Application of Conditions Generally
CEB Section 1.
The present Standard Trading Conditions govern all professional relations between the freight forwarders and their clients, whether merchants and manufacturers or private persons, whatever the juridical quality in which they execute their operation. They govern also the relations between freight forwarders. They are considered as established usages and customs of the Belgian forwarding trade and apply even without any explicit reference to them in agreement.
BIFA 2005 Section 2(A)
Subject to Sub-Paragraph (B) below, all and any activities of the Company in the course of business whether gratuitous or not are undertaken subject to these Conditions.
CIFFA SECTION 1.
The Company offers its services on the basis of these conditions that apply to all activities of the Company in arranging transportation or providing related services, such as, but not limited to, warehousing and any other kind of logistics services.
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Peter Jones' Commentary:
Most forwarding conditions define "customer" in extended terms, as all parties who benefit from a forwarder's services should be subject to the conditions.
The Conditions of the Confederation des Expediteurs Belges contain a provision not found in the other standard trading conditions summarized in this Index. This provision advises customers that these Standard Trading Conditions govern all professional relations between the freight forwarders and their clients, and between freight forwarders. The Conditions are considered as established usages and customs of the Belgian forwarding trade and apply even without any explicit reference to them in agreement.