Fiche - Jurisprudence CMR

Numéro de la fiche : 41866

Pays : Autriche

Thèmes : CMR (Transport routier international) Responsabilité du transporteur Cas d'exonération (art. 17 et 18)

CMR (Transport routier international) Responsabilité du transporteur Personnes dont répond le transporteur (art. 3)

Date de la décision : 29/03/2017

Objet :
CMR article 3 – CMR article 17§2 – Loss of cargo – Wilful and criminally organised action of the subcarrier – Actions in the performance of his activities – Liability of the principal carrier (yes)

Sommaire :
The subcarrier appointed by the carrier, to whom the prescribed ans technically flawless performance of the carriage and the correlating duty of custody has been transferred, acts in the context of these duties « in the performance of (his) activies » in the sense of article 3 CMR. The carrier is therefore liable for the subcarrier which he appointed, when the subcarrier wilfully and by means of criminally organised action abuses the right of disposal which has been granted to him for the execution of his assignment, and misappropriates the cargo.

Référence :
Oberster Gerichrshof Osterreich
Austria
29 march 2017
7Ob91/16g
European transport law, VOL. LII No. 6 – 2017, p.643

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