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Article 15.
(1) Articles 12, 13 and 14 do not affect either the relations of the consignor or the consignee with each other or the mutual relations of third parties whose rights are derived either from the carrier or from the consignee.
(2) The provisions of Articles 12, 13 and 14 can only be varied by express provision. in the air consignment note.
Article 16.
(1) The consignor must furnish such information and attach to the air consignment note such documents as are necessary to meet the formalities of customs, octroi or police before the goods can be delivered to the consignee. The consignor is liable to the carrier for, any damage occasioned by the absence, insufficiency or irregularity of such information or of such documents, unless such damage is due to the fault of the carrier his servants or agents.
(2) The carrier is under no obligation to examine the correctness or sufficiency of such information or documents.
Chapter III.
LIABILITY OF THE CARRIER.
Article 17.
The carrier is liable for damage arising in case of death, maiming or other bodily injury suffered by a passenger, if the accident which caused the damage took place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking.
Article 18.
(1) The carrier is liable for damage arising in the case of the destruction, loss or impairment of registered luggage or goods, if the event which caused the damage took place during the carriage by air.
(2) The carriage by air within the meaning of the preceding paragraph comprises the period during which the luggage or goods are in charge of the carrier, whether in an aerodrome, or on board an aircraft, or, in the case of a landing outside an aerodrome, in any place whatsoever.
(3) The period of the carriage by air does not extend to any carriage by land, by sea or by river performed outside an aerodrome. Provided that if such a carriage takes place in the performance of a contract for carriage by air, for the purpose of loading, delivery or trans-shipment, any damage is presumed, subject to proof to the contrary, to have been the result of an event which took place during the carriage by air.
Article 19.
The carrier is liable for damage occasioned by delay in the carriage by air of passengers, luggage or goods.
Article 20.
(1) The carrier is not liable if he proves that he and his servants or agents have taken all necessary measures to avoid the damage or that it was impossible for him or them to take such measures.