are exempt from the filing requirements of the Act and this part.
(c) Ocean common carriers are exempt from section 10(c) of the Act (46 U.S.C. 41105) to the extent that the concerted activities proscribed by that section result solely from agreements between or among wholly-owned subsidiaries and/or their parent.
(d) The filing fee for optional filing of these agreements is provided in § 535.401(g).
[69 FR 64414, Nov. 4, 2004, as amended at 74 FR 50728, Oct. 1, 2009]