Declaration of value
The term value declaration is used in transport law and describes the legal necessity of the declaration of valuables in transport contracts prevent damage in transit and to facilitate liability issues. There are various court rulings on this, z. For example, in the judgment of May 3, 2007 , the Federal Court of Justice found that the sender of a parcel is obliged to point out the special value of a parcel so that the carrier is aware of the liability risk and can take appropriate security measures (Ref .: I ZR 175/05 ). Another example is the BGH judgment of January 19, 2006 - I ZR 80/03 or of July 20, 2006 I ZR 9/05 on contributory negligence on the part of the parcel sender due to failure to declare the value.
All in all, prior to shipping, materially valuable items such as B. To check keys or expensive items as the sender whether the transport route is safe and, if necessary, can be made safer by declaring the value or taking out additional insurance.
There are also international treaties in this regard, such as the CMR , which is the abbreviation for the French term "Convention relative au contrat de transport international de marchandises par route". This international treaty regulates liability and responsibilities in international road freight transport.
Other, more unspecific term meanings result from the frequency and meaning of the individual words of the compound term.
Individual evidence
- ↑ BGH judgment on lost parcels . deiure.org. Retrieved October 30, 2015.