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“Carrier” means the person who performs or undertakes to perform the carriage or
part thereof, whether or not he is identical with the multimodal transport operator or not.
“Consignor” means the person who concludes a multimodal transport contract with
the multimodal transport operator.
“Consignee” means the person entitled to receive the goods from the multimodal
transport operator as specified in the multimodal transport bill of lading.
“Multimodal transport bill of lading” m
eans a document issued by a multimodal
transport operator to the consignor as evidence of a multimodal transport contract with the
essentials showing that the multimodal transport operator has taken in charge the goods
specified in the multimodal transport bill of lading and that the multimodal transport operator
undertakes to deliver the said goods to the consignee or the person entitled to receive
them in accordance with Section 22.
“Taken in charge” means that the multimodal transport operator has accepted the
goods for carriage according to the multimodal transport contract.
“Delivery” means that the multimodal transport operator has performed any one of
the following acts :
(a) the handing over of the goods to the consignee ;
(b) the placing of the goods at the disposal of the consignee in accordance with
the multimodal transport contract or law or customs of the trade applicable
at the place of delivery ; or
(c) the handing over of the goods to an officer or any person to whom, by law or
rule which is applicable to the place of delivery, the multimodal transport
operator must hand over the goods.
“Special Drawing Right” means the special drawing right as defined in the law on
authorization and establishment of certain procedures relating to special drawing right in
the International Monetary Fund.
“Goods” means movable property, live animals as well as articles of transport not
supplied by the multimodal transport operator, irrespective of whether such property is to
be or is carried on or under deck.
“Articles of transport” means a container, a pallet or other similar thing which is
used to contain or to support or used to combine together several shipping units, or any
kind of containing articles which have the same characteristics for the purpose of
multimodal transport.