S.L. 499.24 Art. 6Advance payments for death and bodily injury.

(1) The carrier shall without delay, and in any event not later than fifteen days after the identity of the natural person entitled to compensation has been established, make such advance payments as may be required to meet immediate economic needs on a basis proportional to the hardship suffered.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of subarticle (1), an advance payment shall not be less than the equivalent in Euros of 16,000 SDRs per passenger in the event of death.

(3) An advance payment shall not constitute recognition of liability and may be offset against any subsequent sums paid on the basis of the carrier liability, but is not returnable, except in the cases prescribed in Article 20 of the Convention or where the person who received the advance payment was not the person entitled to compensation. FIRST SCHEDULE

(Regulation 2)

CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF CERTAIN RULES INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY AIR THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION

RECOGNIZING the significant contribution of the Convention for of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air signed in October 1929, hereinafter referred to as the “Warsaw Convention”, and instruments to the harmonization of private international air law; RECOGNIZING the need to modernize and consolidate the Warsaw and related instruments; RECOGNIZING the importance of ensuring protection of the consumers in international carriage by air and the need for equitable based on the principle of restitution;

REAFFIRMING the desirability of an orderly development of international transport operations and the smooth flow of passengers, baggage accordance with the principles and objectives of the Convention on Civil Aviation, done at Chicago on 7 December 1944; CONVINCED that collective State action for further harm codification of certain rules governing international carriage by air Convention is the most adequate means of achieving an equitable interests; HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 - Scope of Application