European sustainable carriage of goods : the role of contract law / Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson.
2016
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Title
European sustainable carriage of goods : the role of contract law / Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson.
Published
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Call Number
KJE2121 .E347 2016
ISBN
9781138796706 (hbk.)
1138796700 (hbk.)
9781315757698 (ebk)
1138796700 (hbk.)
9781315757698 (ebk)
Description
xii, 175 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)908838976
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-158) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface and acknowledgments
x
Part I Introduction
1
1.
What this book is all about
3
1.1.
Problems discussed
3
1.2.
What is discussed where?
7
2.
present legal context
10
2.1.
No international multimodal convention
10
2.2.
Different unimodal liability conventions
12
2.3.
Attempts to harmonise the law applicable to multimodal transport
14
Failed conventions
14
UNCTAD/ICC rules for multimodal transport documents
17
pending Rotterdam Rules
18
2.4.
National solutions in the EU
24
1991 Dutch solution [—] an all-inclusive network system
24
1998 German CMR-based solution
25
2.5.
No rules on environmental matters
27
3.
EU competence in the area of international transport
29
3.1.
Internal competence
29
Established by the Treaty of Rome
29
Limited by certain fundamental principles of EU law
31
3.2.
External competence [—] the Rotterdam Rules
34
3.3.
Conclusions
37
Part II The common transport policy
39
4.
aim of sustainable transport
41
4.1.
Development of a CTP on sustainable carriage
41
slow start
41
1992 White Paper on sustainable mobility
42
Multimodality as a solution to problems in transport
43
4.2.
Identified friction costs preventing modal shift
44
Different levels of friction costs
44
Legal friction costs
46
4.3.
Current status of the CTP
47
4.4.
contractual aspect
49
5.
call for a European liability framework for multimodal contracts of carriage
54
5.1.
different stages of the EU discussion
54
initial phase: a radical approach
54
first proposal: a uniform liability system and an opt-out regime
56
Task reviewed after consultations with stakeholders
58
second proposal: a uniform network system with optional liability limits
59
5.2.
Are the Rotterdam Rules an alternative for the EU?
61
6.
main legal obstacles to a European framework
63
6.1.
underlying unimodal conventions
63
6.2.
role of the transport document
68
How the transport document can be decisive
68
Three European cases
72
Two cases from the US
80
Conclusions
85
6.3.
uniform liability system solution [—] a sui generis approach
86
EU discussion
86
2005 EU draft and its benefits
97
6.4.
network liability system solution [—] a fallback clause
105
EU discussion
105
Does the network system of the Rotterdam Rules provide a solution for the EU?
106
Summary
117
7.
Does a harmonised legal regime really enhance multimodal carriage?
118
7.1.
Introduction
118
economic impact study
119
Helsinki study
121
7.2.
Conclusion
121
Part III Contract law as a tool to promote sustainable carriage of goods
125
8.
Integration of sustainability in EU contract law
127
8.1.
integration principle in Article 11 TFEU
127
8.2.
integration principle in general contract law
129
9.
role of the freight integrator
132
9.1.
Introduction
132
To procure and perform transport
132
proposed transport integrator
133
Includes carriers and freight forwarders
134
9.2.
present legal framework
136
unimodal conventions
136
FIATA Model Rules
138
9.3.
Green solutions in the market
140
policy of service providers
140
freight integrator study
141
9.4.
proposal from the Norwegian Maritime Law Commission
144
10.
Conclusion
146
10.1.
Freedom of contract is not enough
146
10.2.
Need for a shift in the role of contract law
149
Bibliography
153
Official documents
159
Table of treaties
161
Table of cases
166
Table of legislation
168
Index
171