The Contacting Parties,
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The Contacting Parties,

 RECOGNIZING the need to maintain a high level of safety of human life in the handling, stacking and transporting of containers,

 MINDFUL of the need to facilitate international container transport,

 RECOGNIZING, in this context, the advantages of formalizing common international safety requirements,

 CONSIDERING that this end may best be achieved by the conclusion of a convention,

 HAVE DECIDED to formalize structural requirements to ensure safety in the handling, stacking and transporting of containers in the course of normal operations, and to this end

 HAVE AGREED as follows:

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