{"id":3015,"date":"2026-11-06T10:48:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.invalid\/?p=3015"},"modified":"2026-11-13T00:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T23:12:44","slug":"transport-temperature-dirigee-preuve-chaine-froid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/transport-temperature-dirigee-preuve-chaine-froid\/","title":{"rendered":"Temperature-controlled transport: evidence is gathered prior to the expert assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disputes concerning food, pharmaceuticals and other temperature-sensitive goods depend first and foremost on technical data.<\/p>\n

Instructions and temperature records<\/h2>\n

For domestic road carriage, the standard contract for temperature-controlled carriage of perishable goods<\/a> provides that the carrier is responsible for maintaining the ambient temperature inside the vehicle in accordance with the transport document or the customer\u2019s written instructions.<\/p>\n

The French Court of Cassation held on 9 February 2016<\/a> that failure to comply with the contractually agreed temperature constitutes damage to the goods<\/a>, even where there is no visible physical deterioration.<\/p>\n

The temperature record therefore becomes a key piece of evidence.<\/p>\n

Identifying the applicable carriage regime<\/h2>\n

Relevant information includes the required temperature, the goods\u2019 temperature at departure, refrigeration-unit and probe records, door openings, loading and unloading operations, and any specific instructions given to the carrier.<\/p>\n

For international carriage, the CMR Convention<\/a> also contains specific rules where the vehicle is specially equipped to protect the goods against heat, cold or temperature variations.<\/p>\n

The issue is therefore more than simply recording a temperature excursion.<\/p>\n

What instructions applied, when did the deviation occur and what legal consequences follow under the relevant carriage regime?<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the event of an alleged breach of the cold chain, technical data may take precedence over the parties\u2019 assertions.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-droit-des-transports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3015"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3242,"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3015\/revisions\/3242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abdennour-avocat.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}