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Timestamp: 2018-07-18 22:31:16
Document Index: 243420891

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 91', '§ 3', 'Art. 91', '§ 3', 'Art. 266', '§ 3', 'Art. 266', '§ 4', 'Art. 269', 'Art. 270', '§ 8', 'Art. 270', '§ 3', 'Art. 270', '§ 2', 'Art. 270', '§ 4', 'Art. 270', '§ 5', 'Art. 270', '§ 6', 'Art. 270', '§ 7', 'Art. 8', 'Art. 270', '§ 1', 'Art. 16', 'art.2262', '§ 1']

Time limits under the Belgian maritime law*:
Art. 91, A, § 3, 6° (statutory)
Art. 91, A, § 3, 6°bis BML(statutory)
Within 3 months of the day the person who institutes the recovery action has settled the claim or the day the legal action was served on him, on condition the settlement of the claim or the service of the writ has taken place before the expiry of the aforesaid time limit of 1 year or within the time limit agreed between the parties.
Art. 266, § 3 BML
Within 1 year of the day of the delivery of the goods or the day the goods should have been delivered.
Art. 266, § 4 (non statutory)
Charter Party (CoA, Booking Note, contract of transport)
Art. 269, 2° BML
Within 3 years of the day of the termination of the voyage.
Action in delivery of the goods
Art. 270, § 8 BML
Within 1 year of the day of the arrival of the vessel.
Art. 270, § 3 BML
Within 1 year of the day of the incident.
Art. 270, § 2 BML
Within 2 years of the day of the termination of the assistance or the salvage operations.
Freight, wages of officers, seamen and other crew members
Art. 270, § 4 BML
Within 1 year of the day of the end of the voyage.
Supply of food to seamen when in charge of the Master
Art. 270, § 5 BML
Within 1 year of the day of the supply.
Supply of stores, equipment, provisions to the vessel
Art. 270, § 6 BML
Supply of works, repairs to the vessel
Art. 270, § 7 BML
Art. 8 CLC
Within 3 years of the day when the damage occurred. In no case shall an action be brought after 6 years from the date of the incident which caused the damage. When the incident consists of a series of occurrences, the six years period shall run from the day of the first of such occurrences.
Art. 270, § 1 BML
Within 2 years of the day of the incident.
The right to obtain contribution from other vessels in fault in respect of damages caused to third parties becomes time-barred within 1 year of the day of the payment.
Art. 16 Athens Convention
Within of 2 years from the date of the disembarkation in case of injury, within 2 years of the day the passenger should have been disembarked in case of death, with a maximum of three years if the death resulting from the injury occurs after the disembarkation, within 2 years of the day of the disembarkation or the day the disembarkation should have taken place for the loss of personal belongings.
*When the damage suffered by the aggrieved party is the result of a criminal offence, art.2262 bis § 1, subpar. 2 and 3 BCC will apply to its civil action in indemnity (see claims in tort under civil law).
Monique Lardot, graduated in law at the University of Lausanne, joined DUPI Antwerp n.v. in 1996, where she deals with legal matters, cargo claims and FD&D cases. Prior to that she worked in a law office in Lausanne, dealing with contract and administrative law, and as assistant in civil and commercial law at the University of Lausanne.