61/1991.
The COMMUNICATION FROM the
the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs declares that the 1. the meetings of the
The Audit Committee of the COTIF, which took place on 14. -24. December
1989, adopted amendments to the Convention concerning international carriage by
(COTIF), famous for its no. 8/1985 Coll. Changes entered into force on 1 May 2004.
January 1991 and that on the date of entry into force for the Czech and Slovak
Federative Republic.
Czech translation of amendments shall be published at the same time.
Connections and to the Convention
concerning international carriage by rail (COTIF) of 9. May 1980
Uniform rules concerning the contract for international carriage
passengers and luggage (CIV) (the only new text, respectively.
:: relevant provisions)
Article 17 of the
paragraph 3 is deleted.
Article 19 of the
This article reads as follows:
"§ 1
If international fares in advance does not provide an exception is travel
baggage to be cleared only after submitting a ticket valid at least until the
station of destination of the luggage. If permitted by the tariffs to give
of the luggage without submitting a ticket, the provisions of
Uniform rules on the rights and obligations of the passenger
as regards travel luggage, mutatis mutandis, for the sender of
luggage.
§ 2
The railroad retained the ability to carry luggage other than
passengers used along the way. At the Centre of administration, as well as in the mount
stations in which the luggage must be translated, followed by
transport of the next, for carriage to specified travel luggage
by train. Luggage may be transported as above
only, unless upon departure or en route, customs or other
regulations.
§ 3
If international rates with no provision for an exception, must be for the freightage
baggage paid when offering to sell your.
§ 4
Fares or timetables can travel luggage transport in certain
types of trains or trains or to and from certain railway stations
excluded or limited.
§ 5
If the hand is not dealt with travel luggage in this article, the
provisions in force in the filing station. ".
Article 20 of the
The text of paragraph 4 (b). (c)) is amended as follows:
"(c)) date and time of administration,".
Article 25
The text of section 4 shall be amended as follows:
"§ 4
In the case of improper use of the fare or if an error occurs in the calculation
or select the shipping prices and other expenses, the railway is obliged to return the
or she must be remedied only if it exceeds the
for each ticket or baggage ticket two unit. ".
Article 38
The text of paragraph 1 (b). and) is amended as follows:
") if the amount of damage proved, the amount of this damage, but not exceeding
40 units of account per kilogram of gross weight, missing
or 600 units of account for each piece of baggage. "
Article 41
The text of § 3 and § 4, paragraph 4. 1 is amended as follows:
"§ 3
... ... must not exceed 8000 units of account.
§ 4
Total compensation may not exceed 1000 units of account ".
Article 43
The text of paragraph 3 shall be amended as follows:
"§ 3
For travel luggage may be required interest only
If the compensation exceeds 8 units of account per luggage
ticket. ".
Hook (B) to the Convention
concerning international carriage by rail (COTIF) of 9. May 1990
Uniform rules concerning the contract for international carriage
of goods (CIM) (the only new wording, respectively. accessories the relevant
the provisions)
Article 3 of the
The text of section 4 shall be amended as follows:
"§ 4
If the competent authority has decided that the
and traffic was) temporarily or permanently, in part or completely stopped,
(b)) of a particular consignment have been excluded from carriage or accepted for transportation
only under certain conditions,
(c) the goods have been received) certain to transport as a priority
These measures shall be notified immediately to the public and the railways,
that inform the railways of other States for publication. ".
Article 11 of the
The text of paragraph 1 and 2 shall be amended as follows:
"§ 1
The transport contract is concluded ... shall bear a waybill and, where appropriate,
each additional sheet the data stamp the imprint of the sending station.
§ 2
Operations referred to in paragraph 1 must follow immediately after offering to sell your to transport all in
of the goods and the consignment note-if so provided for regulations
force in the sending station-after paying expenses that took the
sender or after the lodging of the security pursuant to article 15, paragraph 7. ".
Article 12
§ 2 reads as follows:
"§ 2
The railroad provides uniform Bill of lading, which must
be duplicated intended for the sender. For certain transport, in particular for
transportation between neighbouring States, may provide for passenger railway
use the Bill of lading under a simplified model. For certain
transport with the countries of the non-participating in the Convention, may establish tariffs
the use of a special procedure ".
Article 14
section 8 is deleted.
Article 19 of the
section 5 is added:
"§ 5
The labelling of the goods by the shipper is regulated by complementary provisions
or tariffs. ".
§ 6 shall be deleted.
Article 24
section 1:
"§ 1
In addition to the carriage charge and refund the balance due to the difference, if any, damages may
railways to choose from:
and to dovoznému) in the amount of one unit per each
kilogram of gross weight of the entire piece
1. incorrect or incomplete printing, labelling of substances and articles
excluded from carriage in accordance with RID
2. improper or incomplete markings, peculiar substances and articles,
that are allowed for carriage in accordance with RID in particular conditions, or
the conditions have not been complied with RID
Additional provisions may provide for other methods of calculation in advance
increases to dovoznému, particularly the flat-rate premium for empty dovoznému
car carriers.
(b)) to dovoznému in the amount of 5 units of account per 100
kg, exceeding the load limit of car, the holiday was a car
loaded by the shipper ".
§ 2 shall be deleted.
§ 3 renumbers the § 2.
section 4 renumbered to section 3.
§ 5 renumbers the § 4 and reads as follows:
"§ 4
Cases in which a mark-up to dovoznému does not choose, specify
supplementary provisions. ".
Article 27
§ 2, 3 and 4 are added:
"§ 2
If the delivery period set out under § 1 applies
-subject to the provisions of the following sections
-the maximum delivery time:
and) for the wagon:
dispatch period............................... 12 hours,
shipping deadline for every
I just started 400 km...................... 24 hours,
(b)) for unit shipments
dispatch period............................... 12 hours,
shipping deadline for every
I just started 200 km...................... 24 hours
All distance means in the tariff kilometres.
§ 3
Dispatch time is counted only once, regardless of the number of participating
railways.
The transmission period shall be calculated as the total distance from a sending station to a
the station of destination.
§ 4
The railroad may provide additional delivery periods of a certain length in
the following cases:
and for shipments of served to) transport or shipped outside the station,
(b)) for shipments:
1. after the lines with a different gauge,
2. by sea or by inland waterway,
3. down the road, if there is no rail link,
(c)) unchanged,
d) without any changes. ".
section 6 reads as follows:
"section 6
The delivery period shall begin on the expiry of a 24. hour of the day, when the shipment was taken
for carriage. ".
section 8 reads as follows:
"section 8
Delivery time does not follow on Sundays and statutory holidays. On Saturdays
does not follow in the States where it is for their rail freight transport
provided the regulations. ".
In section 9, paragraph 2 is deleted. 2.
Article 29 of the
section 1:
"§ 1
If the fare was used incorrectly or if the errors in the calculation of
the carriage charge or the collection of an outstanding balance must be paid, and
the overpayment to be returned.
The outstanding balance is not selected and the overpayment does not return, it reaches for one
the Bill of lading 8 units of account. The return will take place from
its own initiative ".
Article 30
The text of paragraph 2 shall be amended as follows:
"§ 2
Statements must be given to the Declaration by the railways established pattern.
This Declaration has the sender repeat and sign on a judgement
the Bill of lading, rail ticket. The signature may be printed
or replaced by a stamp of the sender. Every command given by other means,
than is prescribed, is invalid. ".
Article 31
The text of paragraph 2 shall be amended as follows:
"§ 2
Statements must be given to the Declaration by the railways established pattern.
Every command given in a different way than is prescribed, is invalid. ".
The text of paragraph 3 (b). (d)) shall be amended as follows:
"(d)) has designated under paragraph 1 (b). (c)) a person and this person has removed
waybill, took over the goods or has exercised its rights under article 28 of the
§ 4.".
Article 33
The text of section 4 shall be amended as follows:
"§ 4
Changing the designation of the recipient or the sender's instructions the station of destination, or
If they are communicated to the station, where the goods are located, the sender must their
instructions written into the Bill of lading and duplicates this present
rail. ".
Article 34
The text of article 1 is amended as follows:
"§ 1
If there is an obstacle in the delivery, must submit to the sender about the railroad
forthwith a report and request his instructions. "
The text of paragraph 2 shall be amended as follows:
"§ 2
If the obstacle is lifted when the delivery of the goods before running out of the station of destination
the sender's instructions, the goods to the consignee. The sender shall be
shall be informed without delay ".
§ 5 shall be deleted.
§ 6, 7 and 8 shall be renumbered to paragraph 5, 6 and 7.
Article 38
The text of paragraph 2 shall be added a new paragraph 2 is added:
"This presumption applies if the contract of carriage the previous
the new offering to sell your were subjected to other comparable international Convention on
direct international rail traffic, and this includes the same legal
the presumption in favour of shipments submitted for carriage pursuant to the uniform
legislation. ".
Article 41
The text of paragraph 1 (b). a) and b) is amended as follows:
"§ 1
and) 2% by weight for liquids or for goods submitted to transport in a wet
the State of the
(b)), 1% by weight for dry goods ".
The text of section 4 shall be amended as follows:
"§ 4
When the total loss or loss of individual pieces in the calculation
damages don't shrink anything for loss of mass transport. ".
Article 45
Paragraph. 1 reads as follows:
"If the railroad Provides special conditions of carriage the special or
Special tariffs, which in comparison with the generally applicable fares
provide a discount from the carriage charge, may limit the compensation granted to the railways
the creditor for exceeding the delivery period, provided that this limitation is
the tariffs shown. ".
Article 59
§ 2 and 3 read as follows:
"§ 2
The sending of the railways is responsible for the freight and other expenses, which was not collected,
Although the sender is, according to article 15 of taken.
§ 3
If the railroad destination of goods without shipping or other selected
accounts receivable from the contract of carriage, then these amounts corresponding to. ".
Article 65
§ 1 and 2 read as follows:
§ 1
If the economic and financial state of a State cause when
the use of section VI of the serious predicament, two or more other States,
agreements to derogate from articles 15, 17 and 30, for the transfer of the State
located in the hardships States that
a) shipments from each of these States must be compulsorily
paid by the sender up to the border of the State, which has a hardship, but not
further,
b) shipments in each of these States must be compulsorily
paid by the sender up to the border of the State, which has a hardship, but not
further,
c) shipments to and from the State, which has difficulties, it must not be encumbered or
dobírkami, or advances, or that these are only allowed in specified
the amounts,
(d) the sender must not change) the contract of carriage in respect of the country of destination,
payout and delivery record.
§ 2
Under the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 and with the authorization of their Governments can
railroads that have relationships with railways of the State in
hardships, agree on derogations from articles 15, 18, 30 and 31 in the mutual
transport by rail of the State which has difficulties.
Such derogation shall be decided by a two thirds majority of the railways, which
they have relationships with railways of the State, situated in hardships. ".
Article 65 shall be added a new paragraph 5 is added:
"§ 5
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, each State party may adopt
unilateral measures pursuant to article 3, paragraph 4, subparagraph (b)). ".
