2010 – 2019
Bulletin 127th year: No. 4 2019
High-level meeting at the “Tbilisi Silk Road Forum”. A happy anniversary for the Vilnius Protocol. A new 2020-2021 work programme for OTIF. Global cooperation with the Universal Postal Union. Why COTIF? OTIF and the Digital Transport & Logistics Forum. OTIF and EUMedRail: a vibrant synergy. Responsibilities for vehicle maintenance – the Entity in Charge of Maintenance. 55th Session of the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
Bulletin 127th year: No. 3 2019
A new manager in the OTIF Secretariat. OTIF at the “RU Dialogue”. More cooperation to harmonise railway law. Ratification and entry into force of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol: update. Amendments to COTIF: update on approvals. Depository notifications from 1 January 2019. ECO Meeting in Dushanbe. The Vilnius Protocol: 20 years! Committee of Technical Experts: results and work programme. Harmonisation of RID and Annex 2 to SMGS. Luxembourg Protocol – OTIF’s role and tasks. Diary of events.
Bulletin 127th year: No. 2 2019
A new Secretary General for OTIF . Ad hoc Committee on Cooperation . 1999-2019: 20th anniversary of the Vilnius Protocol: reflect, speak and share. CIM consignment note, UTP TAF and electronic business standards. Students at the OTIF Secretariat. Working group of legal experts. Joint Coordinating Group of Experts is launched. National technical requirements for vehicles in international traffic. 54th Session of the UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting.
Bulletin 127th year: No. 1 2019
OTIF participation in a joint EU – GCC seminar in Muscat. Accession of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to COTIF. In Memoriam Dr Kurt Spera. 20th Anniversary of the Vilnius Protocol. Monitoring and assessment of the implementation and application of OTIF’s legal system. Coordination and collaboration: The key to promoting international traffic by rail. 125 years of dangerous goods provisions for railways.
Bulletin 126th year: No. 4 2018
Bilateral OTIF-ONCF meeting. OTIF’s 13th General Assembly: Highlights. Modification of COTIF: Status of approvals. Entry into force of modifications to APTU and ATMF. Speech at the African Union in Addis-Ababa on the “mail by rail” project. OTIF at Innotrans. Revised procedure for amending the appendices to COTIF. Building infrastructure provisions within COTIF. RID/ADR/ADN Joint meeting.
Bulletin 126th year: No. 3 2018
OTIF’s General Assembly: the main items on the agenda. OTIF: a concept of legislative harmonisation based on partnership. 125 years! ITF Summit 2018 on Transport Safety and Security. OTIF – A Partner in UIC’s Global Rail Freight Conference (GRFC) 2018. Results of the 11th session of the Committee of Technical Experts. The history and development of APTU and ATMF. RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group, 9th Session, Berne, 28 and 29 May 2018.
Bulletin 126th year: No. 2 2018
ITF Conference on Global Transport Security and Safety. 26th session of the Revision Committee: decisions. Uniform Rules concerning the Safe Operation of Trains in International Traffic. 15th Session of Experts’ working group on tank and vehicle technology.The Luxembourg Rail Protocol. An essential element of international transport by rail.
Bulletin 126th year: No. 1 2018
Memorandum of Understanding between OTIF and UIC. Jean-Daniel Dénervaud. EUMedRail/OTIF: a promising synergy. Appendix G to COTIF (ATMF) and its Institutional implementation. COTIF´s Uniform Technical Prescriptions (UTPs). 8th Session of the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group (Utrecht, 20 to 24 November 2017). Working group of legal experts.
Bulletin 125th year: No. 4 2017
More extensive training programme in the Secretariat planned for 2018. Meetings in China. Mrs Hammerschmiedová retires. New publication: “Guidelines on treaty acts under COTIF”. Integrating regional entities into COTIF. Interoperability: new Appendix H. RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting (Geneva, 19 – 29 September 2017).
Bulletin 125th year: No. 3 2017
Memorandum of Understanding with the World Customs Organization. Amendments to COTIF, status of Member State approvals. Application of RID 2017. OTIF’s participation in the GCC’s group of technical experts in Abu Dhabi. CTE 10 – Summary of main conclusions. Using interchangeable passenger coaches in international transport. Review of the COTIF amendment procedure: assessment of the public international law dimension.
Bulletin 125th year: No. 2 2017
Amendment of the procedure for revising COTIF. The Economic Cooperation Organization in Baku. Results of the RID-ATMF working group. The national vehicle register (NVR) – one of the prerequisites for international traffic: the NVR today and tomorrow. RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting. A model for the creation of new rail services. Ruling of 27 February 2014 by the Brandenburg Oberlandesgericht.
Bulletin 125th year: No. 1 2017
ITF consultation day. Developing relations with UNESCAP. Principles for the notification and publication of UTPs. Reducing the pass-by noise of existing freight wagons. 7th Session of the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group. Towards a uniform contract for international train paths. Ruling of the Cour de Cassation of 29 November 2016…
Bulletin 124th year: No. 4 2016
Participation in the first platform of railway agencies. OSJD-OTIF: the annual meeting. Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU): interpretation of Appendix A to COTIF. The OTIF-COTIF workshops south of the Mediterranean. Monitoring system for the conformity assessment bodies. RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting.Presumption of loss or damage in case of reconsignment.
Bulletin 124th year: No. 3 2016
China and OTIF sign a preliminary agreement. Withdrawal of the Czech Republic’s reservations. UIC-GRFC. “Interoperability beyond the EU”. ETCR seminar. 9th Session of the Committee of Technical Experts. The fourth railway package. 6th Session of the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group. CUI UR Working Group: Preparation of the Revision Committee…
Bulletin 124th year : No. 2 2016
Accession of Ireland to COTIF 1999. Amendment to Article 6 § 7, CIM UR, entry into force. RID published in Russian, in Farsi, the Railways of Iran. TAF Workshop. “COTIF” workshop in Baku. The procedure for revising COTIF. How to make interoperability between OTIF’s Member States a reality. RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting. Consultation, DG MOVE, regulation (EC) No. 1371/2007, PRR…
Bulletin 124th year : No. 1 2016
Rail safety. The Principality of Monaco and Appendix G. CIT, OTIF and the Euromed programme. International rail freight networks. Creation of a joint OTIF-ERA Register. RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group. Transport of goods by rail between Europe and Asia. CUI UR : “international train paths” and “international trafic” – Münster Higher Administrative Court…
Bulletin 123rd year : No. 3 2015
OTIF’s General Assembly. OSJD/OTIF: active and productive cooperation. Withdrawal of reservations, United Kingdom, Slovakia. On the Silk Road. Cooperation between OTIF/EU. Procedures for assessing, structural subsystems, interoperability constituents. UN Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. RU CUI : problem of the scope of application…
Bulletin 123rd year : No. 2 2015
The Republic of Azerbaijan, 50th Member State of OTIF. The uniform law of COTIF reaches Sweden. France: entry into force of ATMF. 30 Years of OTIF. UIC Training Course on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. Discussion and decisions adopted by CTE 8. Vehicle marking legal (mandatory) requirements. RID/ADR/ADN Joint Meeting…
Bulletin 123rd year : No. 1 2015
Italy’s ratification. Rail facilitation: OTIF’s presentation, UNECE Inland Transport Committee. Set of new and revised UTPs. TAF-TSI: to be transposed into OTIF law or not? Carriage of dangerous goods: news from the 4th session of the RID Committee of Experts’ standing working group. Ruling of the Paris Court of Appeal, 6 March 2014, subject to final appeal…
