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Drafting a Convention on Unified Railway Law - 20th UNECE GEURL Session

Explore the modern legal framework regulating international railway transportation at a global and regional level, including the drafting of a convention to establish a unified legal environment throughout the Eurasian space.

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Drafting a Convention on Unified Railway Law - 20th UNECE GEURL Session

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  1. UNIFIED RAILWAY LAW LIudmila renne Deputy Head of Foreign Projects and International Cooperation Department JSC “Russian railways” 20th session of UNECE GEURL, Geneva, 9-11 July 2019

  2. MODERN LEGAL FRAMEWORK REGULATING INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION LEGAL REGULATION OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL World Trade Organization UN and regional commissions UN agreements and conventions (legal regulation, standards and recommended practices in the field of infrastructure, rolling stock, transportation technologies, border crossing) WTO agreements (first of all GATT and GATS (legal regulation of the access of services and their suppliers to the international railway transportation market) LEGAL REGULATION OF RAIL TRANSPORT AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL (EURASIA) COTIF OSJD rail transport law BILATERAL AND REGIONAL MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS Bilateral agreements on direct and combined rail transportation EU railtransport law Agreements adopted in the Council on Railways Transport of the CIS Eurasian Economic Union rail transport law

  3. DRAFTING A CONVENTION ON UNIFIED RAILWAY LAW ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM LEGAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE EURASIAN SPACE GOALS REGULATING THE ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL, TECHNOLOGICAL, AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION EXPANDING INTEROPERABILITY OF RAILWAY SYSTEMS OF VARIOUS REGIONS, PRIMARILY OF EUROPE, THE CIS, AND ASIA 2

  4. VISION ON UNIFIED RAILWAY LAW 2 OPTIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION COVERING VARIOUS RAILWAY ISSUES CONVENTION ON CONTRACT OF CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY RAILWAY IN INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC SUPPORTED BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION SUPPORTED BY EUROPEAN COMIISSION DECISION OF GROUP OF EXPERTS TOWARDS UNIFIED RAILWAY LAW DECISION OF SC.2 AND UNECE INLAND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE 3

  5. POSSIBLE STRUCTURE OF CONVENTION General provisions on the agreement of freight transportation in international traffic General provisions on the agreement of passenger transportation in international traffic General provisions on dangerous goods transportation in international traffic ADDENDA General provisions on railway infrastructure in international traffic General provisions on rolling stock in international traffic General provisions on the use of freight wagons in international traffic General provisions on the use of passenger coaches in international traffic 4

  6. DRAFT CONVENTION ON UNIFIED RAILWAY LAW THE CONVENTION SHOULD REGULATE BOTH THE ACTIVITY OF THE DEPOSITARY AND THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS WITHIN THE EURASIAN SPACE: Goals, principles, and areas of the depositary activity The depositary structure (in case of creation of special organization) Decision-making procedure for the top governing bodies of the Organization Agreement for carriage of freight (including rail ferry service) and passengers Use of freight wagons and passenger cars Conciliation procedure and arbitration Technical requirements for infrastructure and rolling stock 5

  7. THE FOUNDATION OF THE FUTURE UNIFIED RAIL TRANSPORT LAW UNIFIED TRANSPORT LAW Unified CIM/SMGS consignment note Draft OSJD Convention on Direct International Railway Traffic Convention on International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) 6

  8. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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