Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1978 - Geneva, 19 May 1956 as amended by Protocol to the CMR, Geneva, 5 July, 1978) in delivery; (e) The sender's instructions to the carrier regarding insurance of the goods; (f) The agreed time limit within which the carriage is to be carried out; (g) A list of the documents handed to the carrier. 46 47 48 3. The parties may enter in the consignment note any other particulars which they may 49 deem useful. Article 7 50 1. The sender shall be responsible for all expenses, loss and damage sustained by the 51 carrier by reason of the inaccuracy or inadequacy of: (a) The particulars specified in article 6, paragraph 1, (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and 52 (j); (b) The particular specified in article 6, paragraph 2; 53 (c) Any other particulars or instructions given by him to enable the consignment note to 54 be made out or for the purpose of their being entered therein. 2. If, at the request of the sender, the carrier enters in the consignment note the partic- 55 ulars referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, he shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proved, to have done so on behalf of the sender. 3. If the consignment note does not contain the statement specified in article 6, para- 56 graph 1 (k), the carrier shall be liable for all expenses, loss and damage sustained through such omission by the person entitled to dispose of the goods. Article 8 1. On taking over the goods, the carrier shall check: 57 58 (a) The accuracy of the statements in the consignment note as to the number of pack- 59 ages and their marks and numbers, and (b) The apparent condition of the goods and their packaging. 60 2. Where the carrier has no reasonable means of checking the accuracy of e state- 61 ments referred to in paragraph 1 (a) of this article, he shall enter his reservations in the consignment note together with the grounds on which they are based. He shall likewise specify the grounds for any reservations which he makes with regard to the apparent condition of the goods and their packaging, such reservations shall not bind the sender unless he has expressly agreed to be bound by them in the consignment note. 3. The sender shall be entitled to require the carrier to check the gross weight the 62 goods or their quantity otherwise expressed. He may also require the contents of the packages to be checked. The carrier shall be entitled to claim the cost of such checking. The result of the checks shall be entered in the consignment note. SiSU lexmercatoria.org 4
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