BWBV0007074
Artikel 2
Verdrag inzake de overeenkomst van internationaal spoorwegvervoer van goederen
In this Convention:
a) “Contract of carriage” means a contract under which a carrier undertakes to carry goods against payment and to deliver them to a consignee under the conditions provided by this Convention.
b) “Carrier” means the contractual or a subsequent carrier.
c) “Contractual carrier” means the carrier who has concluded the contract of carriage with the consignor.
d) “Subsequent carrier” means a carrier who has not concluded the contract of carriage with the consignor but, by the very act of taking over of the goods with the consignment note, becomes a party to the contract of carriage.
e) “Consignor” means the person who has concluded the contract of carriage with the contractual carrier.
f) “Parties to the contract” means the carrier and the consignor.
g) “Consignee” means the person to whom the carrier has to deliver the goods in accordance with the contract.
h) „Person entitled” means the person who has the right to dispose of the goods.
i) “Goods” means the wares, merchandise and articles of every kind whatsoever that a carrier undertakes to carry under a contract of carriage and includes the packing and any equipment and intermodal transport unit not supplied by or on behalf of the carrier. Empty wagons may also be considered as goods by the parties to the contract.
j) “Consignment” means the totality of goods that is to be carried under a single contract of carriage.
k) “Consignment note” means a document which confirms the conclusion and the content of the contract of carriage.
l) “Electronic consignment note” means a consignment note established in the form of electronic data registration whose authenticity and integrity is assured at all times and which has the same functions as the consignment note.
m) “Consignment bill” means a negotiable transport document concerning the obligation of the carrier to deliver the goods to the bearer of the consignment bill.
n) “Electronic consignment bill” means a consignment bill established in the form of electronic data registration whose authenticity and integrity is assured at all times and which has the same functions as the consignment bill.
o) “Bearer” means the person or party who is in the possession of a consignment bill.
p) “Costs relating to carriage” means the carriage charges and incidental costs, customs duties and other additional costs which are justified and necessary for the performance of the contract and incurred from the conclusion of the contract until delivery.
q) “Carriage charges” means the contractual remuneration payable to the carrier for the performance of the contract of carriage.
r) “Tariffs” means a carrier’s pricing systems, legally in force or determined by the carrier’s costs of services, on the basis of which the carriage charges under the contract of carriage is formed.
s) “Dangerous goods” means those substances and articles the carriage of which is prohibited by the Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID – Appendix C to the COTIF) or the provisions of Annex 2 to SMGS, or authorized only under the conditions prescribed therein.
t) “Intermodal transport unit” means a container, transportable tank or flat, swap body, semi-trailer or other comparable loading unit used for the transport of goods in intermodal transport.
a) “Contract of carriage” means a contract under which a carrier undertakes to carry goods against payment and to deliver them to a consignee under the conditions provided by this Convention.
b) “Carrier” means the contractual or a subsequent carrier.
c) “Contractual carrier” means the carrier who has concluded the contract of carriage with the consignor.
d) “Subsequent carrier” means a carrier who has not concluded the contract of carriage with the consignor but, by the very act of taking over of the goods with the consignment note, becomes a party to the contract of carriage.
e) “Consignor” means the person who has concluded the contract of carriage with the contractual carrier.
f) “Parties to the contract” means the carrier and the consignor.
g) “Consignee” means the person to whom the carrier has to deliver the goods in accordance with the contract.
h) „Person entitled” means the person who has the right to dispose of the goods.
i) “Goods” means the wares, merchandise and articles of every kind whatsoever that a carrier undertakes to carry under a contract of carriage and includes the packing and any equipment and intermodal transport unit not supplied by or on behalf of the carrier. Empty wagons may also be considered as goods by the parties to the contract.
j) “Consignment” means the totality of goods that is to be carried under a single contract of carriage.
k) “Consignment note” means a document which confirms the conclusion and the content of the contract of carriage.
l) “Electronic consignment note” means a consignment note established in the form of electronic data registration whose authenticity and integrity is assured at all times and which has the same functions as the consignment note.
m) “Consignment bill” means a negotiable transport document concerning the obligation of the carrier to deliver the goods to the bearer of the consignment bill.
n) “Electronic consignment bill” means a consignment bill established in the form of electronic data registration whose authenticity and integrity is assured at all times and which has the same functions as the consignment bill.
o) “Bearer” means the person or party who is in the possession of a consignment bill.
p) “Costs relating to carriage” means the carriage charges and incidental costs, customs duties and other additional costs which are justified and necessary for the performance of the contract and incurred from the conclusion of the contract until delivery.
q) “Carriage charges” means the contractual remuneration payable to the carrier for the performance of the contract of carriage.
r) “Tariffs” means a carrier’s pricing systems, legally in force or determined by the carrier’s costs of services, on the basis of which the carriage charges under the contract of carriage is formed.
s) “Dangerous goods” means those substances and articles the carriage of which is prohibited by the Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID – Appendix C to the COTIF) or the provisions of Annex 2 to SMGS, or authorized only under the conditions prescribed therein.
t) “Intermodal transport unit” means a container, transportable tank or flat, swap body, semi-trailer or other comparable loading unit used for the transport of goods in intermodal transport.
- Citeren als
- Art. 2
- Status
- Geldend recht
- Identificatie
- BWBV0007074
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- wetten.overheid.nl