Friday, July 12, 2013

Guatemala Protocol 1971 (Page-2)



amount and the carrier does not make, within a period of six months after his receipt of such notice, a written offer of settlement in an amount at least equal to the, compensation awarded within the applicable limit. This period will be extended until the time of commencement of the action if dial is later, (c) The costs of the action including lawyers' fees shall not be taken into account in applying the limits under this Article.
4. The sums mentioned in francs in this Article and Article 42 shall be deemed to refer to a currency unit consisting of sixty-five and a half milligrams of gold of millennial fineness nine hundred. These sums may be converted into national currencies in round figures. Conversion of die sums into national currencies other than gold shall, in case of judicial proceedings, be made according to the gold value of such currencies at the date of die judgment.'
Article IX
Article 24 of the Convention shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
'Article 24
1.                          In the carriage of cargo, any action for damages, however founded, can only be
brought subject to the conditions and limits set out in this Convention.
2.            In the carriage of passengers and baggage any action for damages, however
founded, whether under this Convention or in contract or in tort or otherwise, can only be
brought subject to the conditions and limits of liability set out in this Convention, without
prejudice to the question as to who are die persons who have die right to bring suit and
what are their respective rights. Such limits of liability constitute maximum limits and
may not be exceeded whatever die circumstances which gave rise to die liability.'
Article X
Article 25 of the Convention shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
'Article 25
The limit of liability specified in paragraph 2 of Article 22 shall not apply if it is proved dial die damage resulted from an act or omission of the cannier, his servants or agents, done with intent to cause damage or recklessly and widi knowledge that damage would probably result; provided that, in die case of such act or omission of a servant or agent, it is also proved dial he was acting within the scope of his employment.'
Article XI
hi Article 25A of die Convention—paragraphs 1 and 3 shall be deleted and replaced by die following:
'1. If an action is brought against a servant or agent of the cannier arising out of damage to which die Convention relates, such servant or agent if he proves that he acted within die scope of his employment, shall be entitled to-avail himself of the limits of liability which that cannier himself is entitled to invoke under this Convention.
3.        The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply to the carriage
of cargo if it is proved that die damage resulted from an act or omission of die servant or
agent done with intent to cause damage or recklessly and with knowledge that damage
would probably result.'


amount and the carrier does not make, within a period of six months after his receipt of such notice, a written offer of settlement in an amount at least equal to the, compensation awarded within the applicable limit. This period will be extended until the time of commencement of the action if dial is later, (c) The costs of the action including lawyers' fees shall not be taken into account in applying the limits under this Article.
4. The sums mentioned in francs in this Article and Article 42 shall be deemed to refer to a currency unit consisting of sixty-five and a half milligrams of gold of millennial fineness nine hundred. These sums may be converted into national currencies in round figures. Conversion of die sums into national currencies odier dian gold shall, in case of judicial proceedings, be made according to the gold value of such currencies at the date of die judgment.'
Article IX
Article 24 of the Convention shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
'Article 24
1.                          In the carriage of cargo, any action for damages, however founded, can only be
brought subject to the conditions and limits set out in this Convention.
2.            In the carriage of passengers and baggage any action for damages, however
founded, whether under this Convention or in contract or in tort or otherwise, can only be
brought subject to the conditions and limits of liability set out in this Convention, without
prejudice to the question as to who are die persons who have die right to bring suit and
what are their respective rights. Such limits of liability constitute maximum limits and
may not be exceeded whatever die circumstances which gave rise to die liability.'
Article X
Article 25 of the Convention shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
'Article 25
The limit of liability specified in paragraph 2 of Article 22 shall not apply if it is proved dial die damage resulted from an act or omission of the cannier, his servants or agents, done with intent to cause damage or recklessly and with knowledge that damage would probably result; provided that, in die case of such act or omission of a servant or agent, it is also proved dial he was acting within the scope of his employment.'
Article XI
hi Article 25A of die Convention—paragraphs 1 and 3 shall be deleted and replaced by die following:
'1. If an action is brought against a servant or agent of the cannier arising out of damage to which die Convention relates, such servant or agent if he proves that he acted within die scope of his employment, shall be entitled to-avail himself of the limits of liability which that cannier himself is entitled to invoke under this Convention.
3.        The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply to the carriage
of cargo if it is proved that die damage resulted from an act or omission of die servant or
agent done with intent to cause damage or recklessly and with knowledge that damage
would probably result.'

Article XII
In Article 28/of the Convention—the present paragraph 2 shall be renumbered as paragraph 3 and a new paragraph 2 shall be inserted as follows:
'2. In respect of damage resulting from the death, injury or delay of a passenger or the destruction, loss, damage or delay of baggage, the action may be brought before one of the Courts mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article, or in die territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, before the Court within the jurisdiction of which die carrier has an establishment if the passenger has his domicile or permanent residence in the territory of the same High Contracting Party.'
Article XIII
. After Article 30 of the Convention, the following Article shall be inserted:
'Article 30A
Nothing in this Convention shall prejudice die question whether a person liable for damage in accordance with its provisions has a right of recourse against any other person.'
Article XIV
After Article 35 of the Convention, the following Article shall be inserted:
'Article 35A
No provision contained in this Convention shall prevent a State from establishing and operating within its territory a system to supplement the compensation payable to claimants under die Convention in respect of death, or personal injury, of passengers. Such a system shall fulfill the following conditions:
(a)                    it shall not in any circumstances impose upon the earner, his servants or
agents, any liability in addition to that provided under this Convention;
(b)                    it shall not impose upon the carrier any financial or administrative burden
other than collecting in that State contributions from passengers if required so
to do;
(c)         it shall not give rise to any discrimination between earners with regard to die
passengers concerned and die benefits available to die said passengers under
die system shall be extended to them regardless of die earner whose services
they have used;
(d)                    if a passenger has contributed to die system, any person suffering damage as a
consequence of death or personal injury of such passenger shall be entitled to
die benefits of die system.'
Article XV
After Article 41 of the Convention, the following Article shall be inserted:
'Article 42
1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 41, Conferences of die Parties to die Protocol done at Guatemala City on die eighth March 1971 shall be convened during die fifth and tenth years respectively after die date of entry into force of the said Protocol for die purpose of reviewing die limit established in Article 22, paragraph 2 (a) of die Convention as amended by that Protocol.
 



2.            At each of the Conferences mentioned in paragraph 1 of this Article the limit of
liability in Article 22, paragraph 1 (a) in force at the respective dates of these Conferences
shall not be increased by an amount exceeding one hundred and eighty-seven thousand
five hundred francs.
3.            Subject to paragraph 2 of this Article, unless before the thirty-first December of the
fifth and tenth years after the date of entry into force of the Protocol referred to in
paragraph 1 of this Article the aforesaid Conferences decide otherwise by a two-thirds
majority vote of the Parties present and voting, the limit of liability in Article 22,
paragraph 1 (a) in force at the respective dates of these Conferences shall on those dates
be increased by one hundred and eighty-seven thousand five hundred francs.
4.            The applicable  limit shall be  that which, in  accordance  with  die preceding
paragraphs, is in effect on the date of the event which caused the death or personal injury
of the passenger.'
chapter II
scope of application of the convention as amended
Article XVI
The Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague in 1955 and by this Protocol shall apply to international carnage as defined in Article 1 of the Convention, provided that the placed of departure and destination referred to in that Article are situated either in the territories of two Parties to this Protocol or within the territory of a single Party to this Protocol with an agreed stopping place in die territory of another State.
chapter III final clauses
Article XVII
As between die Parties to this Protocol, the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague in 1955 and this Protocol shall be read and interpreted together as one single instrument and shall be known as the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955, and at Guatemala City, 1971.
Article XVIII
Until the date on which this Protocol enters into force in accordance with die provisions of Article XX, it shall remain open for signature by all States Members of the United Nations or any of die Specialized Agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency or Parties to the Statute of die International Court of Justice, and by any other State invited by die General Assembly of the United Nations to become a Party to this Protocol.
Article XIX
1.            This Protocol shall be subject to ratification by die signatory States.
2.            Ratification of this Protocol by any State which is not a Party to the Warsaw
Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955, shall have die effect of accession to die
Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955, and at Guatemala City, 1971.
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3.        The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with die International Civil
Aviation Organization.



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