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United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade (United Nations 1994)
Preamble
Article 1 - Definitions
Article 2 - Scope of application
Article 3 - Period of responsibility
Article 4 - Issuance of document
Article 5 - Basis of liability
Article 6 - Limits of liability
Article 7 - Application to non-contractual claims
Article 8 - Loss of right to limit liability
Article 9 - Special rules on dangerous goods
Article 10 - Rights of security in goods
Article 11 - Notice of loss, damage or delay
Article 12 - Limitation of actions
Article 13 - Contractual stipulations
Article 14 - Interpretation of the Convention
Article 15 - International transport conventions
Article 16 - Unit of account
Final Clauses
Article 17 - Depositary
Article 18 - Signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, accession
Article 19 - Application to territorial units
Article 20 - Effect of declaration
Article 21 - Reservations
Article 22 - Entry into force
Article 23 - Revision and amendment
Article 24 - Revision of limitation amounts
Article 25 - Denunciation
[Post Provisions]
[Post Clauses (If any: Signed; Witnessed; Done; Authentic Texts; & Deposited Clauses)]
Note by the Secretariat:
[Note]
A. Policies underlying the Convention
Need for mandatory liability rules
Gaps in liability regimes left by international conventions
Need for harmonization and modernization
Consequences and benefits of the Convention
B. Preparatory work
[Preparatory work]
C. Salient features of the Convention
Definitions
Period of responsibility
Issuance of document
Basis of liability
Limits of liability
Application to non-contractual claims
Loss of right to limit liability
Rights of security in goods
Limitation of actions
Final clauses
Metadata
SiSU Metadata, document information
Manifest
SiSU Manifest, alternative outputs etc.
United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade (United Nations 1994)
United Nations (UN)
copy @ Lex Mercatoria
(1) This Convention applies to transport-related services performed in relation to goods which are involved in international carriage:
(a) When the transport-related services are performed by an operator whose place of business is located in a State Party, or
(b) When the transport-related services are performed in a State Party, or
(c) When, according to the rules of private international law, the transport-related services are governed by the law of a State Party.
(2) If the operator has more than one place of business, the place of business is that which has the closest relationship to the transport-related services as a whole.
(3) If the operator does not have a place of business, reference is to be made to the operator's habitual residence.
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