Logistics terms and conditions

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The logistics GTC are general terms and conditions (GTC) for logistics contracts .

Logistics GTC as of 2006

The 20 paragraph set of rules was created between 2005 and 2006 by the Logistics Law Working Group under the direction of Thomas Wieske from the Institute for Logistics Law & Risk Management (ILRM) at the University of Bremerhaven . Representatives of the shippers, the forwarding agents and logistics groups as well as the insurance companies were involved in the working group in order to guarantee the balance of the logistics terms and conditions in relation to the various industry interests and to make them the contractual basis for all parties involved in the logistics contract . This continued the long and successful tradition of the General German Forwarding Conditions (ADSp) as a cross-sector set of rules. Even if there has not yet been a corresponding joint recommendation from the respective industry associations, the logistics terms and conditions are used by many freight forwarders and logistics groups as a contractual basis alongside the ADSp .

The logistics terms and conditions apply to logistical (additional) services that are not transports according to section 2.1 of the ADSp or are not subject to a freight , forwarding or storage contract , but are subject to the law on contracts for work and services , for example individual production steps, the packaging of goods, order acceptance, Goods inspection, or information management or shelf service in retail. In particular, for so-called short-term shouting transactions, whose small scope and short-term nature do not allow an individually negotiated, comprehensive logistics contract, they should form a standardized contractual basis that is tailored to the interests of the individual and the economic situation.

A central component of the logistics terms and conditions are the maximum liability limits for the contractor contained in point 14. In doing so, they take on the rule of limited liability and maximum liability limits that exist in the transport industry, cf. § 431 HGB, 23rd ADSp, Art. 23 Para. 3 CMR, et al. The maximum liability limits are € 20,000 per case of damage, € 100,000 for serial damage and € 500,000 for all cases of damage in a year, whereby the contracting parties can also agree other maximum limits, as is expressly indicated in 14.4 Logistics Terms and Conditions.

Logistics terms and conditions as of 2019

From the press release of the DSLV u. a. from June 3, 2019:

"The Federal Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics (DSLV), the Federal Association of Furniture Freight Forwarding and Logistics (AMÖ) and the Federal Association of Freight Transport, Logistics and Disposal (BGL) recommend applying the Logistics Terms and Conditions 2019 from July 1, 2019. Together with the Institute for Logistics Law and Risk Management (ILRM), Bremerhaven, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Thomas Wieske, the federal associations have updated and expanded the general terms and conditions for so-called logistical services that are not customary for freight forwarders. "

In particular, the ADSp 2017 were taken into account in the new version, but above all the area of ​​application was expanded and uniform standards for order placement and processing were defined.

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  1. Press release of the DSLV et al. from June 3, 2019: Extended GTC for additional logistics services: DSLV, AMÖ, BGL recommend Logistics GTC 2019