(5) konsultationer om passager- og fragttakster kan bidrage til, at interlinetakster accepteres generelt til gavn for saavel luftfartsselskaberne som deres kunder; konsultationerne maa dog ikke straekke sig ud over det lovlige formaal, nemlig at lette interlining; Raadets forordning (EOEF) nr. 2409/92 (7) om billetpriser og rater inden for luftfart bygger paa det princip, at der skal vaere fri prisfastsaettelse, og oeger derfor muligheden for priskonkurrence i luftfartssektoren; disse arrangementer maa derfor ikke udelukke konkurrencen; luftfartsselskabernes konsultationer om passager- og fragttakster kan saaledes tillades for oejeblikket, forudsat at de kun omfatter takster, der vil foere til en faktisk interlining, at deltagelse i saadanne konsultationer er frivillig, at konsultationerne ikke foerer til en aftale om billetpriser, fragtrater eller tilsvarende vilkaar, at Kommissionen og de beroerte medlemsstater kan deltage som observatoerer i disse konsultationer af hensyn til gennemsigtigheden, samt at luftfartsselskaber, der deltager i konsultationerne, er forpligtede til at foretage interlining med alle andre beroerte luftfartsselskaber efter de takster inden for den paagaeldende takstkategori, der anvendes af det selskab, som udfoerer transporten;
(5) Consultations on passenger and cargo tariffs may contribute to the generalized acceptance of interlinable fares and rates to the benefit of air carriers as well as air transport users. However, consultations must not exceed the aim of facilitating interlining. Council Regulation (EEC) No 2409/92 of 23 July 1992 on fares and rates for air services (7), is based on the principle of free pricing and therefore increases the possibility of price competition in air transport. Hence, competition may not be eliminated thereby. Consultations between air carriers on passenger and cargo tariffs may therefore be permitted for the time being, provided that they are limited to fares and rates which give rise to actual interlining, that the participation in such consultations is optional, that they do not lead to an agreement in respect of fares, rates or related conditions, that in the interests of transparency the Commission and the Member States concerned can send observers to them, and that air carriers participating in the consultation mechanism are obliged to interline with all other carriers concerned, at the tariffs applied by the carrying airline for the tariff category under discussion.