I. DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS: ART. 1. The definitions and abbreviations used in the text of these STANDARD TRADING CONDITIONS bear the following meaning: 1. "STANDARD TRADING CONDITIONS" hereinafter is abbreviated as "STC". 2. "FORWARDER" is the Merchant, who by occupation and for common use performs the services and the related transactions for carriage, warehousing, handling and documenting of goods/cargo, constituting the objects of these STANDARD TRADING CONDITIONS (STC). For the purposes of these STC the meaning of the term "FORWARDER" is not limited exclusively to the legal definitions contained in Art. 361 to Art. 366 of the Commerce Act of Bulgaria. 3. "CUSTOMER" is any Person on whose behalf, for whose benefit and/or at whose request the FORWARDER undertakes any business or provides any services or information under these STC. 4. "OWNER” is any Person who has legal rights of disposal of the goods and of their packing. 6. "PERSON” means any physical person or body corporate, as well as his/hers/its legal representatives and any Authority, State Agency or Institution. 5. „SUBCONTRACTOR“ means the actual doer (Carrier, Loader/Stevedore, Warehousing operator etc.), hired by the FORWARDER to fulfill the dealings and services organized by the FORWARDER. 6. "PERSON" means any physical person or body corporate, as well as his/hers/its legal representatives and any Authority, State Agency or Institution. 7. "GOODS" (or "CARGO") is the object of the services and the related transactions performed by the FORWARDER under these STC, which includes also any packing, container or equipment for the protection of the goods in transportation, handling or storage. 8. "DANGEROUS GOODS" are such goods/cargo, which constitute a risk in transportation, handling or storage according to the legislation of any of the countries of origin, destination or transit and/or according to the applicable international regulations. 9. "TRANSPORT UNITS” are any containers, trucks, trailers and semi- trailers, railcars, tanks, pallets and all other devices, specifically constructed for the carriage of goods by land, water or air. 10. "HANDLING" is the physical operations performed or organized by the FORWARDER with the goods/cargo, such as: loading, unloading, stowing, re-stowing, re-arranging, securing and unsecuring, packing and unpacking, sorting, counting, weighing, marking, labeling, etc. 11. "INSTRUCTIONS” are any general and specific requirements, clearly stated by the CUSTOMER and accepted for execution by the FORWARDER. Bulgarian National Freight Forwarders Association Standard Trading Conditions © NSBS (Edition 2015) Page 3 of 23
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