If any measures are taken to handle a ship or its cargo and other such objects in order to avoid a common danger to the ship and its cargo and other such objects, damage and costs arising from these measures (hereinafter referred to as "measures to avoid a common danger" in this Chapter) constitute a general average.
If the danger referred to in the preceding paragraph is caused by negligence, the provisions of that paragraph do not preclude an interested person from exercising the right of reimbursement against the negligent party.
ship
「船舶」
In the part on maritime commerce (except Article 747), a ship used for navigation for the purpose of commercial transactions (商行為), other than rowboats and other boats driven only or mainly by oars.
Defined inArticle 684, paragraph (1)
cargo and other such objects
「積荷等」
In the part on maritime commerce, a ship's cargo or anything else on board the ship.
Short name set inArticle 792, paragraph (1)· applies only in this part
measures to avoid a common danger
「共同危険回避処分」
A measure taken with a ship or its cargo (積荷等) to avoid a danger common to both, whose resulting damage and costs are general average (共同海損).
Short name set inArticle 808, paragraph (1)· applies only in this chapter