CARRIAGE PAID TO (... named place of
destination)
«Carriage paid to... means that the seller
delivers the goods to the carrier nominated by him but the seller
must in addition pay the cost of carriage necessary to bring the
goods to the named destination. This means that the buyer bears all
risks and any other costs occurring after the goods have been so
delivered.
Carrier; means any person who, in a contract of
carriage, undertakes to perform or to procure the performance of
transport, by rail, road, air, sea, inland waterway or by a
combination of such modes.
If subsequent carriers are used for the carriage to
the agreed destination, the risk passes when the goods have been
delivered to the first carrier.
The CPT term requires the seller to clear the goods
for export. This term may be used irrespective of the mode of
transport including multimodal transport.
THE SELLER'S OBLIGATIONS |
THE BUYER'S OBLIGATIONS |
A1 Provision of goods in
conformity with the contract The seller must provide the goods
and the commercial invoice, or its equivalent electronic
message, in conformity with the contract of sale and any other
evidence of conformity which may be required by the contract.
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B1 Payment of the price The
buyer must pay the price as provided in the contract of sale.
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A2 Licences, authorisations and formalities The
seller must obtain at his own risk and expense any export
licence or other official authorisation and carry out, where
applicable, all customs formalities necessary for the export
of the goods. |
B2 Licences, authorisations and formalities The
buyer must obtain at his own risk and expense any import
licence or other official authorisation and carry out, where
applicable, all customs formalities for the import of the
goods and for their transit through any country. |
A3 Contracts of carriage and
insurance a) Contract of carriage The seller must contract on
usual terms at his own expense for the carriage of the goods
to the agreed point at the named place of destination by a
usual route and in a customary manner. If a point is not
agreed or is not determined by practice, the seller may select
the point at the named place of destination which best suits
his purpose. b) Contract of insurance No obligation. |
B3 Contracts of carriage and
insurance a) Contract of carriage No obligation. b) Contract
of insurance No obligation. |
A4 Delivery The seller must deliver the goods
to the carrier contracted in accordance with A3 or, if there
are subsequent carriers to the first carrier, for transport to
the agreed point at the named place on the date or within the
agreed period. |
B4 Taking delivery The buyer must accept
delivery of the goods when they have been delivered in
accordance with A4 and receive them from the carrier at the
named place. |
A5 Transfer of risks The seller
must, subject to the provisions of B5, bear all risks of loss
of or damage to the goods until such time as they have been
delivered in accordance with A4. |
B5 Transfer of risks The buyer
must bear all risks of loss of or damage to the goods from the
time they have been delivered in accordance with A4. The buyer
must, should he fail to give notice in accordance with B7,
bear all risks of the goods from the agreed date or the expiry
date of the period fixed for delivery provided, however, that
the goods have been duly appropriated to the contract, that is
to say, clearly set aside or otherwise identified as the
contract goods. |
A6 Division of costs The seller must, subject
to the provisions of B6, pay • all costs relating to the goods
until such time as they have been delivered in accordance with
A4 as well as the freight and all other costs resulting from
A3 a), including the costs of loading the goods and any
charges for unloading at the place of destination which were
for the seller's account under the contract of carriage; and •
where applicable, the costs of customs formalities necessary
for export as well as all duties, taxes or other charges
payable upon export, and for their transit through any country
if they were for the seller's account under the contract of
carriage. |
B6 Division of costs The buyer must, subject to
the provisions of A3 a), pay • all costs relating to the goods
from the time they have been delivered in accordance with A4;
and • all costs and charges relating to the goods whilst in
transit until their arrival at the agreed place of
destination, unless such costs and charges were for the
seller's account under the contract of carriage; and •
unloading costs unless such costs and charges were for the
seller's account under the contract of carriage; and • all
additional costs incurred if he fails to give notice in
accordance with B7, for the goods from the agreed date or the
expiry date of the period fixed for dispatch, provided,
however, that the goods have been duly appropriated to the
contract, that is to say, clearly set aside or otherwise
identified as the contract goods; and • where applicable, all
duties, taxes and other charges as well as the costs of
carrying out customs formalities payable upon import of the
goods and for their transit through any country unless
included within the cost of the contract of carriage. |
A7 Notice to the buyer The
seller must give the buyer sufficient notice that the goods
have been delivered in accordance with A4 as well as any other
notice required in order to allow the buyer to take measures
which are normally necessary to enable him to take the goods.
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B7 Notice to the seller The
buyer must, whenever he is entitled to determine the time for
dispatching the goods and/or the destination, give the seller
sufficient notice thereof. |
A8 Proof of delivery, transport document or
equivalent electronic message The seller must provide the
buyer at the seller's expense, if customary, with the usual
transport document or documents (for example a negotiable bill
of lading, a non-negotiable sea waybill, an inland waterway
document, an air waybill, a railway consignment note, a road
consignment note, or a multimodal transport document) for the
transport contracted in accordance with A3. Where the seller
and the buyer have agreed to communicate electronically, the
document referred to in the preceding paragraph may be
replaced by an equivalent electronic data interchange (EDI)
message. |
B8 Proof of delivery, transport document or
equivalent electronic message The buyer must accept the
transport document in accordance with A8 if it is in
conformity with the contract. |
A9 Checking - packaging -
marking The seller must pay the costs of those checking
operations (such as checking quality, measuring, weighing,
counting) which are necessary for the purpose of delivering
the goods in accordance with A4. The seller must provide at
his own expense packaging (unless it is usual for the
particular trade to send the goods of the contract description
unpacked) which is required for the transport of the goods
arranged by him. Packaging is to be marked appropriately. |
B9 Inspection of goods The
buyer must pay the costs of any pre-shipment inspection except
when such inspection is mandated by the authorities of the
country of export. |
A10 Other obligations The seller must render
the buyer at the latter's request, risk and expense, every
assistance in obtaining any documents or equivalent electronic
messages (other than those mentioned in A8) issued or
transmitted in the country of dispatch and/or of origin which
the buyer may require for the import of the goods and for
their transit through any country. The seller must provide the
buyer, upon request, with the necessary information for
procuring insurance. |
B10 Other obligations The buyer must pay all
costs and charges incurred in obtaining the documents or
equivalent electronic messages mentioned in A10 and reimburse
those incurred by the seller in rendering his assistance in
accordance therewith.
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