Note: Authentic text in English. These conditions, effective as of January 1st 2016, are the result of negotiations between the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders and the following organisations: DENMARK: The Danish Chamber of Commerce (Dansk Erhverv) FINLAND: ICC Finland and Finnish Shippers’ Council NORWAY: Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) and Federation of Norwegian Industries (Norsk Industri) SWEDEN: The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv) INTRODUCTORY CONDITIONS These General Conditions of the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders set forth the freight forwarder’s and the customer’s rights and obligations towards each other, including the freight forwarder’s liability under various applicable transport law conventions valid from time to time, such as CIM, CMR, the Hague-Visby Rules and the Montreal Convention, or any amendments, annexes or protocols of any such transport law convention. Special Regulations and / or Provisions may apply in the applicable member countries of the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders Association due to national legislation. APPLICABILITY § 1 These conditions shall only and exclusively apply to members of the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders. However, upon explicit notice given by a member association of the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders with effect for the concrete member associations’ country, these provisions may also be used by non-member companies. NETWORK CLAUSE § 2 If a certain mode of transport has been expressly agreed upon, or if it is proved that loss, depreciation, damage or delay has occurred whilst the goods were being carried by a particular means of transport, the freight forwarder shall be liable in accordance with the law applicable to such mode of transport and commonly used conditions of carriage, to the extent that these deviate from what is laid down in § 6, section 2 and 3 or §§ 15 – 21. THE FREIGHT FORWARDER CONTRACT § 3 A. Services The freight forwarders contract may include: - carriage of goods, agency services and intermediary services, - logistic services, supply chain services and advisory services, - storage of goods and warehousing services, - stevedoring services and ship brokering, - other services, such as – but not limited to – customs clearance, other customs and VAT-related services, co-operation in the performance of the customers obligations under public law, assistance in handling insurance-related issues and assistance in relation to export and import documents. B. The freight forwarder as contracting party 1) In accordance with §§ 2 and 15-21, the freight forwarder will be responsible as a contracting party for all services undertaken by the freight forwarder excluding instances under section 3 C below. The freight forwarder is furthermore responsible for other contracting parties that the freight forwarder has engaged to perform or carry the contract on behalf of the freight forwarder. 2) These conditions apply equally to the persons that provide services for the freight forwarder in order to perform the contract as to the freight forwarder himself, irrespective of the grounds for the customer’s claims against the freight forwarder and such other persons. The aggregate liability of the freight forwarder and such other persons is limited to the amount that applies to the freight forwarder’s liability under these conditions. C. The freight forwarder as intermediary
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