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CONVENTION ON THE CONTRACT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD (CMR) (Geneva, 19 May 1956)
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Case law
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ALESSANDRI, M. A general overview on the Italian case law regarding the application of the Convention on the contract for the international carriage of goods by road (CMR) Transportrecht, 28 (2005), pp. 465-468.
BASEDOW, J. Auslegungsgrenzen im Internationalen Einheitsrecht. Bemerkungen zur Anwendung der CMR auf Wechselpritschentransporte durch OLG Hamburg 13.3.1993 TranspR 1994, 193, Transportrecht, 17 (1994), 338
BOGGIO, L. Il trasporto di merci su strada tra CMR e Convenzione di Roma (sulla legge applicabile alle obbligazioni contrattuali). [Note :] Corte d'Appello di Trieste 5 novembre 2001 (Autamarocchi S.P.A. v. Alpina Versicherung AG) Il Diritto Marittimo, 104 (2002), 978-983
BOGGIO, L. La C.M.R. in Cassazione: errare umanum est ... Diritto Marittimo, 102 (2000), 132-134.
CLAVERO TERNERO, M.F. El transporte internacional de mercancías por carretera: la interpretación del Convenio CMR por el Tribunal Supremo Derecho uniforme del transporte internacional, 251-272. Madrid, McGraw Hill, 1998.
CRAUCIUC, O.A.G. – MANOLACHE, O. Contractul de transport rutier international de marfuri în lumina conventiei de la Geneva 1956 (CMR) si a practicii judecatoresti si arbitrale Dreptul, 1 Seria a III-a, (1990), Nr. 7, 22; Nr. 9-12, 56.
CZAPSKI, W. El concepto de transportista segun la convención CMR y la jurisprudencia, in: Actualidad jurídica del transporte por carretera: in memoriam F.M. Sánchez Gamborino Madrid: Fundación Francisco Corell, 2005, pp. 377-388
DELEBECQUE, P. Droit applicable à un contrat de transport interne (Cass. Com. 1er juill. 1997, note) La Semaine juridique, (1998), II, 10 076.
DÍAZ MÉNDEZ, N. El transporte por carretera nacional en España: concepto, clases y jurisprudencia, in: Actualidad jurídica del transporte por carretera: in memoriam F.M. Sánchez Gamborino Madrid: Fundación Francisco Corell, 2005, pp. 227-237
FADDA, E. Ancora sui presupposti per l'applicazione della CMR Diritto Marittimo, 86 (1984), 558
FADDA, E. Presupposti per l'applicazione della CMR. Finalmente la giurisprudenza cambia orientamento Diritto Marittimo, 84 (1982), 415.
FADDA, E. Responsabilità per la caricazione della merce e onere probatorio in base alla CMR. [Note :] Corte di Cassazione - Sez. III - 7 agosto 2000, n. 10360 (Autoindustriale S.R.L., Marine Insurance Company L.T.D., Trans Nord di Delaiti Lilio & C.S.N.C.) Il Diritto Marittimo, 104 (2002), 920-925
GLASS, D. CMR: Case Update Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, (1982), 173
GÓRRIZ LÓPEZ, C. Transporte de mercancías, límite de responsabilidad y carga de la prueba (comentario a la sentencia de la Audiencia Provincial de Barcelona de 15 de mayo de 1998) Revista Jurídica de Cataluña (1999) 223
GREITER, I. CMR-Gerichtsurteile. Entscheidungen zum internationalen Transportrecht. Die CMR-Urteile des österreichischen obersten Gerichtshofes einschl. der unveröff. Entscheidungen bis 21. Februar 1985 Eisenstadt, Prugg, 1985, 322
GRIGOLI, M. Sulla incidenza della mancata indicazione del valore delle cose da trasportare nella distribuzione dei rischi del trasporto terrestre - nota a Cass 17 gennaio 1983, n. 359 Giustizia Civile, 33 (1983), I, 733
GRÖNFORS, K. Svensk rättspraxis: Sjörätt och annan transporträtt 1961-1965 SvJT 1967, s 593-616
GRÖNFORS, K. Svensk rättspraxis: Sjörätt och annan transporträtt 1966-1970 SvJT 1972, s 270-294
GRÖNFORS, K. Svensk rättspraxis: Sjörätt och annan transporträtt 1971-1975 SvJT 1972, s 600-620
GROTH, G. Neuere Entscheidungen zur CMR 1974 - 1976 Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, 23 (1977), 265
HAUBOLD, J. Internationale Zuständigkeit nach CMR und EuGVÜ/LugÜ (zu OLG Dresden, 24. 11. 1998 - 14 U 713/98, unten S. 121, Nr. 7) Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax), (2000), 91-96.
HERBER, R. Probleme um Art. 31 CMR – endlich ein Ende des Mißbrauchs durch negative Feststellungsklage des Frachtführers ? Zugleich Anmerkung zu HansOLG Hamburg 6 U 93/02 und 6 U 192/01 Transportrecht, 26 (2003), 19-21
HILL., D. J. The Interpretation of CMR in the English Courts Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, (1977), 212
HÜGEL, H. F. Drei OGH-Entscheidungen zur Frachtführerhaftung nach der CMR und den AÖSp Juristisches Blätter, 106 (1984), 57
JESSER, H. Unzulängliche Reinigung des Transportfahrzeugs als Mangel i.S. des Art. 17 Abs. 3 CMR. Anmerkung zu OGH Wien, TranspR 1996, 442 Transportrecht, 20 (1997) 98
JUNG, C. The Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR): survey, analysis and trends of recent German case law Uniform Law Review / Revue de droit uniforme 1997-1, 148
KOLLER, I. Quantum Corporation Inc. v. Plane Trucking Limited und die Anwendbarkeit der CMR auf die Beförderung mit verschiedenartigen Transportmitteln Transportrecht, 26 (2003), 45-50.
KOLLER, I. Zur Beweislast für unzureichende Vorkühlung des Transportgutes. Anmerkung zum Urteil des Brandenburgischen OLG vom 29.3.2000 - 7 U 206/98, TranspR 2000, 358 Transportrecht, 23 (2000), 449-450
KRINGS, E. La Cour de cassation et l’interprétation de la convention international CMR, in: Liber amicorum Putzeys, 1996, 133 Bruylant, Bruxelles, 1996, 133
LIBOUTON, J. Liability of the CMR Carrier in Belgian Case Law (Arts. 17, 18, 19, 20), in: IRU (ed), International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) London, 1987, 79
LUTZ, P. Anmerkungen zur französischen Rechtsprechung zur CMR Transportrecht, 14 (1991), 6
LUTZ, P. Die Rechtsprechung der französischen Cour de Cassation zum Begriff des groben Verschuldens des Frachtführers nach Artikel 29 CMR Transportrecht, 12 (1989), 155
MAYER, C.U. CMR - Aperçu et réflexions sur la jurisprudence autrichienne en dernier ressort (1994-1996) Uniform Law Review / Revue de droit uniforme, 1997-1, 169
MERCADAL, B. La carta de porte CMR según la jurisprudencia francesa y otros países, in: Actualidad jurídica del transporte por carretera: in memoriam F.M. Sánchez Gamborino Madrid: Fundación Francisco Corell, 2005, pp. 419-429
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P[ESCE], A. Corte di Cassazione e leggi uniformi (C.M.R. e LUVI): un caso di disattenzione Foro Padano, 37 (1982), 18.
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Case study 6
Casualty 1
Checking of condition of goods upon delivery 1
Checks by carrier 1
CIDIP 1
CIM 1
Civil liability 1
Claimant 1
Claims and actions 10
Claims between successive carriers 2
CMR and domestic carriage 3
Combined transport 10
Compensation 7
Competent Court 1
Conclusion of the contract of carriage 3
Consignment note 10
Container 1
Contract of carriage 4
Contract of carriage by road 2
Contracting Parties 1
Convention in general 3
Crew 1
Cumulative carriage 1
Customs 1
Customs duties 1
Czech Republic 2
Damage 2
Dangerous goods 5
DDR 1
Declaration of value of goods 1
Declaratory judgment 2
Defective condition of vehicle 2
Defective loading of goods 1
Delay 5
Denmark 7
Derogations from convention 1
Derogations from the Convention - Prohibition of 1
Direct action against insurer 1
Disputes relating to interpretation of Convention 1
Documents of carriage 1
Domestic carriage 8
Domestic carriage by road 1
Duty to load 1
Economics 1
EDI Protocol 2
Electronic consignment note 5
Electronic contract of carriage 2
European Union 7
Exoneration from liability of carrier 1
Extra-contractual liability 2
Finland 1
Fixed costs 1
Force majeure 2
Forwarding agent 2
France 11
Freight car 1
Furniture Removal 1
General 74
General commentary 27
General conditions 2
Germany 21
Goods 1
Greece 2
Gross negligence 10
History 3
ICC 1
Incorporation of CMR 8
Indication of value of goods 1
Indivisible bulk carriage 1
Insufficient packaging 1
Insurance 15
Insurance company’s expert’s evaluation 1
Interest 2
Interest of parties 1
International contract of carriage 1
International public law 1
Interpretation 19
IRU 2
Italy 18
Jurisdiction 10
Labour law 1
Languages 2
Liability 29
Liability of carrier 51
Liability of driver 1
Liability of forwarding agent 2
Liability of sender 1
Limit to compensation for damage 2
Limitation of actions 13
Limitation of liability 1
Limitation of liability of carrier 15
Lis pendens 1
Loading 3
Loading by the sender 1
Loss 2
Loss of goods 1
Mandatory application of convention 1
Mandatory nature of the CMR 2
Maximum compensation 2
Multilateral carriage 1
Multimodal transport 1
Multiple carriers 2
National law 5
Negligence 3
Netherlands 10
Non-contractual liability 3
Norway 1
OHBLA / OHADA 1
Other charges incurred 1
Packaging 2
Performance / enforcement: obligation to check 1
Period of limitation of claims 1
Person entitled to claim damages 1
Person entitled to make a claim 2
Persons for whom the carrier is responsible 1
Portugal 4
Postal transports 1
Prima facie evidence of the parties to the contract 1
Procedure 4
Protocol of signature 1
Public services 1
Retention of goods 1
Revision of Convention 1
Right of action 2
Right of disposal 3
Right of retention 1
Right to damages of consignee 1
Rights of carrier 1
Rights of consignee 1
Risk allocation 1
Roll-on roll-off 1
Romania 1
Ro-Ro,[piggy-back] 11
Russian Federation 4
Scope of application 10
Serbia 1
Shared liability 1
Signature of consignment note 1
Spain 15
Stand money 1
Stipulations derogating from convention 1
Store house 1
Strict liability 1
Successive carriage 3
Successive carriers 10
Suspension of period of limitation 5
Sweden 5
Switzerland 1
Taking over of goods without reservations 2
Tariffs 1
Theft 4
Third parties 1
Time bar 2
Timing 1
Tort liability 2
Transport in general 2
Transport law in general 1
Turkey 1
Unavoidable circumstances 1
UNCITRAL 1
Unidroit Principles 1
United Kingdom 12
Unloading 2
USSR 1
Value of goods 1
VAT 1
Vehicle traffic 1
Wilful misconduct 8
Wilful misconduct or equivalent default 7
Wilful misconduct or equivalent default of carrier 3
Wilful neglect 1
Wrongful act or neglect equivalent to wilful misconduct 2