Further Report On The Free Port Of Copenhagen

26 DENMARK. factories are made by special arrangement with the company subject to the sanction of the Ministry. Sec. 3. For each article in respect to which the company is required to perform work (including transport), the party concerned shall, besides the necessary papers, such as bill of lading, &c., deliver a statement containing information as to kind, weight, measure, marks, number and place of destination of the goods; also a notice as to what work is required to be done, whether the company is required to insure the goods, if so, for what sum, and against what danger (see Sec. 6), These documents must be signed by the party giving the order, or by the party who, accord- ing to notices given to the company, is entitled to sign for him. Forms for these documents will be delivered at the office on pay- ment of a fee. Sec. 4. The company, if after inquiry it finds no reason to refuse the order, and if it lias received the above-mentioned docu- ments (for the delivery of which a receipt may be claimed), is bound to carry out the order as well and as quickly as possible. Sec. 5. With respect to railway transport performed by the company, the regulations at the time ruling for the transport of goods by the State railways—not, however, the tariff and rate regulations shall apply with such changes and alterations as are necessary. For other transport performed by the company, tlie ordinary rules and regulations relating to transport overland or by sea shall apply. For the warehousing of goods the rules laid down in Secs. 15-25 below shall be valid. Sec. 6. The company undertakes, at the request ' of the interested parties, as far as possible, to insure goods against fire and other damage in insurance companies, the names of which will at any time be given at the company’s office. Tlie Free Port Company is not bound to undertake insurance for periods less than three months. The company is not subject to any responsibility for losses arising from insolvency of an insurance company, but such loss is distributed among all the parties interested in proportion to their shares in the whole amount of the indemnity obtained. Tlie person expressing the desire to have his goods insured, thereby legally empowers the-company to deter- mine on his behalf the conditions of the insurance and eventually to make arrangements with other parties who have sustained damage and with the insurance companies ’ themselves. The insurance shall be considered final as soon as the company has informed the interested party, in writing, that it is duly concluded. Ihe amount of the insurance is only increased on application, addressed to the company. Sec. 7. Where no other rules are laid down in these regula- tions the company can claim payment in advance for its work It is especially to be noted that when the company, at the request of the interested party, goes to law respecting goods which have passed through the free port, it is entitled to claim, that the amount necessary to defray the expenses of the lawsuit be deposited with it.