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Book 5 · Maritime trade  ›  Subchapter 3 · General average › Section 591

Contribution in general average

(1) All parties to the adventure, excluding the ship’s company and the passengers, are to contribute to the average.

(2) The contribution in general average corresponds to the value of the property items that were subject to common danger. The value of the ship, of the fuel and of the cargo units forming part of the cargo are determined based on the current market value of said items at the termination of the voyage, plus any average payable for physical damage or voluntary sacrifice of property covered by the general average. The value of a claim to freight is determined based on the gross amount of freight owed at the termination of the voyage, plus any average payable for loss of the claim to freight due to measures taken in the general average act.

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