14 CFR § 203.1 - Scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t14/s203.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "14 CFR § 203.1 - Scope."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "203.1"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC REGULATIONS"
part_number: "203"
part_name: "WAIVER OF WARSAW CONVENTION LIABILITY LIMITS AND DEFENSES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. Chapters 401, 411, 413, 415, 417."
regulatory_source: "ER-1324, 48 FR 8044, Feb. 25, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 203.1 Scope.

This part requires that certain U.S. and foreign direct air carriers waive the passenger liability limits and certain carrier defenses in the Warsaw Convention in accordance with the provisions of Agreement 18900, dated May 13, 1966, and provides that acceptance of authority for, or operations by the carrier in, air transportation shall be considered to act as such a waiver by that carrier.

[ER-1324, 48 FR 8044, Feb. 25, 1983, as amended by Doc. No. 47939, 57 FR 40100, Sept. 2, 1992]