Sheet - Jurisprudence CMR

Sheet Number: 42777

Country: France

Themes: CMR (Transport routier international)
    Responsabilité du transporteur Limitation de responsabilité du transporteur (art. 23) Calcul (art. 23)

Date of the decision: 01/07/2021

Object:
Transport of a concrete pump from Korea to France via Antwerp - Damage to the goods during the road phase of transport - Embedding under the deck of a bridge - Compensation for damage - Commercial loss (no) - Reimbursement of franchise (no) - Article 23 of the CMR - Compensation for the value of the goods

Abstract:
Pursuant to article 23 of the CMR, no compensation may be requested other than that compensating totally or partially the value of the goods, which, calculated with reference to the elements fixed by the CMR, i.e. 19,200 x 8.33 SDR = 159,936 SDR, limits its amount which can only be exceeded in the event of inexcusable fault on the part of the carrier, a question only affecting the extent of the repair, without affecting the nature of the damage for which compensation is requested, which do not in any case fall within the provisions of the convention governing international transport.

Reference:
Cour d'appel de Douai
01 juillet 2021
RG n°19/03503
SARL Flypump et a. / Société Jas Forwarding Worlwide et a.

IDIT n°25178

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