SECTION 23

1- In successive carriage, each succeeding carrier becomes a party to the contract of carriage by reason of his acceptance of the goods and the consignment note. 2- In case of successive carriage, legal proceedings in respect of liability for loss, damage or delay may only be brought against the first carrier, the carrier who was performing that portion of the carriage during which the event causing the damage occurred, or the last carrier. An action may be brought against several of these carriers, their liability being joint and several. 3- In case of apparent loss or damage, the intermediate carrier shall enter in the consignment note handed to him by the other carrier a reservation that is analogous to the one provided in Article 10, paragraph 2 above. He shall then immediately inform the sender and to the carrier who issued the consignment note of the reservation he has entered. 4- The provisions of Article s 4, 5 (paragraph 2) and 10 (paragraph 4) above shall apply between successive carriers.