The forwarding contract is a contract whereby the one person, called the commission merchant, shipper or forwarder, undertakes to enter in his own name but on behalf of another person, called the principal, into a contract for the forwarding of goods.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 2421
Forwarding Contract · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
The rules governing the contract of commission to buy or to sell shall apply to this contract.