颁布日期：19741213 　实施日期：19870428 　颁布单位：雅典

　　THE STATES PARTIES TO THIS CONVENTION，

　　HAVING RECOGNIZED the desirability of determining by agreement certainrules relating to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea;

　　HAVE DECIDED to conclude a Convention for this purpose and havethereto agreed as follows：Article 1 Definitions

　　In this Convention the following expressions have the meaning herebyassigned to them：

　　1. (a) “carrier” means a person by or on behalf of whom a contract ofcarriage has been concluded， whether the carriage is actually performed byhim or by a performing carrier;

　　(b) “performing carrier” means a person other than the carrier，being the owner， charterer or operator of a ship， who actually performsthe whole or a part of the carriage;

　　2. “contract of carriage” means a contract made by or on behalf of acarrier for the carriage by sea of a passenger or of a passenger and hisluggage， as the case may be;

　　3. “ship” means only a seagoing vessel， excluding an air-cushionvehicle;

　　4. “passenger” means any person carried in a ship.

　　(a) under a contract of carriage， or

　　(b) who， with the consent of the carrier， is accompanying avehicle or live animals which are covered by a contract for the carriageof goods not governed by this Convention;

　　5. “luggage” means any article or vehicle carried by the carrier undera contract of carriage， excluding：

　　(a) articles and vehicles carried under a charter party， bill oflading or other contract primarily concerned with the carriage of goods，and

　　(b) live animals;

　　6. “cabin luggage” means luggage which the passenger has in his cabinor is otherwise in his possession， custody or control. Except for theapplication of paragraph 8 of this Article and Article 8， cabin luggageincludes luggage which the passenger has in or on his vehicle;