First ScheduleRULES

First Schedule, item 1

1. (1) These rules apply to all international carriage of persons, luggage or goods performed by aircraft for reward. They apply also to such carriage when performed gratuitously by an air transport undertaking. (2) In these rules "High Contracting Party" means a High Contracting Party to the Convention. (3) For the purposes of these rules the expression "international carriage" means any carriage in which, according to the contract made by the parties, the place of departure and the place of destination, whether or not there be a break in the carriage or a transhipment, are situated either within the territories of two High Contracting Parties, or within the territory of a single High Contracting Party, if there is an agreed stopping place within a territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate or authority of another Power, even though that Power in not a party to the Convention. A carriage without such an agreed stopping place between territories subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate or authority of the same High Contracting Party is not deemed to be international for the purpose of these rules. (4) A carriage to be performed by several successive air carriers is deemed, for the purposes of these rules to be one undivided carriage, if it has been regarded by the parties as a single operation, whether it has been agreed upon under the form of a single contract or of a series of contracts, and it does not, lose its international character merely because one contract or a series of contracts is to be performed entirely within a territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate or authority of the same High Contracting Party.

First Schedule, item 2

2. (1) These rules apply to carriage performed by the State or by legally constituted public bodies provided it falls within the conditions laid down in the rule 1. (2) These rules do not apply to carriage performed under the terms of any international postal Convention.

First Schedule, item 3

3. (1) For the carriage of passengers the carrier must deliver a passenger ticket which shall contain the following particulars:− (a) the place and date of issue; (b) the place of departure, and of destination; (c) 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; (d) the name and address of the carrier or carriers; (e) a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability constained in this Schedule. (2) The absence, irregularity or loss of the passenger the ticket does not effect the existence or the validity of the contract of carriage, which shall none the less be subject to these rules. Nevertheless, if the carrier accepts a passenger without a passenger ticket having been delivered he shall not be entitled to avail himself of those provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability.

First Schedule, item 4

4. (1) For the carriage of luggage, other than small personal objects of which the passenger takes charge himself, the carrier must deliver a luggage ticket. (2) The luggage ticket shall be made out in duplicate, one part for the passenger and the other part for the carrier. (3) The luggage ticket shall contain the following particulars:− (a) the place and date of issue; (b) the place of departure and of destination; (c) the name and address of the carrier or carriers; (d) the number of the passenger ticket; (e) a statement that delivery of the luggage will be made to the bearer of the luggage will be made to the bearer of the luggage ticket; (f) the number and weight of the packages; (g) the amount of the value declared in accordance with rule 22(2); (h) a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability contained in this Schedule. (4) The absence, irregularity or loss of the luggage ticket does not affect the existence or the validity of the contract of carriage, which shall none the less be subject to those rules. Nevertheless, if the carrier accepts luggage without a luggage ticket having been delivered, or if the luggage ticket does not contain the particulars set out at (d) (f) and (h) of sub-rule (3), he carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of those provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability.

First Schedule, item 5

5. (1) Every carrier of goods has the right to 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. (2) 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 rule 9, be none the less governed by these rules.

First Schedule, item 6

6. (1) The air consignment note shall be made out by the consignor in three original parts and be handed over with the goods. (2) The first part shall be marked "for the carrier", and shall be signed by the consignor. The second part shall be marked "for the consignee"; it shall be signed by the consignor and by the carrier and shall accompany the goods. The third part shall be signed by the carrier and handed by him to the consignor after the goods have been accepted. (3) The carrier shall sign an acceptance of the goods. (4) The signature of the carrier may be stamped; that of the consignor may be printed or stamped. (5) If, at the request of the consignor, the carrier makes out the consignment note, he shall be deemed, subject to proof to the contrary to have done so on behalf of the consignor.

First Schedule, item 7

7. The carrier of goods has the right to require the consignor to make out separate consignment notes when there is more than one package.

First Schedule, item 8

8. The air consignment note shall contain the following particulars:− (a) the place and date of its execution; (b) the place of departure and of destination; (c) the agreed stopping places, provided that the carrier may reserve the right to alter the stopping places in cases of necessity, and that if he exercises that right the alteration shall not have the effect of depriving the carriage of its international character; (d) the name and address of the consignor; (e) the name and address of the first carrier; (f) the name and address of the consignee, if the case so requires; (g) the nature of goods; (h) the number of the packages, the method of packing and the particular marks or numbers upon them; (i) the weight, the quantity and the volume or dimensions of the goods; (j) the apparent condition of the goods and of the packing; (k) the freight, if it has been agreed upon, the date and place of payment and the person who is to pay it; (l) if the goods are sent for payment on delivery, the price of the goods and, if the case so requires, the amount of the expenses incurred; (m) the amount of the value declared in accordance with rule 22(2); (n) the number of parts of the air consignment note; (o) the documents handed to the carrier to accompany the air consignment note; (p) the time fixed for the completion of the carriage and a brief note of the route to be followed, if these matters have been agreed upon; (q) a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability contained in this Schedule.

First Schedule, item 9

9. If the carrier accepts goods without an air consignment note having been made out, or if the air consignment note does not contain all the particulars set out in rule 8(a) to (i) inclusive and (q), the carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of the provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability.

First Schedule, item 10

10. (1) The consignor is responsible for the correctness of the particulars and statements relating to the goods which he inserts in the air consignment note. (2) The consignor will be liable for all damage suffered by the carrier or any other person by reason of the irregularity, incorrectness or incompleteness of the said particulars and statements.

First Schedule, item 11

11. (1) The air consignment note is prima facie evidence of the conclusion of the contract, of the receipt of the goods and of the conditions of carriage. (2) The statements in the air consignment note relating to the weight, dimensions and packing of the goods, as well as those relating to the number of the packages, are prima facie evidence of the facts stated; those relating to the quantity, volume and condition of the goods do not constitute evidence against the carrier except so far as they both have been, and are stated in the air consignment note to have been, checked by him in the presence of the consignor, or relate to the apparent condition of the goods.

First Schedule, item 12

12.(1) Subject to his liability to carry out all his obligations under the contract of carriage, the consignor has the right to dispose of the goods by withdrawing them at the aerodrome of departure or destination, or by stopping them in the course of the journey on any landing, or, by calling for them to be delivered at the place of destination or in the course of the journey to a person other than the consignee named in the air consignment note, or by requiring them to be returned to the aerodrome of departure. He must not exercise this right of disposition in such a way as to prejudice the carrier or other consignors and he must repay any expenses occasioned by the exercise of this right. (2) If it is impossible to carry out the orders of the consignor the carrier must so inform him forthwith. (3) If the carrier obeys the order of the consignor for the disposition of the goods without requiring the production of the part of the air consignment note delivered to the later, he will be liable, without prejudice to his right of recovery from the consignor, for any damage which may be caused thereby to any person who is lawfully in possession of that part of the air consignment note. (4) The right conferred on the consignor cease at the moment when that of the consignee begins in accordance with rule 13. Nevertheless, if the consignee declines to accept the consignment note or the goods, or if he cannot be communicate with, the consignor resumes his right of disposition.

First Schedule, item 13

13.(1) Except in the circumstances set out in rule 12, the consignees is entitled, on arrival of the goods at the place of destination, to require the carrier to hand over to him the air consignment note and to deliver the goods to him, on payment of the charges due and on complying with the conditions of a carriage set out in the air consignment note. (2) Unless it is otherwise agreed, it is the duty of the carrier to give notice to the consignee as soon as the goods arrive. (3) If the carrier admits the loss of the goods, or if the goods have not arrived at the expiration of seven days after the date on which they ought to have arrived, the consignee is entitled to put into force against the carrier the rights which flow from the contract of carriage.

First Schedule, item 14

14. The consignor and the consignee can respectively enforce all the rights given them by rules 12 and 13, each in his own name, whether he is acting in his own interest or in the interest of another, provided that he carries out the obligations imposed by the contract.

First Schedule, item 15

15.(1) Rules 12, 13 and 14 do not affect either the relations of the consignor or the consignee with each other or the mutual relations of third parties whose rights are derived either from the consignor or from the consignee. (2) The provisions of rules 12, 13 and 14 can only be varied by express provision in the air consignment note.

First Schedule, item 16

16.(1) The consignor must furnish such information and attach to the air consignment note such documents as are necessary to meet the formalities of customs, octroi or police before the goods can be delivered to the consignee. The consignor is liable to the carrier for any damaged occasioned by the absence, insufficiency or irregularity of any such information or documents, unless the damage is due to the fault of the carrier or his agents. (2) The carrier is under no obligation to enquire into the correctness or sufficiency of such information or documents.

First Schedule, item 17

17. The carrier is liable for damage sustained in 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.

First Schedule, item 18

18.(1) The carrier is liable for damage sustained in the event of the destruction or loss of, or of damage to, any registered luggage or any goods, if the occurrence which caused the damage so sustained took place during the carriage by air. (2) The carriage by air within the meaning of the preceding paragraph comprises the period during which the luggage or goods are in charge of the carrier, whether in an aerodrome or on board an aircraft, or, in the case of a landing outside an aerodrome, in any place whatsoever. (3) The period of the carriage by air does not extend to any carriage by land, by sea or by river performed outside an aerodrome. If, however, such a carriage takes place in the performance of a contract for carriage by air, for the purpose of loading, delivery or transhipment, any damage is presumed, subject to proof of the contrary, to have been the result of an event which took place during the carriage by air.

First Schedule, item 19

19. The carrier is liable for damage occasioned by delay in the carriage by air of passengers, luggage or goods.

First Schedule, item 20

20. (1) The carrier is not liable if he proves that he and his agents have taken all necessary measures to avoid the damage or that it was impossible for him or them to take such measures. (2) In the carriage of goods and luggage the carrier is not liable if he proves that the damaged was occasioned by negligent pilot age or negligence in the handling of the aircraft or in navigation and that, in all other respects, he and his agents have taken all necessary measures to avoid the damage.

First Schedule, item 21

21. If the carrier proves that the damage was caused by or contributed to by the negligence of the injured person the Court may exonerate the carrier wholly or partly from his liability.

First Schedule, item 22

22. (1) In the carriage of passengers the liability of the carrier for each passenger is limited to the sum of 125,000 francs. Where damages may be awarded in the form of periodical payments, the equivalent capital value of the said payments shall not exceed 125,000 francs. Nevertheless, by special contract the carrier and the passenger may agree to a higher limit of liability. (2) In the carriage of registered luggage and of goods, the liability of the carrier is limited to a sum of 250 francs per kilogram, unless the consignor has made at the time when the package was handed over to the carrier, a special declaration of the value at delivery and has paid a supplementary sum if the case so requires. In that case the carrier will be liable to pay a sum not exceeding the declared sum, unless he proves that sum is greater than the actual value to the consignor at delivery. (3) As regards objects of which the passenger takes charge himself the liability of the carrier is limited to 5,000 francs per passenger. (4) The sums mentioned in this rule shall be deemed to refer to the French franc consisting of 65½ milligrams gold of millesimal fineness 900.

First Schedule, item 23

23. Any provision tending to relieve the carrier of liability or to fix a lower limit than that which is laid down in these rules shall be null and void, but the nullity of any such provision does not involve the nullity of the whole contract, which shall remain subject to the provision of this Schedule.

First Schedule, item 24

24.(1) In the cases covered by rules 18 and 19 any action for damages, however founded, can only be brought subject to the conditions and limits set out in this Schedule. (2) In the cases covered by rule 17 the provision of subrule (1) also apply, without prejudice to the questions as to who are the persons who have the right to bring suit and what are their respective rights.

First Schedule, item 25

25. (1) The carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of the provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability, if the damage is caused by his wilful misconduct or by such default on his part as in the opinion of the Court equivalent to wilful misconduct. (2) Similarly the carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of the said provisions, if the damage is caused as aforesaid by any agent of the carrier acting within the scope of his employment.

First Schedule, item 26

26. (1) Receipt by the person entitled to delivery of luggage or goods without complaint is prima facie evidence that the same have been delivered in good condition and in accordance with the document of carriage. (2) In the case of damage, the person entitled to delivery must complain to the carrier forthwith after the discovery of the damage, and, at the latest, within three days from the date of receipt in the case of luggage and seven days from the date of receipt in the case of goods. In the case of delay the complaint must be made at the latest within fourteen days from the date on which the luggage or goods have been placed at his disposal. (3) Every complaint must be made in writing upon the document of carriage or by separate notice in writing dispatched within the times aforesaid. (4) Failing complaint within the times aforesaid, no action shall lie against the carrier, save in the case of fraud on his part.

First Schedule, item 27

27. In the case of the death of the person liable, an action for damages lies in accordance with these rules against those legally representing his estate.

First Schedule, item 28

28. An action for damages must be brought at the option of the plaintiff, either before the Court having jurisdiction where the carrier is ordinary, resident, or has his principal place of business, or has an establishment by which the contract has been made or before the Court having jurisdiction at the place of destination.

First Schedule, item 29

29. The right of damages shall be extinguished if an action is not brought within two years, reckoned from the date of arrival at the destination, or from the date on which the aircraft ought to have arrived, or from the date on which the carriage stopped.

First Schedule, item 30

30. (1) In the case of carriage to be performed by various successive carriers and falling within the definition set out in sub rule (4) or rule 1, each carrier who accepts passengers, luggage or goods is subjected to the rules set out in this Schedule, and is deemed to be one of the contracting parties to the contract of carriage in so far as the contract deals with that part of the carriage which is performed under his supervision. (2) In the case of carriage of this nature, the passenger or his representative can take action only against the carrier who performed the carriage during which the accident or the delay occurred, save in the case where, by express agreement, the first carrier has assumed liability for the whole journey. (3) As regards luggage or goods, the passenger or consignor will have a right of action against the first carrier, and the passenger or consignee who is entitled to delivery will have a right of action against the last carrier, and further, each may take action against the carrier who performed the carriage during which the destruction, loss, damage or delay took place. These carrier will be jointly and severally liable to the passenger or to the consignor or consignee.

First Schedule, item 31

31.(1) In the case of combined carriage performed partly by air and partly by any other mode of carriage, the provisions of this Schedule apply only to the carriage by air, provided that the carriage by air falls within the terms of rule 1. (2) Nothing in this Schedule shall prevent the parties in the case of combined carriage from inserting in the document of air carriage conditions relating to other modes of carries, provided that the provisions of this Schedule are observed as regards the carriage by air.

First Schedule, item 32

32. Any clause contained in the contract and all special agreements entered into before the damage occurred by which the parties purport to infringe the rules laid down by this Schedule, whether by deciding the law to be applied, or by altering the ruler as to jurisdiction, shall be null and void. Nevertheless for the carriage of goods arbitration clauses are allowed, subject to these rules, if the arbitration is to take place in the territory of one the High Contracting Parties within one of the jurisdictions referred to in rule 28.

First Schedule, item 33

33. Nothing contained in this Schedule shall prevent the carrier either refusing to enter into any contract of carriage, or from making regulations which do not conflict with the provisions of this Schedule.

First Schedule, item 34

34. This Schedule does not apply to international carriage by air performed by way of experimental trial by air navigation undertakings with the view to the establishment of a regular line of air navigation, nor does it apply to carriage performed in extraordinary circumstances outside the normal scope of an air carrier's business.

First Schedule, item 35

35. The expression "days" when used in these rules means current days, not working days.

First Schedule, item 36

36. When a High Contracting Party has declared at the time of ratification of or accession to the Convention that the first paragraph of Article 2 of the 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, these rules shall not apply to international carriage by air so performed.