About the Authors
List of Abbreviations
Preface
Montreal Convention 1999
Introduction: The System of Liability under the Warsaw Convention and Its Further Development by the Montreal Convention
Elmar Giemulla
CHAPTER I - General Provisions
Article 1: Scope of Application
Elmar Giemulla
Article 2: Carriage Performed by State and Carriage of Postal Items
Elmar Giemulla
CHAPTER II - Documentation and Duties of the Parties Relating to the Carriage of Passengers, Baggage and Cargo
Article 3: Passengers and Baggage
Ronald Schmid
Preliminary Remarks on Articles 4–16
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 4: Cargo
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 5: Contents of Air Waybill or Cargo Receipt
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 6: Document Relating to the Nature of the Cargo
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 7: Description of the Air Waybill
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 8: Documentation for Multiple Packages
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 9: Non-compliance with Documentary Requirements
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 10: Responsibility for Particulars of Documentation
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 11: Evidentiary Value of Documentation
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Preliminary Remarks on Articles 12–15
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 12: Right of Disposition of Cargo
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 13: Delivery of the Cargo
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 14: Enforcement of the Rights of Consignor and Consignee
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 15: Relations of Consignor and Consignee or Mutual Relations of Third Parties
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 16: Formalities of Customs, Police or Other Public Authorities
Wolf Müller-Rostin
CHAPTER III - Liability of the Carrier and Extent of Compensation for Damage
Article 17: Death and Injury of Passengers: Damage to Baggage
Ronald Schmid
Preface to Article 18
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 18: Damage to Cargo
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 19: Delay
Ronald Schmid
Article 20: Exoneration
Elmar Giemulla
Article 21: Compensation in Case of Death or Injury of Passengers
Elmar Giemulla
Article 22: Limits of Liability in Relation to Delay, Baggage and Cargo
Elmar Giemulla
Article 23: Conversion of Monetary Units
Elmar Giemulla
Article 24: Review of the Limits of Liability
Elmar Giemulla
Article 25: Stipulation on Limits
Elmar Giemulla
Article 26: Invalidity of Contractual Provisions
Elmar Giemulla
Article 27: Freedom to Contract
Ronald Schmid
Article 28: Advance Payments
Ronald Schmid
Article 29: Basis of Claims
Elmar Giemulla
Article 30: Servants, Agents: Aggregation of Claims
Elmar Giemulla
Article 31: Timely Notice of Complaints
Elmar Giemulla
Article 32: Death of Person Liable
Elmar Giemulla
Article 33: Jurisdiction
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 34: Arbitration
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 35: Limitation of Actions
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 36: Successive Carriage
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 37: Rights of Recourse Against Third Parties
Wolf Müller-Rostin
CHAPTER IV - Combined Carriage
Article 38: Combined Carriage
Wolf Müller-Rostin
CHAPTER V - Carriage By Air Performed by a Person Other Than the Contracting Carrier
Article 39: Contracting Carrier – Actual Carrier
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 40: Respective Liability of Contracting and Actual Carriers
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 41: Mutual Liability
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 42: Addresses of Complaints and Instructions
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 43: Servants and Agents
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 44: Aggregation of Damages
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 45: Addressee of Claims
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 46: Additional Jurisdiction
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 47: Invalidity of Contractual Provisions
Regula Dettling-Ott
Article 48: Mutual Relations of Contracting and Actual Carriers
Regula Dettling-Ott
CHAPTER VI - Other Provisions
Article 49: Mandatory Application
Elmar Giemulla
Article 50: Insurance
Wolf Müller-Rostin
Article 51: Carriage Performed in Extraordinary Circumstances
Ronald Schmid
Article 52: Definition of Days
Ronald Schmid
CHAPTER VII - Final Provisions
Article 53: Signature, Ratification and Entry into Force
Ronald Schmid
Article 54: Denunciation
Ronald Schmid
Article 55: Relationship with Other Instruments Connected with the Warsaw Convention
Elmar Giemulla
Article 56: States with More Than One System of Law
Elmar Giemulla
Article 57: Reservations
Elmar Giemulla
(Final Clause)
Elmar Giemulla
Annexes
Annex I-1: Synopsis of MC, WC, WC/HP
Annex I-2: Contracting Parties to the Montreal Convention 1999
Annex II-1: Recommended Practice 1724
Annex II-2: Recommended Practice 1601 Conditions of Carriage for Cargo
Annex II-3: General Conditions of Carriage for Passengers and Baggage (flight ticket GCC)
Annex II-4: General Terms and Conditions of Carriage of Cargo of Lufthansa Cargo Aktiengesellschaft as of March 2022
Annex II-5: IATA–Resolution 507 B Revalidated for effect 1 October 1989 with indefinite expiry – Use of Surface Transportation
Annex II-6: Regulation (EC) No 785/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators
Annex II-7: COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2027/97 of 9 October 1997 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 May 2002 amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 2027/97 on air carrier liability in the event of accidents
Annex II-8: Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004
Annex III-1a: International Civil Aviation Organization – Notification of Revision of Limits of Liability
Annex III-1b: International Civil Aviation Organization – Notification of Effective Date of Revised Limits
Annex III-2a: International Civil Aviation Organization
Annex III-2b: International Civil Aviation Organization
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