Warehouse keeper
The warehouse keeper is a businessman who professionally takes on the storage and safekeeping of goods that are suitable for storage ( Section 467 HGB ). The warehouse keeper takes over the commercial storage and safekeeping of goods.
The storekeeper
- receives the agreed remuneration for storage ( Section 467 Paragraph 2, Section 474 HGB),
- has to acknowledge the acceptance of the goods to be stored,
- must store the goods with the care of a prudent businessman ( Section 347 HGB) ( Section 475 (1) sentence 1 HGB),
- has a statutory lien on the stored goods ( Section 475b HGB),
- is liable for loss of or damage to the stored goods during the custody period (and in some cases also for further financial losses resulting directly from this ), § 475 HGB.
Regardless of the size of the business, the rules of commercial transactions apply to the warehouse keeper, but with certain exceptions.
See also
literature
- Baumbach / Hopt, HGB. Commentary , 34th edition 2010, Verlag CH Beck, ISBN 978-3-406-59034-4