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)
(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
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)
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)
