ARTICLE 17
TIME LIMITATION ON CLAIMS AND ACTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE
Section 1. NOTICE OF CLAIMS
No action shall prosper in the case of damage to Checked Baggage involving international carriage unless the person entitled to delivery complains to the Carrier forthwith after the discovery of the damage, and at the latest, within seven (7) days from the date of receipt; and in the case of delay, unless the complaint is made at the latest within twenty-one (21) days from the date on which the Baggage has been placed at his or her disposal, and in case of loss unless the complaint is made at the latest within twenty-one (21) days from the date of receipt of the notice of loss issued by the Carrier. Every complaint must be made in writing and dispatched within the times aforesaid. The method of calculating the period of limitation shall be determined by the law of the court having jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
Any right to damages involving international carriage shall be extinguished if no action is brought within two (2) years reckoned from the date of arrival at the destination, or from the date on which the aircraft ought to have arrived, or from the date on which the carriage stopped.
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