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

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  Chapter I General Provisions

• Article 1 - Scope of Application

• Article 2 - Carriage Performed by State and Carriage of Postal Items

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  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

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  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

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  Article 33 - Jurisdiction

• Article 34 - Arbitration

• Article 35 - Limitation of Actions

• Article 36 - Successive Carriage

• Article 37 - Right of Recourse against Third Parties

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  Chapter IV Combined Carriage

• Article 38 - Combined Carriage

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  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

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  Chapter VI Other Provisions

• Article 49 - Mandatory Application

• Article 50 - Insurance

• Article 51 - Carriage Performed in Extraordinary Circumstances

• Article 52 - Definition of Days

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  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

Authentic text

CONVENTION
FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES FOR INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY AIR
(Montreal, 28 May, 1999)

Done at Montreal on the 28th day of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine in the English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish languages, all texts being equally authentic. This Convention shall remain deposited in the archives of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by the Depositary to all state-parties to this Convention, as well as to all state-parties to the Warsaw Convention, the Hague Protocol, the Guadalajara Convention, the Guatemala City Protocol, and the Montreal Protocols.