Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Rail (COTIF/CIM)

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international treaty multilateral convention

The Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Rail (COTIF/CIM) is an international treaty that harmonizes and regulates the legal framework for cross-border rail transport of goods among its member states.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Rail	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ multilateral convention ⓘ
abbreviationOfAdministeringBody	OTIF NERFINISHED ⓘ
abbreviationOfPart	CIM Uniform Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ
administeredBy	Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
aimsTo	facilitate international rail transport of goods ⓘ harmonize legal rules for international rail freight ⓘ
appliesTo	international rail transport of goods between member states ⓘ
basisFor	standard terms in international rail waybills ⓘ
bindingOn	contracting states of OTIF ⓘ
covers	carrier liability for damage to goods ⓘ carrier liability for delay in delivery ⓘ carrier liability for loss of goods ⓘ claims and actions arising from rail carriage contracts ⓘ transport documents for rail freight ⓘ
depositary	Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
entryIntoForceCondition	ratification by a specified number of states ⓘ
geographicalScope	Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Asia ⓘ parts of North Africa ⓘ
governs	rights and obligations of consignees ⓘ rights and obligations of consignors ⓘ rights and obligations of rail carriers ⓘ
harmonizes	national laws on international rail freight contracts ⓘ
hasPart	Uniform Rules Concerning the Contract of International Carriage of Goods by Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
legalFrameworkFor	contracts of carriage of goods by rail ⓘ
legalNature	public international law instrument ⓘ
providesFor	jurisdiction rules for disputes ⓘ standardized liability regime for rail carriers ⓘ uniform rules for rail freight contracts ⓘ
regulates	cross‑border rail freight transport ⓘ international carriage of goods by rail ⓘ
relatedTo	CIV Uniform Rules NERFINISHED ⓘ Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
sector	international trade ⓘ rail transport ⓘ
shortName	CIM NERFINISHED ⓘ COTIF NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	carriage of goods ⓘ international transport law ⓘ railway law ⓘ
usedBy	freight forwarders ⓘ railway undertakings engaged in international freight ⓘ shippers involved in cross‑border rail transport ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) → relatedInstrument → Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Rail (COTIF/CIM) ⓘ

subject surface form: Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road