Railway Contract Law
The aim of establishing railway contract law for international traffic is to ensure legal certainty, particularly by defining liability regimes.
Establishing railway contract law for international traffic is OTIF’s historical activity. The first convention concerning the contract of international carriage of goods by rail dates from 1890 (International Convention of Bern on the transport of goods by rail).
The CIV, CIM, CUV and CUI Appendices establish Uniform Rules (UR) relating to various rail contracts for international transport:
- the Contract of International Carriage of Passengers by Rail (CIV),
- the Contract of International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM),
- the Contract of use of vehicles in international rail traffic (CUV),
- the Contract of use of infrastructure in international rail traffic (CUI).
The Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of International Carriage of Passengers and Goods by Rail (CIV and CIM) are put into concrete terms via the CIM and CIV model contracts developed by the International Rail Transport Committee (CIT).
Working groups set up by the Secretary General or the Revision Committee work on developing these Uniform Rules.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us: law@otif.org
Aleksandr Kuzmenko
Head of legal department
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