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1. What do the main international railway organizations include? The main international railway organizations include the International Union of Railways (UIC), Organization for Cooperation between Railways, the Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail, the International Committe of Railway Transport.

2. What is UIC? It is a non-governmental organization representing the railway industry. UIC sets and publishes standards for railway sectors, such as for wagons, railway equipment and railway stations.

3. What does UIC represent? UIC is the worldwide professional association representing the railway sector and promoting rail transport including technical cooperation amongst railways.

4. What is UIC’s mission? UIC’s mission has following main levels: Strategic level: coordination with and between the 6 UIC Regions created as part of the new Governance (activities steered by the UIC Regional Assemblies for Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Europe and Middle East). Technical/professional cooperation level (structured around the following railway activity): Passenger, Freight, Rail System — including infrastructure, rolling stock, operations. Support services level: (Finance, Human Resources, Legal and Communications). UIC activities include: Environment, Security, Signaling, Freight Corridors, Standardization.

5. What do UIC activities include? UIC activities include: Environment, Security, Signaling, Freight Corridors, Standardization.

6. What is OSJD? Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD) is an international organization established at the Railway Ministers Conference in Sofia, Republic of Bulgaria (28 June 1956).

7. What are the main objectives of OSJD? Main objectives of OSJD include development of international freight and passenger traffic, creation of common railway transport environment in the Eurasian region, higher competitiveness and an increase in transcontinental railway routes as well as promotion of technological progress and technical-scientific cooperation in the field of railway transport.

8. How many countries does OSJD have as its members? 28 countries take part in activities of OSJD as an intergovernmental organization, namely: Azerbaijan, Albania, Afghanistan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Vietnam, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Estonia.

9. What is the focus of activities of OSJD? Focus of activities: organizes cooperation in the field of international railway traffic between Europe and Asia, develops joint competitive proposals, adopts rules for the use of wagons, coaches and containers for international services.

10. What do the major OSJD activities comprise? Major OSJD activities comprise: development and improvement of international railway transportation with the traffic between and Asia in the first place, to include combined transportation; development of transport policy in the field of international railway traffic; improvement of international transport law; cooperation on the solution of the problems connected with the economic, information, scientific, technological and ecological aspects of railway transport; cooperation in the field of railway operation and technical matters connected with further development of international railway traffic; collaboration with other international organizations, engaged in railway transportation matters.

11. What is OTIF? The Intergovernmental Organization for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) was set up on 1 May 1985.

12. What is the mission of OTIF? The Organisation’s mission is to promote, improve and facilitate international traffic by rail.

13. How many major areas of activity does OTIF have? OTIF has three major areas of activity: technical interoperability, dangerous goods and railway contract law.

14. What are the major areas of activity of OTIF? OTIF has three major areas of activity: technical interoperability, dangerous goods and railway contract law.

15. What does OTIF develop? OTIF develops uniform legal regimes for: contracts of carriage of passengers and goods, rules for the transport of dangerous goods, technical provisions and the procedure for the technical approval of rolling stock.

16. How many member states does OTIF have? It now has 50 Member States.

17. Where is OTIF headquarter located? The Organization has its headquarters in Berne, Switzerland.

18. Which organizations does OTIF cooperate with? It works in close partnership with the European Union, the European Union Agency for Railways and also with CIT, UIC and OSJD.

19. How many official languages does OTIF have? OTIF has three official languages: French, German and English (since 2002).

20. How is OTIF administered? The Organization is administered by a Secretariat and has three governing bodies and four operational bodies that develop international railway law.

21. What is CIT? The International Committee of Railway Transport (CIT) is an international non-governmental organization and association.

22. What are the objectives of CIT? The objectives are to develop International law in the field of rail transportation on the basis of concluded conventions; develop additional legal articles and materials regarding the resolution of disputes in international transport; monitor compliance with the rules for the carriage of goods, luggage and passengers; standardize travel documents.

23. When was CIT founded? The CIT was founded in 1902.

24. What are CIT’s official languages? Its official languages are French and German.

25. How many companies does CIT have? The CIT has 134 companies from 43 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa as full members.

26. Whom does the CIT’s committee cooperate with? The Committee cooperates primarily with OTIF, UIC, OSJD and other international organizations.

27. What are the CIT’s main goals? CIT’s main goals are the:

harmonization, uniform application and implementation of international rail transport law; development of the rules for the carriage of goods and forms of waybills; standardization of legal relations between participants on the railway transportation market.

 28. What is the CIT’s governing body? The CIT’s governing body is the General Assembly, which defines the policy of, and approach to CIT’s strategic management.