COTIF Convention, Transport by Rail

Description - Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)

The Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) is the oldest institution related to the international rail transport. Its main objective is to develop an uniform international laws and conventions for the rail transport, as well as to facilitate the rail transport.

Its most important legal text is the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) in force since 1999.

1. In 2011, the European Union (and therefore all its member countries) acceded to the COTIF Convention.
2. The COTIF Convention contemplates the use of the Multimodal Transport

The most important regulations of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) are:

1. Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF 1999)
2. Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM)
3. Luxembourg Rail Protocol
4. Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail (RID)

Strategic partners of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF):

1. Agency of Railways of the European Union
2. International Committee of the Rail Transport (CIT)
3. International Union of Railways (UIC)
4. Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD)
5. Economic Commission for Europe

The Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) also develops agreements on the transport of dangerous goods

1. OTIF develops its activities in Europe, Africa and Asia
2. The Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) was created in 1893
3. Headquarters of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF): Bern (Switzerland)

The member countries of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) are Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

1. Road-Rail Combined Transport
2. Rail Transport in Africa

1. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention)
2. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN)

1. Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
2. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
3. China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
4. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
5. China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
6. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Economic Corridor
7. Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
8. International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
9. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
10. International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
11. Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli)
12. Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
13. East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam)
14. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI-ECO)
15. Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
16. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor

Trans-European Transport Network Corridors

1. Atlantic Transport Corridor
2. Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
3. North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
4. North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
5. Mediterranean Transport Corridor
6. Eastern Europe-Eastern Mediterranean Transport Corridor
7. Scandinavian-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
8. Rhine-Alpine Transport Corridor
9. Rhine-Danube Transport Corridor
10. Strasbourg-Danube Transport Corridor
11. Pan-European Corridor II
12. Pan-European Corridor IX