UNECE Working Party on Rail Transport Activities of CIT Geneva, 23 November 2018 Cesare Brand Secretary General
Comité international des transports ferroviaires (CIT) www. cit-rail Comité international des transports ferroviaires (CIT) www.cit-rail.org 200 railway undertakings and shipping companies Association under Swiss law, located in Bern Tasks: Implementation of COTIF and EU law for practical use Standardisation of contractual relationships Representation of the interests of members towards authorities and other associations 2
Main focus of CIT Digitisation Harmonisation of transport contracts and law Multimodality 3
Digitisation Rail freight Definition of the legal and functional specifications for the electronic consignment note in the manuals of the CIT in force since 1.1.2017 RailData in cooperation with the CIT prepared the technical specifications for the electronic consignment note CIM and wagon note CUV Implementation of the electronic CIM at level of railway companies ongoing Digitisation of After Sales documents started (CIT 20) Digitisation of the CIM/SMGS Consignment note with OSJD (1th of July 2019) COM 2018/0140: proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic freight transport information / may 2018 (DTLF)
Digitisation Passenger Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT) with standards for mobile tickets, print@home, barcodes, etc. – new edition 9 December 2018 Guidelines Data Protection (GDP CIT) – available since 1 October 2017 New boilerplate contracts for the transfer and processing of personal data – entry into force on 1 October 2018
Harmonisation of transport law and contracts Freight Promoting the use of CIM/SMGS Consignment note UPU-Guidelines for the transport of postal items from China Supporting UNECE for the development of the Unified Railway Law Supporting OTIF during the revision of the Uniform Rules Concerning the contract of use of the infrastructure (CUI) Passenger Supporting the sector for the revision of the rail passenger rights regulation (PRR)
Multimodality Freight Passenger GTC Rail-See (since 2015) CIT Boilerplate contract for Rail-Sea traffic (since 2016) The 2017 comparative matrix CMR/ CIM/ SMGS – a basis for further multimodal documents Rail-Road traffic Framework contract on international road-rail traffic based on practical case examples from CIT and IRU members (on-going work) Passenger Comparative table of passenger rights in 4 modes Comparative table air-rail legal framework Boilerplate contracts on air-rail cooperation – New product for 2019
CIT Products – www.cit-rail.org
Cesare Brand General Secretary Tel: +41 31 350 01 93 E-mail: cesare.brand@cit-rail.org www.cit-rail.org