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638 COMITE MARITIME INTERNATIONALThe Travaux Préparatoires of the Hague and Hague-Visby RulesARTICLE 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aucune disposition de la présenteConvention ne s’applique auxchartes-parties; mais si des connaissementssont émis dans le cas d’unnavire sous l’empire d’une chartepartie,ils sont soumis aux termesde la présente Convention. Aucunedisposition dans ces règles ne seraconsidérée comme empêchant l’insertiondans un connaissementd’une disposition licite quelconqueau sujet d’avaries communes.ARTICLE 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The provisions of this Conventionshall not be applicable to charterparties, but if bills of lading areissued in the case of a ship under acharter party they shall comply withthe terms of this Convention. Nothingin these rules shall be held toprevent the insertion in a bill of ladingof any lawful provision regardinggeneral average.CMI 1922 London ConferenceText submitted to the Conference[none]Afternoon sitting of 11 October 1922Sir Norman Hill (Rapporteur of the Sub-Committee): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[458]Now, Sir, the last point arises on Article 5 and we are back again on bulk cargoesand chartered vessels which has been the subject of so much discussion, and the proposalis that we should add at the end of that Article the following words.The Chairman: It is the Article 5.Sir Norman Hill: Yes, at the foot of page 7 of the red and black: “Nothing in theseRules shall prevent or control the making of any charter party or the issuance of billsof lading thereunder but no provision in such bills of lading shall violate the terms ofthese Rules”.A Delegate: Is that in substitution for Article 5 or an addition?Sir Norman Hill: No, an addition.Mr. W. W. Paine: As a separate paragraph.Sir Norman Hill: A separate paragraph in Article 5.[486]The Chairman: Then we proceed to Article 5. It is proposed to add to Article 5 thisclause or paragraph: “Nothing in these Rules shall prevent or control the making ofany charter party or the issuance of bills of lading thereunder, but no provision in suchbills of lading shall violate the terms of these Rules”. Is that the will of the Conference?(Agreed).