5. 关于管辖多式联运的法律框架，多式联运协会会议回顾，目前并没有值得广为接受的现行国际制度。1980 年《联合国国际货物多式联运公约》没有达到所要求的批准数，因而未能生效；1992 年《贸发会议/国际商会多式联运单据规则》是一套合同规则，因而对实现国际统一的作用有限。目前的国际法律框架由各种单式运输公约、多种多样的区域、次区域和国家法律及标准条款合同组成。因此，不同案例所适用的赔偿责任规则也大相径庭，这对某一特定情形下承运人的赔偿责任问题造成了不确定性。
5. In relation to the legal framework governing multimodal transport, it was recalled at the IMMTA Conference that presently there was no widely acceptable international regime in force. The United Nations Convention on the International Multimodal Transport 1980 had not received the required number of ratifications to enter into force and the UNCTAD/ICC Rules for Multimodal Transport Documents 1992 was a set of contractual rules and as such its usefulness in achieving international uniformity was limited. The present international legal framework consisted of various unimodal conventions, diverse regional, subregional and national laws and standard term contracts. As a result, the applicable liability rules greatly varied from case to case, giving rise to uncertainty as to the extent of a carrier’s liability in a given situation.