New solutions for multimodal carriageand the use of transport documents
oProfessor Erik RøsægoNordisk institutt for sjørett
[email protected]/erikro
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Documents – negotiability
o The different aspects of negotiability
oNegotiability = transferabilityoNon-negotiable documentso Electronic documents
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Electronic documents
o Is there a problem?oHow it workso Signature monopoly
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Identity of carrier
o Current lawo The new rule in Art. 37
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Duty to check cargo before signing transport
document
oDuty carried ono Clarification
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Misdescription – estoppel
o All documentso Reliance
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Misdescription – tort liability
o The current lawo The limitation problem
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Good faith
oGood faithoDuty to cooperateo International practice
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Environment
o Rule of interpretationo Slow steaming
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Art 82
o The principleo Air carriageo Road carriageo Rail carriageo Inland waterways carriage
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Art 26
o Similar to CMR Art. 2oOnly liability, limitation of
liability and time limitsoHypothetical contractso Localized damageo International conventionso Scope of the conventions?
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Multimodal principles
o Restrictive construction of unimodal conventions
o Parties to determine background law
o Freedom of contractoOne transport, one regimeo The recourse trap
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A uniform multimodal document?
o The RR documents are generico Certain rules are associated with
the documents …o but that does not matter if we
are outside the scope of the conventions