Warsaw Convention

fr:Convention de Varsovie

The Warsaw Convention is an international convention which regulates liability for air carriers going across international boundaries.

Originally signed in 1929 in Warsaw (whence the name), it was amended 1955 at The Hague and 1975 in Montreal.

In particular, the Warsaw Convention

• mandates carriers to issue passenger tickets,
• requires carriers to issue baggage checks for checked luggage, and
• limits a carrier's liability to
  • 16'600 Special Drawing Rights (XDR) for personal damage,
  • 17 Special Drawing Rights per kilogram for checked luggage and cargo,
  • 332 Special Drawing Rights for the hand luggage of a traveller.

These sums are valid in the absence of a differing agreement (on a higher sum) with the carrier. Agreements on lower sums are null and void.

On January 11, 2004, the exchange rate was 1.00 XDR = 1.175 EUR or 1.00 XDR = 1.497 USD.

The Montreal Convention largely replaced the Warsaw Convention after 1999.

External links

• Text of the Warsaw Convention (http://www.iata.org/NR/ContentConnector/CS2000/Siteinterface/sites/legal/file/warsaw.pdf) (PDF) from IATA.

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