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FREIGHT CARRIAGE PAID [3 records]

Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
DEF

Standard trade definitions most commonly used in international sales contracts.

CONT

Devised and published by the International Chamber of Commerce, they are at the heart of world trade. Among the best known Incoterms are EXW(Ed works), FOB(Free on Board), CIF(Cost, Insurance and Freight), DDU(Delivered Duty Unpaid), and CPT(Carriage Paid To).

OBS

[The] ICC [International Chamber of Commerce] introduced the first version of Incoterms - short for "International Commercial Terms." - in 1936. Since then, ICC experts lawyers and trade practitioners have updated them six times to keep pace with the development of international trade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
DEF

Règles internationales d'interprétation résumées en sigles, acronymes et abréviations, des expressions commerciales concernant les modalités de la répartition entre l'acheteur et le vendeur des responsabilités liées à un contrat international de vente.

OBS

Terme publié au Journal officiel du 22 septembre 2000.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation Insurance
  • Maritime Law
  • Pricing (Water Transport)
OBS

This expression "freight paid to" is followed by the named place of destination.

OBS

... freight paid to... means that the seller pays the freight for the carriage of the goods to the named destination. However, the risk of loss or damage to the goods, as well as of any cost increases, is transferred from the seller to the buyer when the goods have been delivered into the custody of the first carrier and not at the ship's rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance transport
  • Droit maritime
  • Tarification (Transport par eau)
OBS

L'expression «fret payé jusqu'à» est suivie du lieu de destination convenu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguro de transporte
  • Derecho marítimo
  • Tarificación (Transporte por agua)
OBS

Esta expresión va seguida de "hasta" y el lugar de destino.

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Record 3 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Freight Service (Rail Transport)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Trafic marchandises (Transport par rail)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • fret et port payé jusqu'à

Spanish

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