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Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts 2010
Officiële Toelichting
Geldend
Geldend vanaf 01-05-2011
- Redactionele toelichting
De datum van inwerkingtreding is de datum van afkondiging.
- Bronpublicatie:
10-05-2011, Internet 2011, www.unidroit.org (uitgifte: 10-05-2011, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Inwerkingtreding
01-05-2011
- Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:
10-05-2011, Internet 2011, www.unidroit.org (uitgifte: 10-05-2011, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Vakgebied(en)
Internationaal privaatrecht / Algemeen
Verbintenissenrecht / Algemeen
Verbintenissenrecht / Overeenkomst
Contractual provisions limiting or excluding liability of those who are not parties to the contract are very common, particularly in contracts of carriage, where they often form part of a settled pattern of insurance. Perhaps the best known example is the so-called Himalaya clause, which in some form is frequently to be found in bills of lading. In general the autonomy of the parties should be respected in this area too.
Illustration
A, the owner of goods, makes a contract with a sea carrier to carry them from country X to country Y. The bill of lading is subject to the Hague-Visby Rules and purports to exclude the liability of (a) the master and crew; (b) stevedores employed in loading and unloading the cargo; and (c) the owners of ships onto which the goods may be transhipped. These exclusions will be effective.
Another situation which would be covered by this Article arises where the promisor and promisee agree that the beneficiary shall be released from an obligation which it owed the promisor.