Convention on the international motor transportations of passengers and baggage

of October 9, 1997

The State Parties of this Convention on behalf of the governments which are hereinafter referred to as with the Parties

proceeding from need of coordinated actions in the field of the international motor transportations of passengers and baggage,

agreed as follows:

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1

1. This Convention extends to carriers of the Parties which are carrying out transportation of passengers and baggage in the international message by buses irrespective of the country of their registration, and is binding for them, and also on transportations of passengers and their baggage by buses when in the transportation agreement it is specified that at least two Parties and the point of departure or destination are transported on the territories is in the territory of one of the Parties.

2. The convention regulates conditions and rules of transportations, responsibility of carriers, procedure for presentation of claims and claims.

3. The terms used in the Convention have the following values:

a) "passenger" - physical person which in agreement performance of transportation, concluded from his name or him, is transported for a fee or freely by carrier;

b) "carrier" - the legal entity or physical person performing international carriages of passengers and baggage and registered as the subject of business activity according to the legislation of the state of the location;

c) "bus" - the car intended for transportation of passengers and baggage, having at least 7 places for sitting apart from driver's seat;

d) "ticket" - the document certifying right to use by the passenger by bus and confirming the conclusion of the transportation agreement between carrier and the passenger;

e) "baggage" - the load packed for departure by transport, transported separately from the passenger;

e) "luggage receipt" - the document confirming acceptance of baggage for transportation.

Chapter II. Conditions of transportations

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