Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 35

Treaties imposing upon the State treasury any expenditure not included in the budget or involving an amendment to Kuwait’s laws. They enter into force only by law. The State of Kuwait’s accession to the Brussels Convention on Bills of Lading and the enactment of Law 21 of 1969 with a reservation concerning the maximum compensation in the event of loss of or damage to goods provided for in Article 4/5 of that Convention. Its effect. Its application to relationships falling within its scope of application, to the exclusion of the previous provisions originally governing them. Exclusion of the maximum compensation concerning which the reservation was made from the application of the Convention.