a) 本办法再一次向有意制定海运方式新制度、而把其他运输方式的规则留给本国法律处理的国家提供一个重要的信息。据认为，按照本办法，由于这方面的声明无案可查，将更难以在某一特定时期确定任何缔约国适用何种法律：是关于内陆运输的强制性国际公约，还是本国法律。
a) Again, this option would provide an important signal to those States that are interested in the development of a new regime for the marine mode, leaving the rules for other modes to national law. It is recognized that under this option it would be more difficult to establish, at any point in time, what law applies in any contracting State – a mandatory international convention for inland carriage or national law - since there would be no record of any declaration to that effect.