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Portuguese court upholds CMR Article 27(1), mandating 5% interest rates for international road cargo delays.

Case Number 082894
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The Supreme Court of Justice granted the review, maintaining the validity of Article 27(1) of the CMR Convention. The court addressed a dispute regarding the calculation of delay interest rates for international road freight transport. It ruled that the statutory rate must be fixed at 5% as explicitly required by the Convention.

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TRANSPORTE INTERNACIONAL DE MERCADORIAS POR ESTRADA-TIR SEGURO INDEMNIZAÇÃO JUROS DE MORA TAXA

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CMR Convention international road transport delay interest rate statutory 5 percent freight indemnity

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Article 27(1) of the CMR Convention

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00018799

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199303310828942

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/26801B282CFFC090802568FC003A511C?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

Mantém-se em vigor o artigo 27 n. 1 da Convenção CMR pelo que os juros de mora a que essa disposição se refere devem calcular-se à taxa de 5%.