 COTIF Convention, Transport by Rail
Syllabus of the Subject - Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
- Introduction to the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF).
COTIF Convention
- Objectives and areas of activity of the Intergovernmental
Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
- Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF 1999)
- Appendices that establish
the uniform railway law
- Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of International Carriage of
Goods by Rail (CIM)
- Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous
Goods by Rail (RID)
- Luxembourg Rail Protocol
Sample of the Subject - Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF):

Description of the Subject - 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.
- In 2011, the European Union (and therefore all its member countries)
acceded to the COTIF Convention.
- 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:
- Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF 1999)
- Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of International Carriage of
Goods by Rail (CIM)
- Luxembourg Rail Protocol
- Regulation concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous
Goods by Rail (RID)
Strategic partners of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF):
- Agency of Railways of the European Union
- International Committee of the Rail Transport (CIT)
- International Union of Railways (UIC)
- Organisation for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD)
-
Economic Commission for Europe
The Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)
also develops agreements on the transport of dangerous goods
- OTIF develops its activities in Europe, Africa and Asia
- The Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) was
created in 1893
- 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.
- Road-Rail Combined Transport
- Rail Transport in Africa

Containers and International Transportation- Customs Convention on Containers (CCC)
- International Convention for Safe Containers
- Convention Relating to Temporary Admission

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- Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
- Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
- China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
- International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
- Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
- International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
- Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli)
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- East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam)
- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI
-ECO)
- Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
- Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
Trans-European Transport Network Corridors
- Atlantic Transport Corridor
- Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
- North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
- North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Eastern Europe-Eastern Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Scandinavian-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Rhine-Alpine Transport Corridor
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- Strasbourg-Danube Transport Corridor
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