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UIC Regional Assembly for Middle-East (RAME)3rd MeetingAmman, Jordan, 7-8 May 2008
CIT Products for Progressive Convergence of the CIM/SMGS in the Context of the International Railway Corridors between Europe and Asia
Dr. Erik EvtimovLegal Adviser / Coordinator CIM-SMGS
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The CIT
120 railway undertakings
Association under Swiss law located in Bern
Tasks:1. Implementation of COTIF for
practical use2. Standardisation of contractual
relationships
3. Representation of the interests of members to authorities and other associations
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Railway organisations
Standards
Transport Law
Politics
Infrastructure
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Scope of COTIF
ESPT
FR
IE GB
NOSE FI
LVLT
PL
UA
RO
SKCZ
DENL
CH
IT
MATN
ATSI H
R
MK BG
GR TR
SYIR
DK
HU
AL
DZ
BAMC
FL
RS
IQLB
LUBE
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COTIF
Convention concerningInternational Carriage by Rail
Protocol on the Privileges andImmunities of OTIF
Appendix A
UR CIV
Uniform Rulesconcerning the
Contract for International
Carriage ofPassengers by Rail
Appendix B
UR CIM
Appendix C
RID
Regulations concerning the International Carriage of
Dangerous Goods by Rail
Appendix D
UR CUV
Uniform Rulesconcerning the
Contracts ofUse of Vehicles inInternational Rail
Traffic
Appendix E
UR CUI
Uniform Rulesconcerning theContract of UseOf InfrastructureIn International
Rail Traffic
Appendix F
UR APTU
Uniform Rulesconcerning theValidation of
Technical Standardsand the Adoption ofUniform Technical
Prescriptionsapplicable to
Railway Material intended to be used
in InternationalTraffic
Appendix G
UR ATMF
Uniform Rulesconcerning the
Technical Admissionof Railway Material
used in InternationalTraffic
Vilnius Protocol 1999
Uniform Rulesconcerning theContract forInternational Carriage of Freight by Rail
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Corridors Europe - Asia
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Scope of CIM und SMGS
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Kiew 2003
Conference on international rail transport law (Kiev, 21/22 October 2003)Follow-up Programme
III. Use a uniform/joint consignment note
„The aim is to make available a uniform consignment note which can be used in through transport and which is sufficient for modern requirements, in Russian, English and, if possible, German. Various initiatives are already available, from which the most suitable model should be selected. This measure should have top priority and should achieve a result within one year. CIT has already said they should be willing to take on this task.“
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Customer requirements:
• Improvement in the CIM/SMGS interface
• Drawing up of a common CIM/SMGS consignment note
• Introduction on specific Trans-European corridors, e.g. Corridor II (Berlin – Moscow), Corridor III (Dresden – Kiev) or Corridor V (Milan –Kiev/Moscow)
• Demand driven approach
• Both customers and railways had the same objectives
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CIT & OSJD Answers:
• CIT/OSJD Project “Transport Law Interoperability CIM/SMGS”
• Creation of a common CIM/SMGS consignment note which provides evidence of the existence of both contracts of carriage, and which is
• recognised as a customs and bank document which can be used without restriction in the customs territories of the EU-EFTA and Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, and which
• does not compromise the liability provisions.• Since 1. 9. 2006 in force!
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Project: Legal interoperability CIM/SMGS
Phase 1:A common CIM/SMGS consignment note
Phase 2:A unique claim handling mechanism
Phase 3:A single Eurasian Rail Transport Law
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Competence for consignment note
Art. 6 § 8 CIM
The international associations of carriers shall establish uniform model consignment notes in agreement with the customers’international associations and the bodies having competence for customs matters …
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Common CIM/SMGSconsignment noteSpecimen
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Mostiska II
25 July 2006
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Mostiska II
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Further improvements: Wagon and container lists
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Electronic common CIM/SMGS consignment note
• Legal basis for the electronic exchange of consignment note data:– Article 6 § 9 CIM: based on functional equivalence– Article 7 § 14 SMGS: based on an agreement between the carrier
and the customer
• The following provisions are still being worked on:– Transmission of messages– Content of messages– Legal specifications– Functional specifications– Technical implementation
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The second stage of the project• Drafting of harmonised CIM-SMGS provisions for liability of the legal
relationships between the– customer and carrier– carriers themselves
• Balanced solutions and priorities• Guideline to the liability clauses in the CIM and SMGS
– Section I: Summary of the most important basic principles and the differences of the liability CIM and SMGS
– Section II: Table comparing the liability clauses in the CIM with those in the SMGS including a brief commentary by the CIM/SMGS Legal Group
• Common CIM/SMGS formal report• Legal presumption following reconsignment• CIM/SMGS claims handling rules
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Common CIM/SMGS formal reportSpecimen
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Two legal areas one single law
SMGS/SMPSSMGS/SMPS
COTIFCOTIF
EurasianEurasian RailRail Transport Transport LawLaw
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Eurasian Rail Transport law
1. CIM and SMGS as basis and starting point2. Attention paid to the different legal cultures3. Freedom for higher liability standards
Legal interoperability from Atlantic to the Pacific
Thank you for your attention!