Case Law
CIM UR
Scope, term “contract of carriage” (forwarding against a fix price)
Article 1 of CIM (Article 1 of CMR)
Scope, multimodal transport rail-road
Article 1 § 3 of CIM
Invalidity of contractual agreements which relax the carrier’s obligations
Article 5 of CIM (Article 23 of the Warsaw Convention)
- Court of Appeal, France (Cour d’Appel de Versailles), Ruling of 10.06.2010 – headnote and extract from the reasons given for the ruling
(OTIF@Bulletin of International Carriage by Rail 1/2011)[20KB]
Carrier’s freedom of contract (preclusion from carriage of certain goods) and prohibition on limiting liability
Article 5 of CIM (Article 41 of CMR)
Liability of carrier for wilful misconduct
Articles 30 and 36 of CIM (Articles 23 and 29 of CMR)
- High Court of Appeal, Germany (Bundesgerichtshof), Ruling of 30.09.2010 – headnote, summary, comments
(OTIF@Bulletin of International Carriage by Rail 2/2011)
Compensation for loss of the goods – the issue of excise duties
Article 30 § 4 of CIM
- High Court of Appeal, Germany (Bundesgerichtshof), ruling of 26.06.2003
- Remarks on the expression “other amounts incurred in connection with carriage of the lost goods” (Bulletin of International Carriage by Rail No. 1/2004)
Right of the consignee to bring an action
Articles 43 § 4 and 44 § 6 of CIM
Written claim – suspension of the period of limitation
Article 48 § 3 of CIM (Article 32, para. 2 of CMR)
- High Court of Appeal, Belgium (Hof van Cassatie van België), Ruling of 10.06.2010 – headnote
(OTIF@Bulletin of International Carriage by Rail 3/2011) - High Court of Appeal, France (Cour de Cassation), Ruling of 19.02.2013 – headnote
Period of limitation if claims are not rejected
Article 48 § 3 of CIM (Article 32, para. 2 of CMR)
- Court of Appeal, France (Cour d’Appel de Paris), Ruling of 14.12.2011 – headnote and summary
(OTIF@Bulletin of International Carriage by Rail 1/2012)