Section 2: Forwarding agents.

The commission agent who undertakes transport by land or water is obliged to enter in his logbook a declaration of the nature and quantity of the goods, and, if required, their value.

He is responsible for the arrival of the goods and effects within the period specified in the consignment note, except in cases of legally established force majeure.

He is liable for damage to or loss of goods and effects, unless otherwise stipulated in the consignment note, or force majeure. .

He is guarantor of the facts of the intermediate commission agent to whom he sends the goods.

Goods leaving the seller’s or the shipper’s warehouse travel, unless otherwise agreed, at the risk and peril of the person to whom they belong, subject to his recourse against the commission agent and the haulage contractor entrusted with the transport.

The consignment note forms a contract between the sender, the freight forwarder and the consignee or between the sender, the consignee, the freight forwarder and the freight forwarder. The freight forwarder thus has a direct action for payment of his services against the consignor and the consignee, who are guarantors of payment of the transport price. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten.

I. – The consignment note must be dated. II. – It must express: 1° The nature and weight or capacity of the articles to be carried; 2° The period within which the carriage is to be effected. III. – It shall state: 1° The name and address of the commission agent through whom the carriage is to be effected, if any; 2° The name of the person to whom the…