The CMR Convention is an international agreement regarding the carriage of goods by road. CMR stands for for ‘Convention relative au contrat de transport international de marchandises par route’, or in English ‘Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road’. A CMR waybill must be filled out for the international carriage of goods by road if the sender or recipient (consignee) is situation in one of the CMR member states.
A CMR waybill includes the following information: Sender (name, address, country), consignee (name, address, country), place of delivery of the goods (place, country), place and date of taking over the goods (place, country, date), documents attached, marks and numbers, number of packages, method of packing, nature of the goods, statistical number, gross weight in kg, volume in m³, sender’s instructions, cash on delivery, instruction as to payment for carriage, carrier (name, address, country), successive carriers (name, address, country), carrier’s reservations and observations, payment arrangements, special agreements, place and date of establishment, signature and stamp of the sender, signature and stamp of the carrier, date of goods receipt and signature and stamp of the consignee.
