COTIF Convention, Transport by Rail

The Subject “Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Courses: Rail transport, Multimodal transport, Transport in Africa.

Diplomas: Foreign Trade, International Transport.

Masters: International Transport, Transport in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: Global Logistics, World Trade.

Languages: Convention COTIF (summary in Organización Transportes Internacionales por Ferrocarril (OTIF) Convenção COTIF).

Area of Knowledge: Foreign Trade (International Rail Transport Law).

Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF).

The Intergovernmental Organization 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 EU (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 Organization 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 Organization for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF):

1. Agency of Railways of the EU;
2. International Committee of the Rail Transport (CIT);
3. UIC;
4. OSJD;
5. Economic Commission for Europe.

The OTIF also develops agreements on the transport of dangerous goods:

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

The member countries of the Intergovernmental Organization 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, UK.

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

1. Istanbul Convention;
2. Customs Convention on Containers.

1. Almaty-Bishkek Corridor;
2. Bangladesh-Myanmar Corridor;
3. China-Russia Corridor;
4. China-Pakistan Corridor;
5. China-Central-West Asia Corridor;
6. India-Afghanistan Corridor;
7. Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corridor;
8. Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement;
9. Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, North Korea);
10. North-South Corridor (India-Russia);
11. Afghanistan-Turkey Corridor;
12. Trans-Caspian Corridor;
13. East-West Corridor (Myanmar-Vietnam);
14. Kyrgyzstan-Iran Corridor;
15. Islamabad-Istanbul Corridor;
16. Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor.

Trans-European Corridors.

1. Atlantic Corridor;
2. Baltic-Adriatic Corridor;
3. North Sea-Baltic Corridor;
4. North Sea-Mediterranean 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.

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