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What are the limits of compensation established in the “Civil Liability Regime for the Air Operator and Aircraft Operator”?

The compensation limits are summarized in the following table:

“Civil Liability Regime for the Air Operator and Aircraft Operator” Administrative Regulations No.11/2004 and No.19/2011
Civil liability	Reference clause in Administrative Regulation No. 11/2004 as amended by the Administrative Regulation No. 19/2011	Limits
Civil liability		SDRs as stipulated in the Montreal Convention Note 1	MOP approximate- Note 2
Passenger death or injury	Provision 2, Article 5,	113,100	1,275,686.57 (Note 2)
Delay in carriage of passengers	Article 6	4,694	52,944.94 (Note 2)
Destruction, loss, damage or delays of baggage	Article 7	1,131	12,756.87 (Note 2)
Destruction, loss, damage or delays of cargo	Article 8	19/kg	214.31 (Note 2)

Note 1: SDR or Special Drawing Right is an international reserve asset, created by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1969 to supplement its member countries’ official reserves. SDRs can be exchanged for freely usable currencies and used by member countries to settle international payment difference, or repay the IMF loans. For more details about SDR, please visit the IMF website at http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/facts/sdr.htm。

Note 2: For getting the MOP-equivalent on a particular day, you may go to the IMF website at http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/rms_five.aspx，to get the USD-equivalent which is posted daily on the website, and then exchange to the Macau pataca.

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