COTIF definition
Examples of COTIF in a sentence
This contract, including its appendices, sets out the conditions for the provision of wagons for use as a means of transport by RUs in national and international traffic within the scope of application of the COTIF in force.
The tour operator limits its liability to the amount limits applicable at any time and appearing from the Warsaw and Montreal Conventions (air transportation), the Athens Convention and EU Regulation 392/2009 (transportation at sea), the COTIF Con- vention and EU Regulation 1371/2007 (rail transportation).
With regard to the registration of the Sending State’s own railway freight and passenger cars needed for the transport of members of the Armed Forces and military equipment of the Sending State, the use of the Receiving State’s railway infrastructure and the pertinent safety regulations, the Receiving State’s legal provisions and the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980 shall apply.
The document for the conclusion of a contract of carriage in the combined transport system is the consignment note as defined in the Uniform Rules concerning the Contract of International Carriage of Goods by Rail (CIM), which is appended to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF), done at Bern on 9 May 1980, the bill of lading or any other equivalent document.
COTIF does however not cover all legal requirements needed for the operation of complete trains across borders.
These international conventions include (but are not limited to) the Montreal Convention in respect of travel by air (and all earlier related conventions), the Athens Convention in respect of travel by sea, the Berne Convention in respect of travel by rail (Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980), the Geneva Convention in respect of travel by road and the Paris Convention in respect of the provision of accommodation.
On 1 May 1985, the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail of 9 May 1980 (COTIF) entered into force and this led to formation of the Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF).
The core provisions were expected to be introduced, step-by-step, into the COTIF and SMGS conventions and agreements to further harmonize provisions in COTIF and SMGS.
The tour operator limits its liability to the amount limits applicable at any time and appearing from the Warsaw and Montreal Conventions (air transportation), the Athens Convention and EU Regulation 392/2009 (transportation at sea), the COTIF Convention and EU Regulation 1371/2007 (rail transportation).
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