Mandatory Law

BIFA (2005)Section 2. (B)
If any legislation is compulsorily applicable to any business undertaken, these Conditions shall, as regards such business, be read as subject to such legislation and nothing in these Conditions shall be construed as a surrender by the Company of any of its rights or immunities or as an increase of any of its responsibilities or liabilities under such legislation and if any part of these Conditions be repugnant to such legislation to any extent such part shall as regards such business be overridden to that extent and no further.

FIATA Model Rules Section 2.7. Mandatory Law means any statutory law the provisions of which cannot be departed from by contractual stipulations to the detriment of the Customer.
Section 20.
Mandatory Law
These Rules shall only take effect to the extent that they are not contrary to the mandatory provisions of international conventions or national law applicable to the Freight Forwarding Services.

NSAB Section 23.
If a certain mode of transport has been expressly agreed upon, or if it is proved that loss, depreciation damage or delay has occurred while the goods were being carried by a particular mode of transport, the freight forwarder shall instead be liable in accordance with the law applicable to such mode of transport and the commonly used and generally accepted conditions of carriage, to the extent that these deviate from what is laid down in §5, par. 2 0r §§ 15-22.