{"id":29577,"date":"2026-10-02T13:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T11:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/?post_type=news-pr&#038;p=29577"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T13:36:19","slug":"amendments-to-cotif-adopted-but-will-they-soon-come-into-force","status":"publish","type":"news-pr","link":"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/?news-pr=amendments-to-cotif-adopted-but-will-they-soon-come-into-force","title":{"rendered":"Amendments to COTIF \u2013 adopted, but will they soon come into force?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These amendments apply to international rail traffic and concern, in particular, contracts of use of vehicles, contracts of use of infrastructure, the approval of technical standards and the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions applicable to railway rolling stock, the technical approval of railway rolling stock and the safe operation of trains.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The OTIF Secretariat is calling for the accelerated approval of the amendments to COTIF and to this end, is publishing an information document for the Member States, accompanied by a practical guide offering tools to support the approval procedures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is in the common interest of OTIF, its Member States and the railway sector that the amendments adopted at the 12<sup>th<\/sup> and 13<sup>th<\/sup> sessions of the General Assembly enter into force as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The information document is available here:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>French<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/otif.org\/fileadmin\/docs\/LegalTexts\/DepositaryNotifications\/Awareness_document_FR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29584\" src=\"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QR_FR-copy-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QR_FR-copy-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QR_FR-copy.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>German<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/otif.org\/fileadmin\/docs\/LegalTexts\/DepositaryNotifications\/Awareness_document_DE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29585\" src=\"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QR_DE-copy-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QR_DE-copy-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QR_DE-copy.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>English<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/otif.org\/fileadmin\/docs\/LegalTexts\/DepositaryNotifications\/Awareness_document_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-29586\" src=\"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QR_EN-copy-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QR_EN-copy-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/otif.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/QR_EN-copy.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-29577","news-pr","type-news-pr","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amendments to COTIF \u2013 adopted, but will they soon come into force? 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