Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (Montreal, 28 May 1999)

 

Chapter 1 - General Provisions

 

Article 1 - Scope of application

 

Article 2 - Carriage performed by State and carriage of postal items

 

Chapter II - Documentation and Duties of the Parties Relating to the Carriage of Passengers, Baggage and Cargo

 

Article 3 - Passengers and baggage

 

Article 4 - Cargo

 

Article 5 - Contents of air waybill or cargo receipt

 

Article 6 - Document relating to the nature of the cargo

 

Article 7 - Description of air waybill

 

Article 8 - Documentation for multiple packages

 

Article 9 - Non-compliance with documentary requirements

 

Article 10 - Responsibility for particulars of documentation

 

Article 11 - Evidentiary value of documentation

 

Article 12 - Right of disposition of cargo

 

Article 13 - Delivery of the cargo

 

Article 14 - Enforcement of the rights of consignor and consignee

 

Article 15 - Relations of consignor and consignee or mutual relations of third parties

 

Article 16 - Formalities of customs, police or other public authorities

 

Chapter III - Liability of the Carrier and Extent of Compensation for Damage

 

Article 17 - Death and injury of passengers - damage to baggage

 

Article 18 - Damage to cargo

 

Article 19 - Delay

 

Article 20 - Exoneration

 

Article 21 - Compensation in case of death or injury of passengers

 

Article 22 - Limits of liability in relation to delay, baggage and cargo

 

Article 23 - Conversion of monetary units

 

Article 24 - Review of limits

 

Article 25 - Stipulation on limits

 

Article 26 - Invalidity of contractual provisions

 

Article 27 - Freedom to contract

 

Article 28 - Advance payments

 

Article 29 - Basis of claims

 

Article 30 - Servants, agents - aggregation of claims

 

Article 31 - Timely notice of complaints

 

Article 32 - Death of person liable

 

Article 33 - Jurisdiction

 

Article 34 - Arbitration

 

Article 35 - Limitation of actions

 

Article 36 - Successive carriage

 

Article 37 - Right of recourse against third parties

 

Chapter IV - Combined Carriage

 

Article 38 - Combined carriage

 

Chapter V - Carriage by Air Performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier

 

Article 39 - Contracting carrier - actual carrier

 

Article 40 - Respective liability of contracting and actual carriers

 

Article 41 - Mutual liability

 

Article 42 - Addressee of complaints and instructions

 

Article 43 - Servants and agents

 

Article 44 - Aggregation of damages

 

Article 45 - Addressee of claims

 

Article 46 - Additional jurisdiction

 

Article 47 - Invalidity of contractual provisions

 

Article 48 - Mutual relations of contracting and actual carriers

 

Chapter VI - Other Provisions

 

Article 49 - Mandatory application

 

Article 50 - Insurance

 

Article 51 - Carriage performed in extraordinary circumstances

 

Article 52 - Definition of days

 

Chapter VII - Final Clauses

 

Article 53 - Signature, ratification and entry into force

 

Article 54 - Denunciation

 

Article 55 - Relationship with other Warsaw Convention instruments

 

Article 56 - States with more than one system of law

 

Article 57 - Reservations