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The CIT manuals regulate the use of the consignment note and the organisation and management of transport.
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July 1, 2024
Amendment Nr 5 CIT Freight Traffic Manual (GTM-CIT)
The CIT Freight Traffic Manual (GTM-CIT) regulates the performance of international freight transport in a uniform manner in order to ensure the uniqueness of the transport contract. It contains the processes involved in the execution of international freight transport. For each process, it contains a worksheet with information on the purpose of the process, the operations to be carried out, the deadline for their completion, the partners involved and the reference documents.
Undertakings which apply the GTM-CIT
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 July 2024
July 1, 2024
Amendment Nr 6 CIM Consignment Note Manual (GLV-CIM)
Instructions for the use of the CIM consignment note and other international freight documents.
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 July 2024
July 1, 2023
Amendment No 5 CIM Consignment Note Manual (GLV-CIM)
Instructions for the use of the CIM consignment note and other international freight documents.
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 July 2023
91 pages
Appendix 1: Functional and legal requirements to be satisfied by the electronic consignment note
Appendix 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the consignment note
Appendix 3: List of charges
Appendix 4: Rules and recommendations for the CIM consignment note
Appendix 4a: Specimen CIM consignment note
Appendix 4b: Specimen CIM consignment note for combined transport
Appendix 5: Explanatory notes on the content of the wagon list
Appendix 6: Charges note
Appendix 7: Subsequent orders - Form CIT 7
Appendix 8: Notification of circumstances preventing carriage – Person entitled’s instructions - Form CIT 8
Appendix 9: Notification of circumstances preventing delivery – Consignor’s instructions - Form CIT 9
Appendix 10: Currency names and codes
July 1, 2023
Amendment No 3 Checklist for Sealing Wagons
Photographs and explanatory notes to facilitate the sealing of wagons and UTI.
Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 July 2023
35 pages
July 1, 2023
Amendment No 4 CIT Freight Traffic Manual (GTM-CIT)
The CIT Freight Traffic Manual (GTM-CIT) regulates the performance of international freight transport in a uniform manner in order to ensure the uniqueness of the transport contract. It contains the processes involved in the execution of international freight transport. For each process, it contains a worksheet with information on the purpose of the process, the operations to be carried out, the deadline for their completion, the partners involved and the reference documents.
Undertakings which apply the GTM-CIT
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 July 2023
167 pages
Appx 1: Checklist for Sealing Wagons
Appx 2: Sealing irregularities
Appx 3: Addresses of contact points for sealing issues
Appx 4: Diagram of the process for applying seals to international traffic
Appx 5–6: Deliberately left blank
Appx 7a: Checklist for the contract for electronic interchange of consignment note data (EDI contract checklist)
Appx 7b: Supplementary functional and legal requirements for the electronic consignment note
Appx 8a: Sheet 2a of a CIM consignment note with a supplementary sheet for an intermediate section (specimen)
Appx 8b: Sheet 2a of a CIM consignment note for combined traffic with a supplementary sheet for an intermediate section (specimen)
Appx 9: Sheets 4 and 4a of a CIM consignment note with a supplementary sheet for the consignor (specimen)
Appx 10: Control label
Appx 11: Explanatory notes on the use of the charges note
Appx 12: Notification of payment form - Form CIT 12
Appx 13: Authorisation for escort - Form CIT 13
Appx 14: Wagon label - Form CIT 14
Appx 15: Labels for consignments subject to customs supervision
Appx 16: Shunting restriction labels
Appx 17: Processing the consignment note and accompanying documents where the contract of carriage is amended or there are circumstances preventing carriage or delivery
Appx 18: Accompanying document - Form CIT 18
Appx 19: Notification of wagons and their loads being defective
Appx 20: Formal report - Form CIT 20
Appx 21: Notification of missing goods - Form CIT 21
Appx 22: Notification of corrections - Form CIT 22
Appx 23: Wagon list
Appx 24: Proof of Delivery - Form CIT 24
Appx 25: Notification of traffic restriction
Appx 26: Form listing the documents accompanying a Train
Appx 27a: List of customs procedure codes in the CIM consignment note
Appx 27b: Possible combinations of he different customs procedure codes in one consignment(consignment = consignment note)
July 1, 2021
Amendment Nr 3 CIT Freight Traffic Manual (GTM-CIT)
The CIT Freight Traffic Manual (GTM-CIT) regulates the performance of international freight transport in a uniform manner in order to ensure the uniqueness of the transport contract. It contains the processes involved in the execution of international freight transport. For each process, it contains a worksheet with information on the purpose of the process, the operations to be carried out, the deadline for their completion, the partners involved and the reference documents.
Undertakings which apply the GTM-CIT
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 July 2021
145 pages
Appx 1: Checklist for Sealing Wagons
Appx 2: Sealing irregularities
Appx 3: Addresses of contact points for sealing issues
Appx 4: Diagram of the process for applying seals to international traffic
Appx 5–6: Deliberately left blank
Appx 7a: Checklist for the contract for electronic interchange of consignment note data (EDI contract checklist)
Appx 7b: Supplementary functional and legal requirements for the electronic consignment note
Appx 8a: Sheet 2a of a CIM consignment note with a supplementary sheet for an intermediate section (specimen)
Appx 8b: Sheet 2a of a CIM consignment note for combined traffic with a supplementary sheet for an intermediate section (specimen)
Appx 9: Sheets 4 and 4a of a CIM consignment note with a supplementary sheet for the consignor (specimen)
Appx 10: Control label
Appx 11: Explanatory notes on the use of the charges note
Appx 12: Notification of payment form - Form CIT 12
Appx 13: Authorisation for escort - Form CIT 13
Appx 14: Wagon label - Form CIT 14
Appx 15: Labels for consignments subject to customs supervision
Appx 16: Shunting restriction labels
Appx 17: Processing the consignment note and accompanying documents where the contract of carriage is amended or there are circumstances preventing carriage or delivery
Appx 18: Accompanying document - Form CIT 18
Appx 19: Notification of wagons and their loads being defective
Appx 20: Formal report - Form CIT 20
Appx 21: Notification of missing goods - Form CIT 21
Appx 22: Notification of corrections - Form CIT 22
Appx 23: Wagon list
Appx 24: Proof of Delivery - Form CIT 24
Appx 25: Notification of traffic restriction
Appx 26: Form listing the documents accompanying a Train
Appx 27a: List of customs procedure codes in the CIM consignment note
Appx 27b: Possible combinations of he different customs procedure codes in one consignment(consignment = consignment note)
July 1, 2021
Amendment Nr 4 CIM Consignment Note Manual (GLV-CIM)
Instructions for the use of the CIM consignment note and other international freight documents.
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 July 2021
59 pages
Appendix 1: Functional and legal requirements to be satisfied by the electronic consignment note
Appendix 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the consignment note
Appendix 3: List of charges
Appendix 4: Rules and recommendations for the CIM consignment note
Appendix 4a: Specimen CIM consignment note
Appendix 4b: Specimen CIM consignment note for combined transport
Appendix 5: Explanatory notes on the content of the wagon list
Appendix 6: Charges note
Appendix 7: Subsequent orders - Form CIT 7
Appendix 8: Notification of circumstances preventing carriage – Person entitled’s instructions - Form CIT 8
Appendix 9: Notification of circumstances preventing delivery – Consignor’s instructions - Form CIT 9
Appendix 10: Currency names and codes
Jan. 1, 2023
Amendment Nr 1 Checklist for Sealing Wagons
Photographs and explanatory notes to facilitate the sealing of wagons and UTI.
Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 January 2023
35 pages
July 1, 2019
CIT Freight Traffic Manual (GTM-CIT)
Undertakings which apply the GTM-CIT
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 July 2019
137 pages
Appx 1: Checklist for Sealing Wagons
Appx 2: Sealing irregularities
Appx 3: Addresses of contact points for sealing issues
Appx 4: Diagram of the process for applying seals to international traffic
Appx 5–6: Deliberately left blank
Appx 7a: Checklist for the contract for electronic interchange of consignment note data (EDI contract checklist)
Appx 7b: Supplementary functional and legal requirements for the electronic consignment note
Appx 8a: Sheet 2a of a CIM consignment note with a supplementary sheet for an intermediate section (specimen)
Appx 8b: Sheet 2a of a CIM consignment note for combined traffic with a supplementary sheet for an intermediate section (specimen)
Appx 9: Sheets 4 and 4a of a CIM consignment note with a supplementary sheet for the consignor (specimen)
Appx 10: Control label
Appx 11: Explanatory notes on the use of the charges note
Appx 12: Notification of payment form - Form CIT 12
Appx 13: Authorisation for escort - Form CIT 13
Appx 14: Wagon label - Form CIT 14
Appx 15: Labels for consignments subject to customs supervision
Appx 16: Shunting restriction labels
Appx 17: Processing the consignment note and accompanying documents where the contract of carriage is amended or there are circumstances preventing carriage or delivery
Appx 18: Accompanying document - Form CIT 18
Appx 19: Notification of wagons and their loads being defective
Appx 20: Formal report - Form CIT 20
Appx 21: Notification of missing goods - Form CIT 21
Appx 22: Notification of corrections - Form CIT 22
Appx 23: Wagon list
Appx 24: Proof of Delivery - Form CIT 24
Appx 25: Notification of traffic restriction
Appx 26: Form listing the documents accompanying a Train
Appx 27a: List of customs procedure codes in the CIM consignment note
Appx 27b: Possible combinations of he different customs procedure codes in one consignment(consignment = consignment note)
Jan. 1, 2021
CIM Consignment Note Manual (GLV-CIM)
Instructions for the use of the CIM consignment note and other international freight documents.
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 January 2021
57 pages
Appendix 1: Functional and legal requirements to be satisfied by the electronic consignment note
Appendix 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the consignment note
Appendix 3: List of charges
Appendix 4: Rules and recommendations for the CIM consignment note
Appendix 4a: Specimen CIM consignment note
Appendix 4b: Specimen CIM consignment note for combined transport
Appendix 5: Explanatory notes on the content of the wagon list
Appendix 6: Charges note
Appendix 7: Subsequent orders - Form CIT 7
Appendix 8: Notification of circumstances preventing carriage – Person entitled’s instructions - Form CIT 8
Appendix 9: Notification of circumstances preventing delivery – Consignor’s instructions - Form CIT 9
Appendix 10: Currency names and codes
July 1, 2019
CIM Consignment Note Manual (GLV-CIM)
Instructions for the use of the CIM consignment note and other international freight documents.
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 July 2019
57 pages
Appendix 1: Functional and legal requirements to be satisfied by the electronic consignment note
Appendix 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the consignment note
Appendix 3: List of charges
Appendix 4: Rules and recommendations for the CIM consignment note
Appendix 4a: Specimen CIM consignment note
Appendix 4b: Specimen CIM consignment note for combined transport
Appendix 5: Explanatory notes on the content of the wagon list
Appendix 6: Charges note
Appendix 7: Subsequent orders - Form CIT 7
Appendix 8: Notification of circumstances preventing carriage – Person entitled’s instructions - Form CIT 8
Appendix 9: Notification of circumstances preventing delivery – Consignor’s instructions - Form CIT 9
Appendix 10: Currency names and codes
Jan. 1, 2019
Amendment Nr 1 to the GTM-CIT
Document containing the pages of the GTM-CIT replaced by the Amendment No 1
19 pages
July 1, 2019
Amendment Nr 2 to the GLV-CIM
Document containing the pages of the GLV-CIM replaced by the Amendment No 2
Jan. 1, 2021
Amendment Nr 3 to the GLV-CIM
Document containing the pages of the GLV-CIM replaced by the Amendment No 3
6 pages
July 1, 2019
Checklist for Sealing Wagons
Photographs and explanatory notes to facilitate the sealing of wagons and UTI.
Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 July 2019
35 pages
Jan. 1, 2019
CIM Consignment Note Manual (GLV-CIM)
Instructions for the use of the CIM consignment note and other international freight documents.
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 January 2019
89 pages
Appendix 1: Functional and legal requirements to be satisfied by the electronic consignment note
Appendix 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the consignment note
Appendix 3: List of charges
Appendix 4: Rules and recommendations for the CIM consignment note
Appendix 4a: Specimen CIM consignment note
Appendix 4b: Specimen CIM consignment note for combined transport
Appendix 5: Explanatory notes on the content of the wagon list
Appendix 6: Charges note
Appendix 7: Subsequent orders - Form CIT 7
Appendix 8: Notification of circumstances preventing carriage – Person entitled’s instructions - Form CIT 8
Appendix 9: Notification of circumstances preventing delivery – Consignor’s instructions - Form CIT 9
Appendix 10: Currency names and codes
Jan. 1, 2019
CIT Freight Traffic Manual (GTM-CIT)
Standard provisions for processing international freight traffic.
Applicable with effect from 1 January 2017 - Edition 1 January 2019
159 pages
Appx 1: Checklist for Sealing Wagons
Appx 2: Sealing irregularities
Appx 3: Addresses of contact points for sealing issues
Appx 4: Diagram of the process for applying seals to international traffic
Appx 5–6: Deliberately left blank
Appx 7a: Checklist for the contract for electronic interchange of consignment note data (EDI contract checklist)
Appx 7b: Supplementary functional and legal requirements for the electronic consignment note
Appx 8a: Sheet 2a of a CIM consignment note with a supplementary sheet for an intermediate section (specimen)
Appx 8b: Sheet 2a of a CIM consignment note for combined traffic with a supplementary sheet for an intermediate section (specimen)
Appx 9: Sheets 4 and 4a of a CIM consignment note with a supplementary sheet for the consignor (specimen)
Appx 10: Control label
Appx 11: Explanatory notes on the use of the charges note
Appx 12: Notification of payment form - Form CIT 12
Appx 13: Authorisation for escort - Form CIT 13
Appx 14: Wagon label - Form CIT 14
Appx 15: Labels for consignments subject to customs supervision
Appx 16: Shunting restriction labels
Appx 17: Processing the consignment note and accompanying documents where the contract of carriage is amended or there are circumstances preventing carriage or delivery
Appx 18: Accompanying document - Form CIT 18
Appx 19: Notification of wagons and their loads being defective
Appx 20: Formal report - Form CIT 20
Appx 21: Notification of missing goods - Form CIT 21
Appx 22: Notification of corrections - Form CIT 22
Appx 23: Wagon list
Appx 24: Proof of Delivery - Form CIT 24
Appx 25: Notification of traffic restriction
Appx 26: Form listing the documents accompanying a Train
Appx 27a: List of customs procedure codes in the CIM consignment note
Appx 27b: Possible combinations of he different customs procedure codes in one consignment(consignment = consignment note)
Sept. 1, 2014
Checklist for Sealing Wagons
Photographs and explanatory notes to facilitate the sealing of wagons and UTI.
Applicable with effect from 1 July 2006 / Edition 1 September 2014
30 pages
July 1, 2019
Amendment Nr 2 to the GTM-CIT
Document containing the pages of the GTM-CIT replaced by the Amendment No 2
6 pages
Jan. 1, 2019
Amendment Nr 1 to the GLV-CIM
Document containing the pages of the GLV-CIM replaced by the Amendment No 1
8 pages
June 29, 2020