1. Where the nature of the item intended to be carried requires special preparations for carriage, including packaging or wrapping, the consignor shall take such precautions as would protect it from perishing or damage, and as would not expose the other persons or items carried with it to injury or damage respectively. Where the carriage conditions require a specific method of packaging or wrapping, the consignor shall be required to adhere thereto. 2. The consignor shall be further liable for the damage arising from any defect in packaging or wrapping and the carrier shall be jointly liable with the consignor for such damage if he has accepted to perform the carriage with his knowledge of the defect. The carrier shall be deemed to be aware of the defect if it is apparent or of the type which cannot be concealed to an ordinary carrier. 3. A carrier may not deny its liability for perishing or loss of one of the carried items by proving that the damage has arisen from a defect in the packaging or wrapping of another item, and any agreement to the contrary shall be null and void.
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