Summary of time limits for notice of loss

Notice of claim, periods of limitation and limitation of liability in international transports.

When you file the notice of loss or damage, i.e. the provisional claim, it should always contain the following paragraph:
"We reserve the right for ourselves and/or our insurance company to present a specified claim later."

Time limits for filing a provisional claim

	Notice of claim		Period of limitation	Limitation of liability for loss or damage
Not included	Apparent loss or damage	Not apparent loss or damage	Not included	Not included
1. Carriage by sea The Hague-Visbye Rules	Upon receipt of goods	3 days	1 year	SDR* 667 /package or SDR 2/kg
2. Carriage by air The Montreal Convention	Upon receipt of goods	14 days (in the event of delay 21 days)	2 years	SDR 22/kg
3. Carriage by rail CIM convention	Upon receipt of goods	7 days	1 year	SDR 8,33/kg
Denmark Railway Act. (Lov om jernbanevirksomhed LBK nr. 967 af 08.11.2001)	Upon receipt of goods	7 days	1 year	DKK 175/kg
Finland Railway Transport Act 2000	Upon receipt of goods	10 days	1 year	EUR 25/kg Delay: 4 x transport costs
Norway CIM Rules Standard Conditions of Carriage for Domestic rail	Upon receipt of goods	7 days	1 year	SDR 17/kg
Sweden Rail Domestic (JTL), The most important condition is SJ Cargo Normal Conditions for Railway	Upon receipt of goods	7 days	1 year	SEK 150/kg
4. Carriage by road CMR convention	Upon receipt of goods	7 days (without delays)	1 year	SEK 150/kg
Denmark Road Traffic Act (Færdselsloven LBK nr. 712 af 02.08.2001)	Upon receipt of goods	7 days	5 years (1908 loven)	No limitation
Finland Act of Parliament governing the domestic and international transport of goods by road 1979	Upon receipt of goods	7 days	1 year	EUR 20/kg Delay: cost of freight
Norway The CMR Convention	Upon receipt of goods	7 days	1 year	SDR 17/kg
Sweden Swedish Road Transport Act	Upon receipt of goods	7 days	1 year	SEK 150/kg
5. Nordic Freight Forwarding NSAB 2000 (when liability as carrier)	Upon receipt of goods	7 days	1 year	SDR 8,33/kg

* SDR = Special Drawing Rights - current exchange rate shown among daily newspaper's foreign exchange rate listings, as well as on www.imf.org/external/np/tre/sdr/drates/0701.htm

Please observe limitation of liability for carriers above and thus the need for cargo insurance.