cit- cross-border passenger and freight traffic legal interoperability - cesare brand
TRANSCRIPT
MENA Rail & Metro Summit
Cross-Border Passenger and
Freight Traffic
Legal Interoperability
Dubai
05-07 October 2015
Cesare Brand, CIT
Secretary General
International Rail Transport Committee (CIT)
www.cit-rail.org
200 railway undertakings and shipping companies
Association under Swiss law, located in Bern
Tasks:
1. Implementation of COTIF and EU law for practical use
2. Standardisation of contractual relationships
3. Representation of the interests of members towards authorities and other associations
Legal interoperability: a challenge for railways
3
SMGS / SMPS
EU law
COTIF
Corridor
law
Nat.
law
Legal interoperability!
Why is legal interoperability important for business
and competitiveness?
Country A
Transport contract
Liability
Transport documents /
consignment note
Tickets
Claims
Country B
Transport contract
Liability
Transport documents /
consignment note
Tickets
Claims
A One legal regime B - 10% administrative costs
Legal certainty, less legal costs
Optimisation of business operation
4
Legal interoperability: a chance for the Arabian
Peninsula
5
One legal
regime for international
rail traffic
6
COTIF 1999 – an existing tool for legal interoperability
Vilnius Protocol 1999
COTIF
Appendix A
UR CIV
Appendix B
UR CIM
Appendix C
RID
Appendix D
UR CUV
Appendix E
UR CUI
Appendix F
UR APTU
Appendix G
UR ATMF
Uniform Rules
concerning the
Contract
for International
Carriage of
Passengers by
Rail
Uniform
Rules
concerning
the
Contract for
International
Carriage of
Freight by
Rail
Regulations
concerning the
International
Carriage of
Dangerous
Goods by Rail
Uniform Rules
concerning the
Contracts of
Use of Vehicles
in
International
Rail
Traffic
Uniform Rules
concerning the
Contract of Use
Of Infrastructure
In International
Rail Traffic
Uniform Rules
concerning the
Validation of
Technical Standards
and the Adoption of
Uniform Technical
Prescriptions
applicable to
Railway Material
intended to be used
in International
Traffic
Uniform Rules
concerning the
Technical Admission
of Railway Material
used in International
Traffic
Convention concerning
International Carriage by Rail
Protocol on the Privileges and
Immunities of OTIF
7
Tous les appendices de la COTIF (39)
Alle Anhänge des COTIF (39)
All COTIF appendices (39)
Sans CUI/APTU/ATMF (1)
Ohne CUI/APTU/ATMF (1)
Without CUI/APTU/ATMF (1)
COTIF 1999 pas encore ratifiée (1)
COTIF 1999 noch nicht ratifiziert (1)
COTIF 1999 not yet ratified (1)
Membres associés (1)
Assoziierte Mitglieder (1)
Associate Members (1)
Sans CIV/RID/CUV/CUI/APTU/ATMF (2)
Ohne CIV/RID/CUV/CUI/APTU/ATMF (2)
Without CIV/RID/CUV/CUI/APTU/ATMF (2)
Suspension de la qualité de membre (2)
Ruhen der Mitgliedschaft (2)
Membership suspended (2)
Sans ATMF (1)
Ohne ATMF (1)
Without ATMF (1)
Champ d’application géographique de la COTIF et ses appendices
Geografischer Anwendungsbereich des COTIF und dessen Anhänge
Geographical scope of COTIF and its appendices
Sans CUV/CUI/APTU/ATMF (1)
Ohne CUV/CUI/APTU/ATMF (1)
Without CUV/CUI/APTU/ATMF (1)
Etat au 28 août 2015
Stand 28. August 2015
Situation on 28 August 2015
Sans CUI (1)
Ohne CUI (1)
Without CUI (1)
Relationships governed by international law
8
Customer
Carrier Carrier
Infrastructure manager (incl. partly service facilities)
Auxiliary (incl. operators of service facilities Wagon
keeper
Substitute
Carrier
CIM / CIV (partially PRR) CUV
CUI (also 34/2012/EU)
CUI (also 34/2012/EU)
Infrastructure manager (incl. partly service facilities)
CIT products / www.cit-rail.org
9
Legal relationship Railway – Customer
General Terms and Conditions
Customer Agreement Checklist
Claims Handling
Consignment Note Manual
Legal relationship Railway – Railway
General Terms and Conditions for Cooperation
Boilerplate Contracts, Sub-contracts, GTC hire
etc.
CIT Freight and Wagon Manual
Ticketing Manual
Agreements concerning Handling of Claims
CIT products as international standard
Legal rules
• COTIF / CIV or CIM
• national law
Contractual rules
• GCC-CIV/PRR or GTC-CIM
• SCC: special conditions of carriage (per carrier, train offer etc.)
10
Legal issues in international rail passenger traffic as
example
• Contract of International Carriage of Passengers by Rail and General Terms and Conditions
• Tickets for cross-border traffic, luggage, dangerous goods, animals, PRM …
• Collaboration of the railway companies in case of delays and procedures for claims handling
11
www.cit-rail.org
The CIT Documentation in electronic and paper format
12
