S.I. No. 94/1993 - International Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1990 (Cmr Contracting Party) Order, 1993.


S.I. No. 94 of 1993.

INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY ROAD ACT, 1990 (CMR CONTRACTING PARTY) ORDER, 1993.

I, BRIAN COWEN, Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 2 (2) of the International Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1990 (No. 13 of 1990), as adapted by the Tourism, Transport and Communications (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1993 ( S.I. No. 17 of 1993 ), and after consultation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the International Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1990 (CMR Contracting Party] Order, 1993.

2. This Order and the International Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1990 (CMR Contracting Parties) Orders, 1991 and 1992, may be cited together as the International Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1990 (CMR Contracting Parties) Orders, 1991 to 1993.

3. Part I of the Schedule to the International Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1990 (CMR Contracting Parties) Order, 1991 ( S.I. No. 160 of 1991 ), is hereby amended by the insertion of "Croatia".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 25th day of March, 1993.

BRIAN COWEN,

Minister for Transport, Energy and

Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order, made by the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, after consultation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, specifies that Croatia is a Contracting Party to CMR, that is the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road as amended by the 1978 Protocol thereto.

There are 19 other Contracting Parties to CMR, namely, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom (as specified in the International Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1990 (CMR Contracting Party) Order, 1992 ( S.I. No. 39 of 1992 )).

The 5 Contracting Parties to the Convention only are Bulgaria, Poland, the Russian Federation, Slovenia and Yugoslavia.