With the exception of Dart and NITL, no commentator objected to the acceptance of an NRA being proven by a reservation (some even argued for a pre-reception/booking reception). None of the commentators expressly objected to economic terms being allowed beyond RNA rates, to any change in RNAs at any time by mutual agreement, or to the removal of publication requirements for submission and essential conditions for NRA. Some commentators have also drawn attention to the benefits of the NSA, but have called for greater flexibility in the application of the NSA. Commentators also asked for clarification on the role of passport and expertise fees. With respect to the 30-day time limit for submitting service contract changes, the carriers also proposed to aggregate several changes to the contract into a single amendment, which could in fact be a monthly bid. In a monthly submission consolidating a number of service contract changes, it would be necessary for air carriers to indicate the effective date of each change. In some cases, the same. B may change more than once in a monthly period. Since the SERVCON system is not designed to process multiple changes in a single application, this would require a significant reprogramming to allow the system to record both the validity date and the change number, for example, Amendments 7 to 12 should be grouped into a single document. In addition, on the basis of contributions from the Commission`s Information Technology Office, air carriers should manually enter into SERVCON the effective date of any changes.

Therefore, if the required reprogramming is not necessary, this process could result in more than one registration fee. In addition, the consolidation of several changes to the service contract may also prevent operators from implementing the Commission`s web service technology. 530.5, which included the benefits of web services that do not require manual input and aim to reduce flight costs. To reduce regulatory costs associated with shipping, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has created a task force on regulatory reforms. Its mission is to identify and revise outdated rules on service contracts and NVOCC service agreements in order to better respond to current realities. This article deals with some of the new changes you can expect. Currently, the Commission`s regulations require that a service contract or amendment be submitted on or on the date or before the contract comes into force. The Commission intends to give an opinion on whether it should change the definition of the validity date of the service contract changes so that the effective date of the amendments can be set before the date of the amendment.