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683. Compensation for loss or damage.

When the carrier¹ is liable for the loss of or damage to luggage or animals² he must pay compensation up to a limit of 1,400 units of account per passenger³.

Different limits apply in respect of registered luggage⁴. In the case of total or partial loss⁵ the carrier must pay, to the exclusion of all other damages, either compensation equal to the proved amount of the loss or damage suffered⁶ or, if the amount of the loss or damage suffered is not established, liquidated damages⁷, although in each case the amount payable is subject to an upper limit⁸. The carrier

(2) International Carriage By Rail

634. The COTIF Convention and the EU rail passengers regulation.

635. OTIF member states and parties to the COTIF Convention.

636. Applicability of uniform rules and the EU rail passengers regulation (pre-Brexit).

637. Applicability of uniform rules and the EU rail passengers regulation (post-Brexit).

638. Carrier's liability for servants and third parties.

639. Successive and substitute carriers.

640. Arbitration of disputes under the COTIF Convention.

641. Customs and other administrative formalities.

642. Derogation and contracting out.

643. Requirement for consignment note.

644. Form of consignment note.

645. Wording of consignment note.

646. Irregularities in the consignment note.

647. Evidential value of the consignment note.

648. Liability for costs of carriage.

649. Loading, unloading and packing.

650. Examination of goods.

651. Delivery of goods and assertion of consignee's rights.

652. Disposal of goods and modification of the contract.

653. Circumstances preventing carriage or delivery.

654. Tickets, charges and travel information.

655. Form and content of tickets.

656. Limitations on the right to be carried.

657. Hand luggage and animals.

658. Consignment of hand luggage and animals as registered luggage.

659. Form and content of luggage registration voucher.

660. Marking of registered luggage.

661. Carriage of vehicles.

662. Extent of passenger's right to have luggage and vehicles carried.

663. Cancelling the carriage and modifying the place of destination.

664. Delivery of registered luggage and vehicles.

665. Condition of luggage and vehicles.

666. Examination of luggage and vehicles to determine compliance with contract.

667. Basis of liability and relief from liability.

668. Presumption of loss or damage.

669. Compensation for loss.

670. Compensation for damage.

671. Compensation for delay.

672. Limitation of liability for wastage.

673. Loss of right to invoke limits of liability.

674. Recovery of lost goods.

675. Basis of liability and relief from liability.

676. Damages for personal injury and death.

677. Payments to dependants.

678. Liability for cancellation, late running and missed connections.

679. Loss of right to invoke limits of liability.

680. Liability in respect of loss of or damage to luggage and animals.

681. Presumption of loss.

682. Liability for registered luggage and vehicles.

683. Compensation for loss or damage.

684. Compensation for delay.

685. Recovery of lost luggage and vehicles.

686. Making claims under the CIV Rules relating to passengers or luggage.

687. Making claims under the CIM Rules relating to goods.

688. Documents accompanying claims.

689. Basis for action.

690. Jurisdictions in which actions may be brought.

691. Who may bring an action.

692. Carriers against whom actions may be brought.

693. Extinction of right of action.

694. Limitation of actions.

695. Restriction on bringing of new actions.

696. Rights of recourse between carriers.

697. Enforcement and execution.

698. Attachment of debts.