Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)

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United Nations convention international treaty

The Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) is an international treaty that standardizes conditions and liability rules for cross-border road freight transport among its contracting states.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road	4
Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), 1978	2
CMR Convention	1
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) canonical	1
Convention relative au contrat de transport international de marchandises par route	1
Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR Protocol)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T877838 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)
Context triple: [UN transport conventions, includes, Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)]

A. UNECE Inland Transport Committee
The UNECE Inland Transport Committee is a key intergovernmental body that develops international regulations, standards, and policies to facilitate safe, efficient, and sustainable inland transport across the UNECE region.
B. Lisbon Agreement
The Lisbon Agreement is an international treaty that establishes a system for the protection and global registration of appellations of origin for products linked to specific geographical regions.
C. Hague Agreement
The Hague Agreement is an international treaty that allows creators to register industrial designs in multiple countries through a single, centralized application system.
D. Budapest Treaty
The Budapest Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines patent procedures by allowing a single deposit of microorganisms with an international depositary authority to be recognized for patent purposes by all member countries.
E. Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
The Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic is an international treaty that streamlines and standardizes administrative procedures in shipping to reduce delays and enhance the efficiency of maritime transport.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)
Target entity description: The Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) is an international treaty that standardizes conditions and liability rules for cross-border road freight transport among its contracting states.

A. UNECE Inland Transport Committee
The UNECE Inland Transport Committee is a key intergovernmental body that develops international regulations, standards, and policies to facilitate safe, efficient, and sustainable inland transport across the UNECE region.
B. Lisbon Agreement
The Lisbon Agreement is an international treaty that establishes a system for the protection and global registration of appellations of origin for products linked to specific geographical regions.
C. Hague Agreement
The Hague Agreement is an international treaty that allows creators to register industrial designs in multiple countries through a single, centralized application system.
D. Budapest Treaty
The Budapest Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines patent procedures by allowing a single deposit of microorganisms with an international depositary authority to be recognized for patent purposes by all member countries.
E. Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
The Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic is an international treaty that streamlines and standardizes administrative procedures in shipping to reduce delays and enhance the efficiency of maritime transport.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations convention ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe ⓘ
adoptionDate	1956-05-19 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	Geneva ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	CMR 1956 ⓘ
amendedBy	Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), 1978 ⓘ linked to: Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)
appliesWhen	at least one of the countries is a contracting state ⓘ place of taking over of the goods and place designated for delivery are in two different countries ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1961-07-02 ⓘ
carrierLiabilityLimitBasis	Special Drawing Rights ⓘ
carrierLiabilityLimitPerKilogram	8.33 SDR per kilogram of gross weight lost ⓘ
carrierLiabilityType	presumed liability ⓘ
consignmentNoteRequired	yes ⓘ
contains	provisions on interest and costs ⓘ provisions on partial loss and damage ⓘ provisions on successive carriers ⓘ rules on reservations and declarations by states ⓘ
createsInstrument	CMR consignment note ⓘ
depositary	Secretary‑General of the United Nations ⓘ linked to: Secretary-General of the United Nations
establishes	rules on jurisdiction of courts ⓘ rules on limitation of actions ⓘ rules on mandatory nature of liability provisions ⓘ uniform rules on carrier liability for loss of or damage to goods ⓘ uniform rules on delay in delivery ⓘ
excludes	carriage performed under international postal conventions ⓘ funeral consignments ⓘ removals ⓘ
fullName	Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road ⓘ linked to: Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)
influenced	national road transport legislation in many European states ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalArea	commercial law ⓘ transport law ⓘ
liabilityExclusionGround	circumstances which the carrier could not avoid and the consequences of which he was unable to prevent ⓘ fault of the claimant ⓘ inherent vice of the goods ⓘ
protocolDate	1978-07-05 ⓘ
protocolSubject	introduction of Special Drawing Rights as unit of account ⓘ
regionOfApplication	Europe ⓘ parts of Asia ⓘ parts of North Africa ⓘ
relatedInstrument	Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Rail (COTIF/CIM) ⓘ Hague‑Visby Rules ⓘ Montreal Convention ⓘ
scope	carriage by vehicles such as lorries, trucks and road trains ⓘ contracts for the international carriage of goods by road for reward ⓘ
shortName	CMR ⓘ CMR Convention ⓘ linked to: Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR)
subject	carrier liability ⓘ cross‑border transport ⓘ international carriage of goods by road ⓘ road freight transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UN transport conventions → includes → Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) ⓘ

UN transport conventions → includes → Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR Protocol) ⓘ