The General German Terms and Conditions can be found here:
ADSP 2003 The General German Carrier Conditions (ADSp) are general terms and conditions, which are jointly recommended for freight forwarding businesses.
- German Industry- and German Chamber of Commerce (DIHK)
- State Association of German Industries. (BDI)
- State Association of German Domestic and Foreign Trade (BGA)
- Association of German Retail Trade (HDE)
- German Trade - and Logistics Group (DSLV)
The ADSp is the framework, which represents the most transparent transport conditions between you and us.
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics stringently follows the most recent code of regulations stated under German Transport Codes. This is limited, but not restricted to paragraph 23 of the ADSp, the legal liability for property damage according to §431 HGB for damage in custodial transport at 5 Euros/kg; by multimodal transport including sea freight at 2SZR/kg, including the cost of damage, in addition each claim or incident to the value of 1 or 2 Million Euro or 2 SZR/Kg, depending on which is determined to have a higher value. Paragraph 27 of the ADSp is not applicable as an agreement on the limit of liability in the same regard from Article 25 of the Montreal Agreement.
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Area of Application
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The ADSp covers contracts for transportation, regardless of whether forwarding, freight, warehousing, or any other business generally related to the forwarding sector, the same applies to forwarding-related logistics services in terms of the transportation and storage of goods.
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The ADSp does not apply to any contractual agreements made with consumers or to businesses, which primarily operate under the following areas:
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- Packaging firms.
- Relocation of furniture and any necessary storage.
- Crane or installation work, or any other form involving the use of heavy or large capacity transports with the exception of freight-forwarding services that do not pertain to transport contracts with ordinary consumers (in which the purpose of the contract cannot be affiliated with a either a commercial or independently professional activity).
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