translate English to French: By way of explanation, it was pointed out that this provision was intended to provide comfort to intermediate holders such as banks that, as long as they did not exercise any right under the contract of carriage, they would not assume any liability under that contract.
On a expliqué que cette disposition visait à donner aux porteurs intermédiaires, tels que les banques, l'assurance que, tant qu'ils n'exerceraient aucun droit en vertu du contrat de transport, ils n'assumeraient aucune responsabilité en vertu dudit contrat.