8. Underscores, as far as they comply with Community competition law, the importance of an increasing number of forms of cooperation, such as framework agreements, by virtue of which carriers, whether or not they are members of conferences, are able flexibly to coordinate their competitive conduct on the market in relation to freight rates and other services conditions;
8. onderstreept, voorzover verenigbaar met het communautaire mededingingsrecht, het belang van steeds meer vormen van samenwerking, zoals kaderovereenkomsten, die de vervoerders (leden en niet-leden van conferences) in staat stellen hun concurrentiegedrag op de markt ten aanzien van de vrachttarieven en andere dienstverleningsvoorwaarden op flexibele wijze te coördineren;