1.The prohibition in Article 81(1) of the Treaty shall not apply to agreements, decisions or concerted practices the object and effect of which is to apply technical improvements or to achieve technical cooperation by means of:
(a)the standardisation of equipment, transport supplies, vehicles or fixed installations;
(b)the exchange or pooling, for the purpose of operating transport services, of staff, equipment, vehicles or fixed installations;
(c)the organisation and execution of successive, complementary, substitute or combined transport operations, and the fixing and application of inclusive rates and conditions for such operations, including special competitive rates;
(d)the use, for journeys by a single mode of transport, of the routes which are most rational from the operational point of view;
(e)the coordination of transport timetables for connecting routes;
(f)the grouping of single consignments;
(g)the establishment of uniform rules as to the structure of tariffs and their conditions of application, provided such rules do not lay down transport rates and conditions.
2.The Commission shall, where appropriate, submit proposals to the Council with a view to extending or reducing the list in paragraph 1.