| Abstract [eng] |
Civil liability of a carrier by roads is regulated by different national and international acts, such as: the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania, the Road Transport Code of the Republic of Lithuania, CMR Convention. These legal documents regulate different carriage of goods. Then th e carriage is international, the CMR Convention has to be applied. In case of inside carriage, the national legal acts are applied. National and international legal acts clam different basis for the carriers liability, the main difference is that according natinonal law liability of a carrier is possible only if the guilt of a carrier is established. That is not required under the CMR Convention. Different basis for the carriers liability determines different legal significance of ground for relief of a carriers liability. Lithuanian national legal acts claim „priviledged“ ground for relief of a carriers liability. Still these „priviledged“ grouds and subsequences for relief of a carriers liability are not identical to those which are stated in international legal acts. The article raises the topic of civil liability of a carrier by roads for damaged goods, the grouds of the liability, also analyses the difference between the national regulation and the international legal acts. Different situations and cases are analised and compared when the liability for the damaged goods has to be devided. Civil liability of a carrier by roads for damaged goods is systemically analised comparing different legal acts, different grounds and basis of the liability fo damaged goods. |
