Convention, Supplementary to the Warsaw Convention, for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air Performed by a Person Other than the Contracting Carrier
Article I
Geldend
Geldend vanaf 01-05-1964
- Bronpublicatie:
18-09-1961, Trb. 1962, 37 (uitgifte: 01-05-1962, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Inwerkingtreding
01-05-1964
- Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:
08-05-1964, Trb. 1964, 64 (uitgifte: 01-01-1964, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Vakgebied(en)
Vervoersrecht / Luchtvervoer
In this Convention:
- a)
‘Warsaw Convention’ means the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on 12 October 1929, or the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955, according to whether the carriage under the agreement referred to in paragraph b) is governed by the one or by the other;
- b)
‘contracting carrier’ means a person who as a principal makes an agreement for carriage governed by the Warsaw Convention with a passenger or consignor or with a person acting on behalf of the passenger or consignor;
- c)
‘actual carrier’ means a person other than the contracting carrier, who, by virtue of authority from the contracting carrier, performs the whole or part of the carriage contemplated in paragraph b) but who is not with respect to such part a successive carrier within the meaning of the Warsaw Convention. Such authority is presumed in the absence of proof to the contrary.