REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON PEACE-WORK-FATHERLAND DECREE No. 2025/01562 /PM OF 04 NOV 2025 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE "CONTAINER RENTAL INSURANCE" COVERAGE IN CAMEROON.
# THE PRIME MINISTER, HEAD OF GOVERNMENT,
Mindful of the Constitution;
Mindful of the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, Hamburg Rules, 31 March 1978;
Mindful of the 10 July 1992 treaty establishing an Integrated Organization of the Insurance Industry in African States and their constituent units;
Mindful of Regulation No. 08/12-UEAC-088-CM-23 of 22 July 2012 adopting the revised CEMAC Community Merchant Shipping Code;
Mindful of Law No. 83/016 of 21 July 1983 regulating the Police within the port areas;
Mindful of Law No. 98/021 of 24 December 1998 to organize the port sector;
Mindful of Law No. 2016/004 of 18 April 2016 governing external trade in Cameroon;
Mindful of Law No. 2017/021 of 20 December 2017 relating to the Finance Law of the Republic of Cameroon for the 2018 Financial Year;
Mindful of Law No. 2018/011 of 11 July 2018 to lay down the Cameroon Code of Transparency and Good Governance in public finance management;
Mindful of Law No. 2018/012 of 11 July 2018 relating to the Fiscal Regime of the State and other Public Entities;
Mindful of Decree No. 85/1278 of 26 September 1985 to lay down regulations governing policing and operations in port areas;
Mindful of Decree No. 2011/408 of 9 December 2011 to organize the Government, as amended and supplemented by Decree No.2018/190 of 2 March 2018;
Mindful of Decree No. 2019/001 of 4 January 2019 to appoint a Prime Minister, Head of Government;
# HEREBY DECREES AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 1. - This decree lays down the detailed rules for implementing the "Container Rental Insurance" (CRI) coverage established by the provisions of Section 10 of Law No. 2017/021 of 20 December 2017, on the Finance Law of the Republic of Cameroon for the 2018 fiscal year.
SERVICES DU PREMIER MINISTRE SECRETARIAT GENERAL DIRECTION DES AFFAIRES ADMINISTRATIVES ET DES REQUÊTES COPIE CERTIFIÉE CONFORME
ARTICLE 2. - Container Rental Insurance, abbreviated as "CRI" and hereinafter referred to as "the Insurance", is a contract between an insurance company and a shipper, designed to guarantee the ship-owner compensation in case the container is used beyond the maritime franchise, for material damage of any kind, or loss of equipment.
ARTICLE 3. - (1) Any container leaving the port area shall be subject to the purchase of a Container Rental Insurance policy.
(2) The Insurance shall not be payable in the following cases:
- the shipper provides proof that the container has been acquired as property;
- the shipper provides proof that the contract of carriage covers the guarantee of return of the container.
ARTICLE 4. - The system for containers in land transit on Cameroonian territory shall be governed by a specific legal text.
ARTICLE 5. - For the purposes of this decree, the following definitions shall apply: