Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2007, published 97th ILC session (2008)

Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27) - Hungary (Ratification: 1937)

1. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that the Parliament has adopted Act No. CXLI of 2005 on Contract for Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI), that its section 6(3) gives effect to the Convention and that its section 3(1) is applicable to inland waterways transport. The Committee also notes the Government’s statement that shipping activities, including loading operations connected to this matter, are regulated in detail in Appendix 4 of Decree No. 17/1993(01/07) issued by the Ministry of Transport, Telecommunication and Water Management on Safety Requirements for certain Hazardous Activities. The Committee requests the Government to submit copies of the said legislations as well as any relevant information on the application of this Convention in practice.

2. With regard to the question of possible difficulties encountered in the application of the Convention in relation to modern methods of cargo handling, with particular reference to containers, the Committee requests the Government to refer to the general observation that it is making on the Convention at the present session.