CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT 
Definitions 
(1) As used in this contract, ,,Convention” means the Convention for the 
Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air, 
signed at Warsaw, October 12, 1929, or that Convention as amended by 
the Hague Protocol, 1955, whichever may be applicable to carriage here¬ 
under air Waybill” is equivalent to ,,air consignment note”, ,,shipper 
is equivalent to -^consignor”, carriage” is equivalent to transportation., 
and ,Carrier” includes the air carrier issuing this air waybill and all air 
carriers that carry or undertake to carry the goods hereunder or perform 
any other services related to such air carriage. For the purposes of the 
exemption from and limitation of liability provisions set forth or referred 
to herein, ,,Carrier” includes agents, servants, or representatives of any 
such air carrier. Carriage to be performed hereunder by several successive 
carriers is regarded as a single operation. 
Convention of Warsaw and General Conditions of Carriage© 
( 2 ) (a) Carriage hereunder is subject to the rules relating -to liability 
established by the Convention, unless such carriage .is not ^international 
carriage” as defined by the Convention. (See Carrier s tariffs for such 
d f it I on ") 
(b) To the extent not in conflict with, the foregoing, carriage hereunder and 
other services performed by each carrier are subject to (i) applicable laws 
(including national laws implementing the Convention or extending the rules 
of the Convention to carriage which is not international carriage as defined in 
the Convention), government regulations, orders, and requirements (n) P 
visions herein set forth, and (iii) the general. conditions of carnage for 
goods, applicable tariffs, rules, regulations and timetables, (but not the times 
of departure and arrival therein) of such carrier, which are. made part 
hereof and which may be inspected at any of its offices and at airports from 
which it operates regular services* „ , • i u 
(c) For the purpose of the Convention, the agreed stopping places (which 
may be altered by Carrier in case of necessity) are those places, except the 
place of departure and the place of destination, set.forth on the face hereof 
or shown in Carrier’s timetables as scheduled stopping places for the route. 
(d) In the case of carriage subject to the Convention, the shipper acknow¬ 
ledges that he has been given an opportunity to make a special declaration 
of the value of the goods at delivery and that the sum entered on the face 
of the air waybill as ,,Shipper’s Declared Value For Carriage , if m excess 
of 250 French gold francs (consisting of 65H milligrams of gold with a fine¬ 
ness of 900 thousandths) or their equivalent per kilogram, constitutes sue 
special declaration of value. 
Mandatory Law 
(3) Insofar as any provision contained or referred to in this air waybill 
may be contrary to mandatory law, government regulations, orders or 
requirements, such provision shall remain applicable to the extent that it is 
not overridden thereby. The invalidity of any provision shall not affect any 
other part hereof. 
Liability 
(4) Except as the Convention or other applicable law may otherwise require: 
(a) Carrier is not liable to the shipper or to any other person for any 
damage, delay or loss of whatsoever nature (hereinafter collectively referred 
to as ’ ,,damage”) arising, out of or in connection with the carriage 
of the goods or other services performed by Carrier incidental thereto unless 
such damage is proved to have been caused by the negligence or wilful fault 
of Carrier and there has been no contributory negligence of the shipper, con¬ 
signee or other claimant; (b) Carrier is not liable for any damage directly or 
indirectly arising out of compliance with laws, government regulations, orders 
or requirements or from any cause beyond Carrier’s control; (c) the charges 
for carriage having boen based. upon-the v-alue declared by the shipper, it is 
agreed that any liability shall in no event exceed the shipper s declared value 
for carriage stated on the face hereof, .and .in the absence of such declaration 
by shipper liability of Carrier shall not exceed 250 such French gold francs 
or their equivalent per kilogram of goods destroyed, lost., damaged or delayed; 
all claims -shall- be subject to proof of value; (d) a carrier issuings an air way¬ 
bill for--carriage over-: the"-lines of others does so only as~ agent/ No carrier 
shall be liable for the loss, damage or delay of cargo not occurring on its 
own line. 
Completion of Carriage and Shipper’s Guarantee 
(5) It is agreed that no time is fixed for the completion of carriage hereun¬ 
der and that Carrier may without notice substitute alternate carriers .or 
aircraft. Carrier assumes no obligation to carry the goods by any specified 
aircraft or over any particular route or routes or to make connection at any 
point according to any particular schedule, and Carrier is hereby . authorised 
to select, or deviate from the route or routes of shipment, . notwithstanding 
that the same may be stated on the face hereof. The shipper guarantees 
payment of all charges and advances. 
Forwarding and Kef or war ding 
(6) The goods, or packages said to contain the goods, described , on the 
face hereof, are accepted for carriage from their receipt at Carrier s cargo 
terminal or airport office at the place of departure to the airport at the place 
of destination. If so specifically agreed, the goods, or packages said to contain 
the goods, described on the face hereof, are also accepted for forwarding 
to the airport of departure and for reforwarding beyond the airport of 
destination. If such forwarding or reforwarding is by carriage operated by 
Carrier, such carriage shall be upon the same terms as to liability as set 
forth in Paragraphs 2 and 4 hereof. In any other event, the issuing carrier 
and last carrier respectively, in forwarding or reforwarding'.the goods, shall 
do so only as agents of the shipper, owner, or consignee, as the case may 
be, and shall not be liable for any damage arising out of .such additional 
carriage, unless proved to have been caused hy its own negligence or wilf.uk- 
fault, and in any event not exceeding the limit laid down, in paragraph 4 (c) 
hereof. The shipper, owner and consignee hereby authorise such carriers to 
do all things deemed advisable to effect such forwarding or reforwarding, 
including, but without limitation, selection of the means of forwarding or 
reforwarding and the routes thereof (unless these have been herein specified 
by the shipper), execution and acceptance of documents of carriage (which 
may include provisions exempting from or limiting liability) and consigning 
of goods with no declaration of value, notwithstanding any declaration of 
value in this air waybill. 
Advancement of Duties and Expenses and Customs Entry 
(7) Carrier is authorised (but shall be under no obligation) to advance any 
duties, taxes or charge's and to make any disbursements with respect to the 
goods, and the shipper, owner and consignee shall be jointly and severally 
liable for the reimbursement thereof. No carrier shall be under obligation 
to incur any expense or to make any advance in connection with the forward¬ 
ing or reforwarding of the goods except against repayment by the shipper. 
If it is necessary to make customs entry of the goods at any place, the 
goods shall be deemed to be consigned at such place to the person named on 
the face hereof as customs consignee or, if no such person be named, to the 
carrier carrying the goods to such place or to such customs consignee, if 
any, as such carrier may designate. 
Insurance 
(8) At the request of the shipper or other interested party and if the 
appropriate premium is paid, the goods covered, by this air waybill are in¬ 
sured on behalf of the shipper or such other interested party through the 
intermediary of KLM on an open polity with Lloyd’s Underwriters for the 
amount and at the condition as set out on the face ’hereof or on . a separate 
certificate (recovery being limited to the actual total or partial loss or 
damage not exceeding the total or the pro rata part of the amount in¬ 
sured), subject to the terms and conditions of that open policy which are 
available for inspection at KLM’s . Cargo Offices. 
The description of the goods and insured amount and the conditions will be 
considered under all circumstances as being supplied and selected by the 
insured. .... , 
In no event recovery shall exceed the limit of insurance stated m the open 
policy notwithstanding a higher amount of insurance having been mentioned 
on the face hereof. • ... 
CLAIMS on insured shipments should be reported immediately to the. nearest 
KLM office which shall present such claims to Lloyd’s Underwriters or 
their representatives. 
If claims are likely to exceed US $ 250,— or equivalent in other currency 
a Survey Report of the local Lloyd’s agent, or if not present: of a sworn 
expert, must be submitted together with the other claim documents. 
Delivery and Notice of Arrival 
, v ’ 
(9) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this contract, deliveiy of 
the goods will be made only to the consignee named on the face .hereof, 
unless such consignee is one of the Carriers participating in the carriage, in 
which event delivery shall be made to the person indicated on the face hereof 
as the person to be notified. Notice of arrival of the goods will, m t e 
absence of other instructions, be sent to the consignee or the person, to be 
notified, by ordinary methods; Carrier is not liable for non-receipt or 
— * delay in receipt of "such notice. 
Notice of Claims and Time Limitations on Actions 
(10) (a) No action shall be maintained in the case of damage to, or partial 
loss of goods unless a written notice, sufficiently describing the goods concer¬ 
ned, the approximate date of the damage, and the details of the claim, is pre¬ 
sented to an office of Carrier within 7 days from the date of receipt thereof; 
in the case of delay, unless presented within 14 days from the date the 
goods are placed at the disposal of the person entitled to delivery; and in 
the case of non-delivery unless presented within one hundred and twenty days 
from the date of issue of the air waybill, (b) Any rights to damages against 
Carrier shall be extinguished unless an action is brought, within two years 
after the occurrence of the events giving rise to the claim. 
Shipper’s Compliance with Laws and Regulations 
(11) The shipper shall comply with all applicable laws, customs and other 
government regulations of any country to, from, through or.over which the 
goods may be carried, including those relating to the packing, carnage or 
delivery of the goods, and shall furnish such information and attach such 
documents to this air waybill as may be necessary to comply with such laws 
and regulations. Carrier is not liable to the shipper or any other, person for 
loss or expense due to shipper’s failure to comply with this provision. 
Waiver by Agents 
(12) No agent, servant or representative of Carrier has authority to alter, 
modify or waive any provision of this contract. 
liet vervoer .word-t beheerst door de Algemene Vervoersvoorw aarden van de KLM, die zijn gedeponeeid ter giiffie van 
de Arrondissementsrechtbank te ’s-Gravenhage en ter inzage iiggen op de vrachtkantoren van de KLM. 
