BAGGAGE WITH DECLARED VALUE FOR CARRIAGE ON FLIGHTS OF BULGARIA AIR
1. As an operating air carrier, Bulgaria Air Airlines may accept a passenger's baggage for carriage with declared value, which may be higher than the limitations of liability under Art. 22, paragraph 2 of the Montreal Convention (1,000 Special Drawing Rights - SDR), provided that the passenger had met certain conditions.
Note: By 10.03.2009 the value of 1 SDR equals EUR 1.146270.
2. The passenger should state his intention to register his baggage with declared value in office of Bulgaria Air Airlines at least seven working days before the date of travel.
3. The passenger states his intention to register his baggage with declared value provided that within the time limit set forth in the preceding paragraph 2 he had met the following requirements:
3.1. The passenger is in possession of a valid ticket for carriage on a Bulgaria Air Airlines flight.
3.2. The passenger declares his baggage value for carriage.
3.3. The limitation of liability for declared value is 1,500 euro. For carriage of baggage with declared value above this limitation the passenger must present proof of insurance to the Bulgaria Air Airlines employee at the relevant office.
3.4. The passenger must submit an inventory of the items to be carried with declared value, bearing his own signature.
3.5. The passenger must declare that the packing of the baggage shall be his obligation and the Carrier shall bear no responsibility for the said packing.
3.6. The passenger must declare his consent that the baggage should be inspected immediately before travel in order to check the match of its contents with the declared value and the presented inventory, as well as compliance with the obligation undertaken under the preceding subparagraph 3.5.
3.7. The passenger shall pay an additional charge to the amount of 20 % from the declared value.
4. Upon meeting the requirements set forth in paragraph 3 the relevant employee of Bulgaria Air Airlines shall issue by a document for the value under subparagraph 3.7
5. Before submitting his luggage for registration the passenger must contact the responsible employee of Bulgaria Air Airlines at least three hours before the flight in order to fill in a Declaration for Declared Value and to ensure the actions specified in subparagraph 3.6 to be carried out. The Passenger may not pack his baggage in a way that hinders its inspection, or in a packaging that could be destroyed by the inspection.
6. Should the inspection carried out under subparagraph 3.6 establish a mismatch between the baggage and the declared value and/or the presented inventory, the Carrier shall be entitled to refuse carriage of the said baggage under the terms and conditions of the submitted Declaration for Declared Value and transport it under general terms and conditions instead ( as a registered baggage without declared value ). In such cases the fee, paid by the passenger under subparagraph 3.7, shall be reimbursed against 50 euro fee.
7. The passenger may not submit for carriage baggage with declared value in unsuitable containers, e.g. cardboard boxes, bags, sacks, backpacks, soft-sided suitcases, etc, that are incapable of securing the integrity of the baggage.
8. Should the inspection carried out under subparagraph 3.6 establish that special packaging is necessary for securing the integrity of the baggage, or of items contained therein, or of the container itself, the passenger must comply with the requirements posed by the inspecting employee, otherwise the Carrier is entitled to exercise its rights under subparagraph 6.
9. The passenger shall register his baggage by presenting the document issued under paragraph 4, bearing an inscription that the inspection has been carried out.
10. In case of a roundtrip ticket the passenger must fill in two Declarations for Declared Value, one for each leg of the journey. In such a case each declaration shall be processed under the above-mentioned procedure separately, independent of each other.
11. Bulgaria Air Airlines will accept for carriage baggage with a Special Declaration for Declared Value only in case it is the "operating carrier" on the respective flight sector.
12. Upon completion of the flight the passenger may claim his luggage by presenting a baggage tag and the document specified in paragraph 9.