ADSp 2017 The following text is a translation of the German version of the ADSp 2017. In case of doubts, the German version of the ADSp 2017 shall prevail. The German Freight Forwarders’ Standard Terms and Conditions 2017 (Allgemeine Deutsche Spediteurbedingungen 2017 – ADSp 2017) are recommended for use as of 1 January 2017 by the Federal Association of German Industry (BDI), the Federal Association of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA), the Federal Association of Road Haulage, Logistics and Disposal (BGL), the Federal Association of Furniture Forwarders and Logistics (AMÖ), the Federal Association of Transport and Logistics in Industry and Trade (BWVL), the Association of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), the Federal Association of German Freight Forwarders and Logistics Operators (DSLV) and the German Retail Federation (HDE). This advice is non-binding and the contract parties are free to make agreements that deviate from the contents of this recommendation. 1. Definitions1 1.1 Delivery The term of Delivery includes also the delivery in the 1.4 Consignee warehouse business. Legal person to whom the goods shall be delivered according to the Freight Forwarding Contract or valid instruction of the Principal or other persons authorised to dispose of. 1.13 Freight Forwarder Legal person, which concludes a Freight Forwarding Contract with the Principal. Freight Forwarders are particularly carrier according to section 407, Freight Forwarder 1.11 Damage Case/Damage Event Damage Case means, when, due to an external process, a claimant raises a claim on the basis of a Freight Forward- according to section 453, warehouse keeper according to section 467 and sea freight carrier according to sections 481, 527 HGB. ing Contract or in lieu of a freight forwarding claim; Damage Event means, when, due to an external process, several claimants raise claims on the basis of several Freight Forwarding Contracts. 1.14 Freight Forwarding Contracts (“Verkehrsverträge”) The ADSp cover all Freight Forwarding Contracts undertaken by the Freight Forwarder as contractor for all activities, regardless of whether they are freight forwarding, carriage 1.6 Dangerous Goods Dangerous Goods are goods that have the potential to endanger people, Vehicles or legal interests of third parties during the course of standard transportation, warehousing or other activities. In particular, hazardous goods are of goods (by sea), warehousing or other, typical services pertaining to the freight forwarding business, such as customs handling, tracking of goods or cargo handling. These terms and conditions also apply to all typical logistical services included in freight forwarding, if these defined as goods that fall in the scope of application of are in relation to the transport or warehousing of goods, statutes and regulations relating to hazardous goods, in particular to activities such as the creation of loading such as provisions covering dangerous materials, water or garbage. units, consignments, labelling, weighing of goods and returns processing. 1 For user-friendliness, Section 1 ADSp 2017 (“Definitions”) is sorted in alphabetical order. The numbering is according to the German version of the ADSp 2017.
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