These Conditions may be used by current BIFA members ONLY
© BIFA 2017
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT ASSOCIATION October 2017 Page 4
Redfern House Browells Lane Feltham Middlesex TW13 7EP Tel 020 8844 2266 E-mail bifa@bifa.org Web site www.bifa.org
A company limited by guarantee. Registered in England number: 391973
(C) The Company shall not be under any liability in respect of such arrangements as are referred to
under sub-clause (A) and (B) hereof save where such arrangements are made in writing, and in
any event, the Company’s liability in respect of the performance of, or arranging the performance
of, such instructions shall not exceed the limits set out in clause 26(A) (ii) of these conditions.
13 Advice and information, in whatever form it may be given, is provided by the Company for the
Customer only. The Customer shall indemnify the Company against all loss and damage suffered
as a consequence of passing such advice or information on to any third party.
14 Without prior agreement in writing by an officer of the Company so authorised, the Company will
not accept or deal with Goods that require special handling regarding carriage, handling, or security
whether owing to their thief attractive nature or otherwise including, but not limited to bullion,
currency, securities, precious stones, jewellery, valuables, antiques, pictures, human remains,
living creatures, plants. Should any Customer nevertheless deliver any such goods to the
Company, or cause the Company to handle or deal with any such goods, otherwise than under
such prior agreement, the Company shall have no liability whatsoever for or in connection with the
goods, howsoever arising.
15 Except pursuant to instructions previously received in writing and accepted in writing by the
Company, the Company will not accept or deal with Goods of a dangerous or damaging nature, nor
with Goods likely to harbour or encourage vermin or other pests, nor with Goods liable to taint or
affect other Goods. If such Goods are accepted pursuant to a special arrangement, but, thereafter,
and in the opinion of the Company, constitute a risk to other goods, property, life or health, the
Company shall, where reasonably practicable, contact the Customer in order to require him to
remove or otherwise deal with the goods, but reserves the right, in any event, to do so at the
expense of the Customer.
16 Where there is a choice of rates according to the extent or degree of the liability assumed by the
Company and/or third parties, no declaration of value will be made and/or treated as having been
made except under special arrangements previously made in writing by an officer of the Company
so authorised as referred to in clause 26(D).
THE CUSTOMER
17 The Customer warrants:
(A) (i) that the following (furnished by on or behalf of the Customer) are full and accurate: the
description and particulars of any Goods; any information furnished (including but not limited to, the
nature, gross weight, gross mass (including the verified actual gross mass of any container packed
with packages and cargo items), and measurements of any Goods); and the description and
particulars of any services required by or on behalf of the Customer are full and accurate, and
(ii) that any Transport Unit and/or equipment supplied by the Customer in relation to the
performance of any requested service is fit for purpose;
(B) that all Goods have been properly and sufficiently prepared, packed, stowed, labelled and/or
marked, and that the preparation, packing, stowage, labelling and marking are appropriate to any
operations or transactions affecting the Goods and the characteristics of the Goods.