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The Montreal Convention 1999 (MC99) establishes airline liability in the case of death or injury to passengers, as well as in cases of delay, damage or loss of baggage and cargo.
General Provisions. Article 1 — Scope of Application. This Convention applies to all international carriage of persons, baggage or cargo performed by aircraft for reward. It applies equally to gratuitous carriage by aircraft performed by an air transport undertaking.
The Montreal Convention (formally, the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air) is a multilateral treaty adopted by a diplomatic meeting of ICAO member states in 1999.
Montreal Convention 1999 •MC99 is intended to replace the patchwork of regimes that developed since the Warsaw Convention in 1929 •Entered in to force in 2003 •It governs airline liability for passengers, baggage and cargo on international flights in cases of: •death, injury or delay to passengers •delay, loss or damage to baggage
The convention aims to introduce uniform legal rules to govern air carrier liability in the event of damage caused to passengers, baggage or goods during international journeys. The decision concludes the convention on behalf of the European Community (now the EU).
May 28, 1999 · Pursuant to the 2019 review of the limits of liability conducted by ICAO under Article 24 of the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, done at Montréal on 28 May 1999 (Doc 9740) (Montreal Convention of 1999), the revised limits of liability established under Articles 21 and 22 of the said Convention ...
CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES. FOR INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY AIR DONE AT MONTREAL ON 28 MAY 1999. Entry into force: Status: The Convention entered into force on 4 November 2003*. 139 parties. State.
The Montreal Convention 1999 (“MC99”) establishes a modern compensatory regime in respect of passengers who suffer death or injury caused by an accident during international carriage by air.
• An Overview of the Montreal Convention of 1999 • 5 Convention signatories as to the amount or relevance of any limits. In 1995–1996 the carriers took matters into their own hands and many members of the Interna-tional Air Transport Association (IATA) voluntarily waived the Warsaw Convention
CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES FOR INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY AIR DONE AT MONTREAL ON 28 MAY 1999. Entry into force: The Convention entered into force on 4 November 2003*....
