Federal Act
on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code
(Part Five: The Code of Obligations)

¹ Car­ri­ers op­er­at­ing un­der state li­cence are not em­powered to ex­clude or re­strict in ad­vance the ap­plic­a­tion of the pro­vi­sions gov­ern­ing the car­ri­er’s li­ab­il­ity to their own be­ne­fit by means of spe­cial agree­ment or reg­u­la­tions gov­ern­ing their op­er­a­tions.

² However, the parties may derog­ate con­trac­tu­ally from said pro­vi­sions to the ex­tent per­mit­ted by this Title.

³ The spe­cial pro­vi­sions gov­ern­ing con­tracts for the car­riage of goods by pro­viders of postal ser­vices, the rail­ways and steam­ers are un­af­fected.²⁶⁸