Does the weight written on a CMR (right hand side, about two thirds of the way down) have to be exact? Just thought I’d ask as I have to fill out about 6-7 a week of the bloody things 
TIA
spud
As far as I know, yes it does. All our firm does is continental stuff and when ever we pick up a collection that has a CMR we are told to get the correct weight put on it. I couldnt honestly tell you though if this is just our lot or if it is the rules. But I would have thought that if you get the correct weight on it in the first place, then a traffic planner knows whats on the trailer and one of your collegues doesnt run the risk of getting caught out for being over-weight.
I would think as your carrying the goods it would be an idea if the weight on the cmr’s was the same as is in the trailer. 
the obvious thing that comes to mind with CMR is that the insurance is based on the weight…SDR`s per Kg
Jase, you never backloaded from Spain?? No matter what you load, the CMR always says 18,000kgs lolol
kitkat:
I would think as your carrying the goods it would be an idea if the weight on the cmr’s was the same as is in the trailer.
It’s not me carrying the goods, I’m just a simple warehouse monkey (as was established here .
towards the end of the page ), but I thought seen a we get a lot of eastern bloc work, I don’t know what kind of havoc that it’d play with customs, so I thought I’d get the opinion of them what knows 
spud
TheBear:
Jase, you never backloaded from Spain?? No matter what you load, the CMR always says 18,000kgs lolol
Que■■? I’m from Barcelona Meester Fawlty.
As far as I am aware, a completed CMR is a legal document. Therefore whatever is on it has to be correct. That would include the weight and the delivery address. I am sure that as long as your weight on the CMR is within 10 - 20 Kgs of the actual weight, you won’t have any problems though. Putting 15 tonnes down when its over 16 would be likely to cause problems. Possibly for both you (and your company) and the driver.
There are several pieces of information that must be entered on a cmr, weight is definately one of them, along with place and date of loading, place of delivery and full name and address of consignor and consignee.
As already stated, CMR insurance is based on SDR, special drawing rights, which is a calculated value, so the weights must be correct in the case of any claim.
It is also imperative to mark any reservations on a cmr, as that is the only document that is a legal pod.
Tesco may give you a piece of paper saying “This is the only document Tesco stores will accept as proof of delivery”. Well they will find out differently when there is a claim in Europe, Tesco paperwork is worthless compared toa CMR.
If there is any ADR items on the truck, the cmr must also state that, UN No, Ziffer and item
It takes just as long to write the wrong weight as the correct weight, so why not be accurate?
Wheel Nut:
It takes just as long to write the wrong weight as the correct weight, so why not be accurate?
We don’t know the weight on most of the loads, but we know they’re between 5-8 tonnes, so we have to guess 