SCHEDULEConvention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Road

CHAPTER VIIFinal Provisions

Article 31

1

Any Contracting Party to the Agreement on General Conditions for International Carriage of Passengers by Bus, signed at Berlin on 5 December 1970, may at the time of signing, ratifying or acceding to this Convention, or at any time thereafter, declare by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations that in the event of conflict between this Convention and the aforesaid Agreement it will apply the provisions of the latter to an operation for which, according to the contract of carriage,

a

the places of departure and of destination are situated in the territory of a State which has made the declaration, or

b

carriage is to take place in the territory of at least one State which has made the said declaration and is not to take place in the territory of any Contracting Party to this Convention which has not made the declaration.

2

The declaration referred to in paragraph 1 of this article may be withdrawn at any time by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

Article 32

1

Any Contracting Party may, at the time of signing, ratifying or acceding to this Convention or at any time thereafter declare, by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, that it reserves the right to apply in place of articles 11 and 14 of this Convention, such relevant provisions of any international convention concerning civil liability for damage caused by motor vehicles to which it is or may become party, and which would be more favourable to the passengers.

2

The reservation referred to in paragraph 1 of this article may be withdrawn at any time by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

[In Chapter VII of the Convention, which deals with signature, accession, coming into force, denunciation, application, reservations and revisions, only articles 31 and 32 are reproduced.]