Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)

• Coming into Force: 02 July 1961
• Subject Terms: Roads,Transport
• Citation: UNTS v. 399 (p.189)
• Date of Conclusion: 19 May 1956
• Registration Number: 5742
• Registration Date: 02 July 1961
• Participants: Albania,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaiján,Bielorrusia,Bélgica,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Croacia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Czechoslovakia,Dinamarca,Estonia,Federal Republic of Germany,Finlandia,France,Georgia,German Democratic Republic,Greece,Hungria,Ireland,Islamic Republic of Iran,Italia,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lebanon,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Mongolia,Montenegro,Morocco,Holanda,Noruega,Pakistán,Polonia,Portugal,Republic of Moldova,Rumania,Eslovaquia,Eslovenia,España,Suecia,Suiza,Syrian Arab Republic,Tajikistan,The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,Tunisia,Turquia,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United States,Uzbekistan,Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of),Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of),Oman,Afganistán
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: ex officio
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

No.

5742

AUSTRIA,

BELGIUM, FEDERAL

REPUBLIC

OF

GERMANY,

FRANCE,

LUXEMBOURG,

etc.

Convention

on

the

Contract

for

the

International

Carriage

of

Goods

by

Road

(CMR)

(with

Protocol

of

Signature).

Done at

Geneva

on

19

May

1956

Official

texts:

English

and

French.

Registered

ex

officio

on

2

July

1961.

AUTRICHE,

BELGIQUE,

RÉPUBLIQUE

FÉDÉRALE

D'ALLEMAGNE,

FRANCE,

LUXEMBOURG,

etc.

Convention

relative

au

contrat

de

transport

international

de

marchandises

par route

(CMR)

[avec

Protocole

de

signature].

Faite

à

Genève,

le

19

mai

1956

Textes

officiels

anglais

et

français.

Enregistrée

d'office

le

2

juillet

1961.

190

United

Nations

—

Treaty

Series

1961

No.

5742.

CONVENTION

1

ON

THE

CONTRACT

FOR

THE

INTERNATIONAL

CARRIAGE

OF

GOODS

BY

ROAD

(CMR).

DONE AT

GENEVA

ON

19

MAY

1956

PREAMBLE

The

Contracting

Parties,

Having

recognized

the

desirability

of

standardizing

the

conditions

governing

the

contract

for

the

international

carriage

of

goods

by

road,

particularly

with

respect

to

the

documents

used

for

such

carriage

and

to

the

carrier's

liability,

Have

agreed

as

follows

:

CHAPTER

I

SCOPE

OF

APPLICATION

Article

1

1.

This

Convention

shall

apply to

every

contract

for

the

carriage

of

goods

by

road

in

vehicles

for

reward,

when

the

place

of

taking

over

of

the

goods

and

the

place

designated

for

delivery,

as

specified

in

the

contract,

are

situated

in

two

different

countries,

of

which

at

least

one

is

a

contracting

country,

irrespective

of

the

place

of

residence

and

the

nationality

of

the

parties.

2.

For

the purposes

of

this

Convention,

"

vehicles

"

means

motor

vehicles,

articulated

vehicles,

trailers and

semi-trailers

as

defined

in

article

4

of

the

Conven

tion

on

Road

Traffic

dated

19

September

1949.

2

1

In

accordance

with

article

43,

the

Convention

came

into

force

on

2

July

1961,

after

the

following

five

countries had

deposited

their

instruments

of

ratification

or

accession

(a)

on

the

dates

indicated

:

Austria

....................

18

July

1960

France

....................

20

May

1959

Italy

.....................

3

April

1961

(a)

Netherlands

(for

the

Realm

in

Europe)

......

27

September

1960

Yugoslavia

...................

22

October

1958

2

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Nations,

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