Defense
and Limits for MTO
----- The defenses
and the limits of the liabilities provided for in this Multimodal transport
Document shall apply in action against the Multimodal Transport Operator in
respect of loss resulting from loss of or damage to goods; delay in delivery
and any consequential loss or damage arising from such delay.
----- If any
action in respect of loss resulting from loss of, or damage to, the goods or
from delay in delivery is brought against the servant or agent of the
Multimodal Transport Operator, if such servant or agent proves that the acted
within the scope of his employment, or against any other person whose service
he makes use for the performance of the Multimodal Transport Contract, if such
other person proves that he acted within the performance of the contract, the
servant or agent or such other person shall be entitled avail himself of the
defenses and limits of liability which the Multimodal Transport Operator is
entitled to invoke under this Multimodal Transport Document.
----- Except as
provided for liability of delay, as mentioned below, the aggregate of the
amount recoverable from the Multimodal Transport Operator and from a servant or
agent or any other person of whose service he makes use of for this performance
of the Multimodal Transport Contract shall not exceed the limits of liability
provided for in this Multimodal Transport Document.
