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When does CMR apply to a contract for international carriage of goods by road?

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Answer

When the carriage is for hire or reward, the agreed places of taking over and delivering the goods are in different countries, and at least one is a CMR contracting country, unless a Convention exception applies.

Please note

CMR provides exceptions for carriage under postal conventions, funeral consignments and furniture removals; an ordinary consignment of furniture is not automatically a removal.

A simple explanation

What matters is the actual agreed location of the goods, not the sender's or consignee's registered office or the driver's nationality. For example, a purely domestic journey ordered by a foreign company does not automatically become international CMR carriage.

REMEMBER

Different countries for the goods' locations + payment.

Sources and checks

Editorial review: 2026-09-28.

Learning objective: Determine whether CMR applies from the facts of the contract of carriage. EU syllabus area: 2.2. Article 1 of CMR was read.

Answer compared with sources: 2026-09-28.

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