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General conditions of transportation - Passengers |
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ART. 1
The present contract is governed by the law of 18 June 1966 (amended) and its application orders but only in the cases and within the limits where those legal texts are compulsory for the parties and also by the conditions and stipulations cited below. |
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ART. 2
This ticket is not transferable. Whatever the date of issue of the present ticket, it is expressly agreed that the price of the journey will be calculated according to the rates in force on the date of use. Consequently, the holder of the present ticket formally agrees, in the case of a price increase, to pay the amount of the increase before his embarkation. The cost of the crossing is established in any case. This ticket is only valid for that departure indicated on it. Where no departure date is shown, it can only be used in the year following its date of issue and subject to places being available. After that period it becomes invalid, even to obtain a refund. |
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ART. 3
Passengers agree in all cases to comply with the regulations laid down by the Company on board its vessels. They have access only to quarters of the class indicated on their tickets, except when, authorised by the Purser. Any passenger contravening this rule must pay a supplement for the journey equal to the price of the higher class without prejudice to any proceedings. |
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ART. 4
The Company reserves the right to substitute another of its vessels for that announced for the departure. The rate for the vessel put into service will be applied according to whether it is higher or lower than the rate originally quoted, The passenger shall therefore pay a supplement or be given a refund of that difference. |
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ART. 5
The baggage allowance for each adult passenger shall not exceed 60 kg in cabin class (40 kg per children) and 30 kg in economy class (20 kg per children) on the Algeria lines, 60 kg per adult and 40 kg per children in single class on Algeria and Tunisia lines, and 30 kg for all classes on the other lines. Excess baggage is charged according to the Company's charges. Baggage must be checked in before embarkation by the Company's agencies.Baggage unclaimed on arrival of the vessel will be retained in port at the owner's cost and risk. Passengers are required to write their name and destination very clearly and permanently on each item.
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ART. 6
Passengers agree not to include objects other than their personal effects as baggage, especially merchandise. Any contravention will be subject to a double freight charge, and neither the company nor the Captain can be held liable for loss or damage. |
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ART. 7
Any passenger who has brought on board or packed in his baggage inflammable, explosive or dangerous articles, such as matches, gunpowder, cartridges, films, fireworks etc. or objects whose importation is prohibited or are not in conformance with customs or police laws and regulations, will be responsible to the Company or any other carrier for any damage or expenses that might result from their embarkation without prejudice to the penalties laid down by French or foreign laws.
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ART. 8
The Company declines all liability for baggage or objects not checked by the passengers, as well as for money, cash, titles, jewellery and other precious objects, where they have not been declared and taxed on their value at the time of receipted deposit with the Purser. No declaration of value will be accepted by the carrier unless preceded by an inventory of contents and payment of a 1% tax calculated on the declared value.
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ART. 9
Where the Company is in charge of the carriage of parcels/baggage either before embarkation or after disembarkation, it is expressly acknowledged that it is acting as an authorised agent on the baggage owner's behalf, and that its liability does not replace that of the carriers employed. In all cases, the Company's responsibility for baggage starts at embarkation and ends on disembarkation.
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ART. 10
The Company in no way accepts to deliver checked-in baggage outside normal working hours with Customs open. No claim for late presentation will be accepted. The Company reserves the right to load the baggage on the scheduled ship or one of the two following ships without prior notice to the passengers being required.
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ART. 11
The Captain and the Company cannot be held liable for changes of destination, modifications or interruptions to services or late departures and arrivals of ships, non-coincidence of arrivals, departures or connections of ships and trains, or where quarantine is involved, for medical, food and other expenses, those being in such a case at the passenger's expense. The Captain and the Company cannot be held liable, particularly, for delays in carrying out the transportation contract, nor for its non-execution, nor for any consequences resulting from damage, idle time, civil or foreign war, total or partial strikes, industrial action of management, workers, officers, seamen or other employees, whether or not in the Company's service, or for the laying-up or total or partial stoppage of Company ships due to general or partial lock-outs, whoever the instigators might be. They subsequently refuse any liability for the consequences of the above irregularities, interruptions or cancellation of services, and the costs and risk of stopovers are the passenger's responsibility.
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ART. 12
The captain is allowed to take in tow, to give assistance to other vessels in any situation, to change destination, and to carry out lifesaving or transhipment. The passengers abandon any right to make any claim in such circumstances. |
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ART. 13
For physical injury caused to passengers, either on board or during embarkation or disembarkation operations, also for loss or damage to passenger baggage, the Company's liability can only be claimed by the passenger in person or his assignee within the conditions and limits fixed by the amended French law of 18 June 1966 and its application orders governing the liability of maritime carriers.
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ART. 14
Live animals are not permitted in the passenger quarters and are accepted without any cover against loss, sickness or death. The Company, therefore, is not liable for any harm, of whatever nature, that might be suffered during the maritime passage. |
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ART. 15
In the event of an injury to his/her person, the passenger must send a claim to the Company by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt at the latest 2 weeks after the disembarkation date, failure to comply with this requirement means the passenger will be presumed, except for evidence to the contrary, to have disembarked safe and sound.
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ART. 15
In the event of an injury to his/her person, the passenger must send a claim to the Company by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt at the latest 2 weeks after the disembarkation date, failure to comply with this requirement means the passenger will be presumed, except for evidence to the contrary, to have disembarked safe and sound.
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