A general average is shared among the persons set forth in the following items (excluding the mariners and passengers) in the proportions specified in those items:
共同海損は、次の各号に掲げる者（船員及び旅客を除く。）が当該各号に定める額の割合に応じて分担する。
persons with an interest in the ship:the price of the ship at the place and time of arrival;
船舶の利害関係人 到達の地及び時における当該船舶の価格
persons with an interest in the cargo: the amount arrived at when the amount set forth in (b) below is deducted from the amount set forth in (a) below:
積荷の利害関係人 次のイに掲げる額から次のロに掲げる額を控除した額
the price of the cargo at the place and time of discharge; and
陸揚げの地及び時における当該積荷の価格
freight charges and other such costs that persons with an interest in the cargo would not have been required to pay if all of the cargo provided for in (a) had been lost at the time of the measures to avoid a common danger;
共同危険回避処分の時においてイに規定する積荷の全部が滅失したとした場合に当該積荷の利害関係人が支払うことを要しないこととなる運送賃その他の費用の額
persons with an interest in objects on the ship other than the cargo (excluding weapons mounted on the ship):the value of the objects at the place and time of arrival; and
積荷以外の船舶内にある物（船舶に備え付けた武器を除く。）の利害関係人 到達の地及び時における当該物の価格
the carrier: the amount arrived at when the amount set forth in (b) below is deducted from the amount set forth in (a) below:
運送人 次のイに掲げる額から次のロに掲げる額を控除した額
the amount constituting the part of the claim actually existing at the place and time of discharge for the freight charges provided for in item (ii)(b); and
第二号ロに規定する運送賃のうち、陸揚げの地及び時において現に存する債権の額
the amount constituting the part of the mariners' salaries and other necessary costs of the voyage (excluding costs that constitute a general average) that the carrier would not have been required to pay if the ship and all of the cargo prescribed in item (ii)(a) had been lost at the time of the measures to avoid a common danger.
If any necessary costs or beneficial costs have been paid out for a ship or its cargo and other such objects after the implementation of the measures to avoid a common danger and before the arrival of the ship or discharge of the cargo and other such objects, the amounts specified in items (i) through (iii) of the preceding paragraph for the ship or the cargo and other such objects are calculated by deducting the amount of the costs that have been paid (excluding costs that constitute a general average).
共同危険回避処分の後、到達又は陸揚げ前に船舶又は積荷等について必要費又は有益費を支出したときは、当該船舶又は積荷等については、前項第一号から第三号までに定める額は、その費用（共同海損となる費用を除く。）の額を控除した額とする。
If a person provided for in paragraph (1) incurs loss or damage to their property due to the measures to avoid a common danger, the amount set forth in the items of that paragraph for that person is calculated by adding the amount of the loss or damage incurred (limited, if the person pays any necessary costs or beneficial costs prescribed in the preceding paragraph for that property, to the amount paid in excess of the amount of those costs (limited to costs that constitute a general average)).
If a value that exceeds the real value of cargo is entered in a price evaluation document, a person with an interest in the cargo shares a general average in proportion to the value entered in the price evaluation document. The same applies if any false entry is made in a price evaluation document with regard to a matter that may affect the price of the cargo, and the value of the cargo to be evaluated on the basis of the false entry would be higher than its real value.
価格評定書類に積荷の実価を超える価額を記載したときは、その積荷の利害関係人は、当該価格評定書類に記載された価額に応じて共同海損を分担する。積荷の価格に影響を及ぼす事項につき価格評定書類に虚偽の記載をした場合において、当該記載によることとすれば積荷の実価を超える価格が評定されることとなるときも、同様とする。
carrier
「運送人」
A person whose business is undertaking land, marine or air transportation.
Defined inArticle 569, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
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
price evaluation document
「価格評定書類」
A bill of lading (船荷証券) or other document good enough to assess the value of cargo; where it states a value lower than the cargo's real value, damage to the cargo in general average (共同海損) is measured by the value it states.
Short name set inArticle 809, paragraph (2)· applies only in this chapter