Презентация на тему Warsaw convention 1929

persons, luggage or goods performed by aircraft for reward.

It applies equally to gratuitous carriage by aircraft performed by an air transport undertaking.

Scope - Definitions

deliver a passenger ticket which shall contain the following

particulars:-
the place and date of issue;
the place of departure and of destination;
the agreed stopping places, provided that the carrier may reserve the right to alter the stopping places in case of necessity, and that if he exercises that right, the alteration shall not have the effect of depriving the carriage of its international character;
the name and address of the carrier or carriers;
a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability established by this Convention.

Documents of Carriage Passenger Ticket

require the consignor to make out and hand over

to him a document called an "air consignment note"; every consignor has the right to require the carrier to accept this document.
The absence, irregularity or loss of this document does not affect the existence or the validity of the contract of carriage which shall, subject to the provisions of Article 9, be none the less governed by the rules of this Convention.

Air Consignment Note

the event of the death or wounding of a

passenger or any other bodily injury suffered by a passenger, if the accident which caused the damage so sustained took place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking.

Liability of the Carrier

by air and partly by any other mode of

carriage, the provisions of this Convention apply only to the carriage by air, provided that the carriage by air falls within the terms of Article.
Nothing in this Convention shall prevent the parties in the case of combined carriage from inserting in the document of air carriage conditions relating to other modes of carriage, provided that the provisions of this Convention are observed as regards the carriage by air.

Provisions Relating to Combined Carriage

special agreements entered into before the damage occurred by

which the parties purport to infringe the rules laid down by this Convention, whether by deciding the law to be applied, or by altering the rules as to jurisdiction, shall be null and void.
Nothing contained in this Convention shall prevent the carrier either from refusing to enter into any contract of carriage, or from making regulations which do not conflict with the provisions of this Convention.

General and Final Provisions

force, remain open for accession by any State.
The accession

shall be effected by a notification addressed to the Government of the Republic of Poland, which will inform the Government of each of the High Contracting Parties thereof.
The accession shall take effect as from the ninetieth day after the notification made to the Government of the Republic of Poland.

earlier than two years after the coming into force

of this Convention to call for the assembling of a new international Conference in order to consider any improvements which may be made in this Convention. To this end he will communicate with the Government of the French Republic which will take the necessary measures to make preparations for such Conference.
This Convention done at Warsaw on the 12th October, 1929, shall remain open for signature until the 31st January, 1930.

right to declare at the time of ratification or

of accession that the first paragraph of Article 2 of this Convention shall not apply to international carriage by air performed directly by the State, its colonies, protectorates or mandated territories or by any other territory under its sovereignty, suzerainty or authority."

Additional Protocol