En 1994, quinze compagnies maritimes initialement parties à une entente relative au transport de ligne à travers l'Atlantique, entre l'Europe du Nord et les États-Unis, le Trans-Atlantic Agreement ("TAA") contesté par la Commission, ont conclu un nouvel accord instituant une conférence maritime, le "TACA" (Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement) touchant le même trafic maritime.
In 1994, 15 shipping companies initially party to an agreement concerning transatlantic liner services between northern Europe and the United States of America, the Trans-Atlantic Agreement ('TAA'), which was challenged by the Commission, entered into a new agreement establishing a liner conference, the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement ('TACA') covering the same shipping trade.