1. UNECE Working Party on Rail Transport Activities of CIT
Geneva, 23 November 2018
Cesare Brand
Secretary General

2. Comité international des transports ferroviaires (CIT) www. cit-rail
Comité international des transports ferroviaires (CIT)
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

3. Main focus of CIT Digitisation
Harmonisation of transport contracts and law
Multimodality 3

4. Digitisation Rail freight
Definition of the legal and functional specifications for the electronic consignment note in the manuals of the CIT in force since
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)

5. Digitisation Passenger
Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT) with standards for mobile tickets, 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

6. 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)

7. 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

8. CIT Products – www.cit-rail.org

9. Cesare Brand
General Secretary
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