New IATA Air Waybill Conditions of Contract effective 17 March 2008
International Air Transport Association announce
that the industry-preferred version of the IATA air waybill Conditions of
Contract (Cargo Services Conference Resolution 600b) has been finally approved
and declared effective. CSC Resolution 600b is the abbreviated and modernized
ˇ§Conditions of Contractˇ¨ that invokes both Warsaw Convention and Montreal
Convention. As we celebrate the success of 18 years of hard work by both IATA
and our Members, we would like to thank everyone involved for
their constant support and tireless efforts in bringing this to a close.
Resolution 600b will be effective on 17 March 2008 and
simultaneously, the currently effective Conditions of Contract, Resolution
600b(II), shall cease to be in effect also on 17 March 2008. There will be no
overlap between the effectiveness of 600b and 600b(II). Click on the following
link to download the finally approved text of Resolution 600b.
IATA encourages the air cargo industry to take advantage of this opportunity and make plans to migrate to the non-coloured coded air waybills (air waybill printed on plain paper), as stipulated in CSC Resolution 600a. Moving to automated production of a plain paper version, with the new Conditions of Contract on the reverse side, the air cargo industry participants will be well-positioned to meet the ad hoc printing requirements in an e-freight environment.
The Association of Air Forwarding & Logistics Taiwan will follow up the air carrier's reaction to effective in Rep. of China.
