CMR Convention

(logistics) Acronym for Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road. (CMR is the acronym for the French title: Convention relative au contrat de transport international de marchandises par route.) A United Nations convention addressing legal issues related to the transport of cargo by truck on roads. The convention was signed in Geneva, Switzerland on May 19, 1956. For full text go to: www.jus.uio.no/lm/un.cmr.road.carriage.contract.convention.1956/doc.html.