Comité international des transports ferroviaires (CIT)
International Rail Transport Committee
Internationales Eisenbahntransportkomitee
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Contact Details
URL: https://www.cit-rail.org/
Founded
1902 Vienna Austria
History
Founded as the organ of railway and other transport undertakings adhering to T-XT0067 - International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Goods by Rail, signed 14 Oct 1890, Bern (Switzerland). Terms of reference and activities extended, 23 Oct 1924, by T-XT2467 - International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Rail and subsequently by supplementary provisions to these conventions: T-XT5009 - Additional Convention to the International Convention Signed at Rome on 23 Nov 1933 Concerning the Transport of Goods by Rail (CIM); T-XT5238 - Revision of the International Conventions Concerning the Carriage of Goods by Rail and of Passengers and Luggage by Rail (CIM, CIV); T-XT6150 - International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Rail, 1961 (CIV); T-XT7016 - International Convention Concerning the Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Rail, with Additional Protocol, 1970 (CIV). A following convention, signed 9 May 1980, entered into force 1 May 1985 and suspended 30 June 2006, is T-XT8045 - Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail, 1980, which fundamentally reformed the structure of the previous conventions, separating provisions (which appear in the Convention paper) from rules on the Contract of Carriage. These latter appear in the two appendices, 'A - Règles uniformes concernant le contrat de transport international ferroviaire des voyageurs et des bagages (CIV)' and 'B - Règles uniformes concernant le contrat de transport international ferroviaire des marchandises (CIM)'. The current version of COTIF, T-XT9974 - Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail, 1999, extending its application, simplifying rules and adapting them to liberalization of the international market, was adopted by OTIF General Assembly, 26 May - 4 June 1999, Vilnius (Lithuania), and entered into force 1 July 2006. It contains the new appendices RID (Appendix C), CUV Uniform Rules for the contract of use of vehicles (Appendix D), CUI Uniform Rules for the contract of Use of Infrastructure (Appendix E), APTU Uniform Rules concerning the validation of Technical Standards (Appendix F) and ATMF Uniform Rules concerning the Technical Admission of Railway Material (Appendix G).
Under decision of the members effective 1 Jan 2004, CIT is now an independant association located in Bern (Switzerland) and with objectives to provide legal support and defend the legal interests of its members, in a veiw to promote the legal and contractual added value in the railway and mutimodal transportation sectors.
Aims
Develop international law relating to rail transport on the basis of the COTIF Convention and its Appendices; adopt standard instructions for the implementation of the international rail transport law, in particular COTIF, and its consistent application; develop relationship between members and represent their interest in the face of liberalization of the railway industry and extension of the substantive area of application of COTIF.
Events
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General Assembly (annual); Executive Committee; Committees; Working Groups; General Secretariat.
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UIA Org ID
XC2394
Last News
2017
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