CIT documentation

This AJC Note was drafted in collaboration between the CIT and the European Passenger Federation (EPF). It is intended as a lay-person’s informal guide to what to do if passengers miss their connection on an international journey and want to benefit from the AJC. Further details about the AJC can also be found in the AJC Leaflet on this website.

Date: 1 September 2024

This Leaflet on the Agreement on Journey Continuation in respect of International Passenger Traffic by Rail (AJC) is to summarise the content of the AJC and to give passengers an overview of what the participating railway undertakings have agreed to in the form of a commercial gesture.

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey

Date: 1 September 2024

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 September 2024

The European Commission adopted the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/949 establishing a common form for rail passengers’ reimbursement and compensation requests for delays, missed connections and cancellations of rail services  which applies as of 2 July 2024.

The guidelines are intended to provide CIT members with an understanding of the legal background, the obligations of railway undertakings, the rights of passengers in this respect, and to provide practical guidance for the seamless implementation of the new implementing regulation.  

These guidelines are merely considerations of the CIT General Secretariat and the CIV Working Group and are not binding on CIT members.

Applicable with effect from 24 June 2024.

5 pages, English edition only

The Glossary explains the technical terms used in the various CIT documents and gives a translation into the CIT’s other two official languages.

Applicable with effect from 15 December 2019 / Edition 10 December 2023

20 pages

The Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT) provides CIT members with an introduction and the necessary standards to issuing international tickets. It is primarily addressed to the staff of railway undertakings who have to deal with the law of carriage, with the issuing of international tickets, with checking those tickets and with customer service.

Applicable with effect from 10 December 2023

183 pages

Appendix 1: Remarks and endorsements on tickets and useful terms in international ticket distribution
Appendix 2: Boilerplate contract for a sub-license between a CIT member and a third party with respect to the use of the CIT security background
Appendix 3: Replacement and fall-back tickets
Appendix 4: Checklist of information which can be used for all kinds of international tickets independently of their fulfilment method

The AIV governs the relationships between transport undertakings providing international passenger traffic by rail; it is based on the CIV Uniform Rules. It provides for standardised handling of claims from passengers for personal injury and death, missing the last connection of the day, delay, cancellation and other missed connections, other service failures and applications for refunds. It governs paying damages and other compensation payments to passengers and sets down the criteria for sharing costs between the carriers.

Undertakings which apply the AIV 

Applicable with effect from 10 December 2023

51 pages

Appendix 1: Accident declaration
Appendix 2: Allocation of delay compensation - statement
Annex 1 to Appendix 2: RCF1 letter on accounting aspects of the allocation of delay compensation
Appendix 3: Specimen form to exchange dossiers
Appendix 4: Specimen form to exchange information on delayed trains
Appendix 5: Agreement on access to TIS/Europtirails’ data on international passenger trains
Annex 1 to Appendix 5: List of the persons responsible for the application of CIT’s multilateral agreement on access to TIS data on international passenger trains within each undertaking (point 1 of the agreement)

The Correlation table describes the amendments made between the last version of the GCC-CIV/PRR edition of 11 December 2022 and the new edition of 7 July 2023. The aim is to make the changes transparent for passengers and to implement TAP TSI point 4.2.4.1 (“publication of conditions of carriage”).

22 pages

The GCC-CIV/PRR govern the contractual relationship between passengers and carriers for domestic and/or international journeys.

The GCC-CIV/PRR form a common denominator for all the member undertakings of the CIT. They can therefore be used as a basic contract on which undertakings can build to create their own general conditions (described in the general conditions as special conditions of carriage). Every carrier is therefore called on to draw up special conditions of carriage to meet his own requirements, for example for particular routes, train classes, or fare types.In addition, the are special conditions which apply to various international tickets (with or without reservations), and to Rail Pass tickets.

Applicable with effect from 10 December 2023

15 pages

The CIT provides the GCC-CIV/PRR in this accessible version.

The GCC-CIV/PRR govern the contractual relationship between passengers and carriers for domestic and/or international journeys.

The GCC-CIV/PRR form a common denominator for all the member undertakings of the CIT. They can therefore be used as a basic contract on which undertakings can build to create their own general conditions (described in the general conditions as special conditions of carriage). Every carrier is therefore called on to draw up special conditions of carriage to meet his own requirements, for example for particular routes, train classes, or fare types.In addition, the are special conditions which apply to various international tickets (with or without reservations), and to Rail Pass tickets.

Applicable with effect from 10 December 2023

15 pages

The MCOOP contains a boilerplate contract and general terms and conditions (GTC) as well as commentaries to these legal instruments which cover the most important legal issues arising from international cooperation of railway undertakings to provide carriage of passengers. It should contribute to legal certainty for international passenger traffic by rail, establish a single set of principles and permit coordinated and efficient management of contracts. The MCOOP is intended foremost for railway lawyers and specialists dealing with organisation and setting up the legal rules for cooperation between railway undertakings.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 7 June 2023

80 pages

Appendix 1 : Boilerplate Contract for Cooperation in providing International Carriage of Passengers by Rail
Appendix 2 : Specimen Appendices I – V to the Contract for Cooperating
Appendix 3 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Successive Carriage (GTC Successive Carriage)
Appendix 4 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Substitute Carriage (GTC substitute carriage)

List of CIT members who have declared to not apply the GCC-CIV/PRR to national and/or international contracts of carriage with travellers.
Edition 28 June 2023

1 page

1 page

6 pages

This notice is intended to draw the attention of passengers to the restrictions on the carriage of dangerous goods as hand luggage or registered luggage, or in or on board vehicles (car on train).

The references to the complete set of applicable regulations may be found in 1.1.3.8 of the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail - RID (Appendix C to COTIF).

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 July 2019

5 pages

Edition 1 July 2019

1 page

This AJC Note was drafted in collaboration between the CIT and the European Passenger Federation (EPF). It is intended as a lay-person’s informal guide to what to do if passengers miss their connection on an international journey and want to benefit from the AJC. Further details about the AJC can also be found in the AJC Leaflet on this website.

Date: 15 April 2024

This Leaflet on the Agreement on Journey Continuation in respect of International Passenger Traffic by Rail (AJC) is to summarise the content of the AJC and to give passengers an overview of what the participating railway undertakings have agreed to in the form of a commercial gesture.

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey

Date: 15 April 2024

3 pages

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 10 december 2023

60 pages

This Leaflet on the Agreement on Journey Continuation in respect of International Passenger Traffic by Rail (AJC) is to summarise the content of the AJC and to give passengers an overview of what the participating railway undertakings have agreed to in the form of a commercial gesture.

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Edition 1. February 2024

3 pages

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 10 december 2023

59 pages

List of participating railway undertakings and contact persons (point 1.2.3 AJC)

Edition 01 January 2024

2 pages

Samples of delay confirmation and stamps for continuation (point 2.3.2 AJC)

Edition 01 January 2024

43 pages

Conditions for continuation (point 2.4.3 AJC)

Edition 01 January 2024

7 pages

Information leaflet for railway personnel (point 2.4.4 AJC) 

Edition 01 January 2024

3 pages

This Leaflet on the Agreement on Journey Continuation in respect of International Passenger Traffic by Rail (AJC) is to summarise the content of the AJC and to give passengers an overview of what the participating railway undertakings have agreed to in the form of a commercial gesture.

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Edition 01 January 2024

3 pages

The Glossary explains the technical terms used in the various CIT documents and gives a translation into the CIT’s other two official languages.

Applicable with effect from 15 December 2019 / Edition 15 December 2019

15 pages

The Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT) provides CIT members with an introduction and the necessary standards to issuing international tickets. It is primarily addressed to the staff of railway undertakings who have to deal with the law of carriage, with the issuing of international tickets, with checking those tickets and with customer service.

Applicable with effect from 7 June 2023

188 pages

Appendix 1: Remarks and endorsements on tickets and useful terms in international ticket distribution
Appendix 2: Boilerplate contract for a sub-license between a CIT member and a third party with respect to the use of the CIT security background
Appendix 3: Replacement and fall-back tickets
Appendix 4: Checklist of information which can be used for all kinds of international tickets independently of their fulfilment method

The AIV governs the relationships between transport undertakings providing international passenger traffic by rail; it is based on the CIV Uniform Rules. It provides for standardised handling of claims from passengers for personal injury and death, missing the last connection of the day, delay, cancellation and other missed connections, other service failures and applications for refunds. It governs paying damages and other compensation payments to passengers and sets down the criteria for sharing costs between the carriers.

Undertakings which apply the AIV 

Applicable with effect from 7 June 2023

51 pages

Appendix 1: Accident declaration
Appendix 2: Allocation of delay compensation - statement
Annex 1 to Appendix 2: RCF1 letter on accounting aspects of the allocation of delay compensation
Appendix 3: Specimen form to exchange dossiers
Appendix 4: Specimen form to exchange information on delayed trains
Appendix 5: Agreement on access to TIS/Europtirails’ data on international passenger trains
Annex 1 to Appendix 5: List of the persons responsible for the application of CIT’s multilateral agreement on access to TIS data on international passenger trains within each undertaking (point 1 of the agreement)

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 November 2023

58 pages

List of participating railway undertakings and contact persons (point 1.2.3 AJC)

Edition 1 November 2023

2 pages

Samples of delay confirmation and stamps for continuation (point 2.3.2 AJC)

Edition 1 November 2023

43 pages

Conditions for continuation (point 2.4.3 AJC)

Edition 1 November 2023

6 pages

The GCC-CIV/PRR govern the contractual relationship between passengers and carriers for domestic and/or international journeys.

The GCC-CIV/PRR form a common denominator for all the member undertakings of the CIT. They can therefore be used as a basic contract on which undertakings can build to create their own general conditions (described in the general conditions as special conditions of carriage). Every carrier is therefore called on to draw up special conditions of carriage to meet his own requirements, for example for particular routes, train classes, or fare types.In addition, the are special conditions which apply to various international tickets (with or without reservations), and to Rail Pass tickets.

Applicable with effect from 7 June 2023

14 pages

The CIT provides the GCC-CIV/PRR in this accessible version.

The GCC-CIV/PRR govern the contractual relationship between passengers and carriers for domestic and/or international journeys.

The GCC-CIV/PRR form a common denominator for all the member undertakings of the CIT. They can therefore be used as a basic contract on which undertakings can build to create their own general conditions (described in the general conditions as special conditions of carriage). Every carrier is therefore called on to draw up special conditions of carriage to meet his own requirements, for example for particular routes, train classes, or fare types.In addition, the are special conditions which apply to various international tickets (with or without reservations), and to Rail Pass tickets.

Applicable with effect from 7 June 2023

14 pages

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 April 2023

53 pages

List of participating railway undertakings and contact persons (point 1.2.3 AJC)

Edition 10 December 2023

2 pages

Samples of delay confirmation and stamps for continuation (point 2.3.2 AJC)

Edition 7 June 2023

42 pages

Conditions for continuation (point 2.4.3 AJC)

Edition 7 June 2023

6 pages

Information leaflet for railway personnel (point 2.4.4 AJC) 

Edition 13 December 2020

2 pages

The MCOOP contains a boilerplate contract and general terms and conditions (GTC) as well as commentaries to these legal instruments which cover the most important legal issues arising from international cooperation of railway undertakings to provide carriage of passengers. It should contribute to legal certainty for international passenger traffic by rail, establish a single set of principles and permit coordinated and efficient management of contracts. The MCOOP is intended foremost for railway lawyers and specialists dealing with organisation and setting up the legal rules for cooperation between railway undertakings.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 12 December 2021

82 pages

Appendix 1 : Boilerplate Contract for Cooperation in providing International Carriage of Passengers by Rail
Appendix 2 : Specimen Appendices I – V to the Contract for Cooperating
Appendix 3 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Successive Carriage (GTC Successive Carriage)
Appendix 4 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Substitute Carriage (GTC substitute carriage)

The Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT) provides CIT members with an introduction and the necessary standards to issuing international tickets. It is primarily addressed to the staff of railway undertakings who have to deal with the law of carriage, with the issuing of international tickets, with checking those tickets and with customer service.

Applicable with effect from 15 December 2019 / Edition 12 December 2021

199 pages

Appendix 1: Remarks and endorsements on tickets and useful terms in international ticket distribution
Appendix 2: Boilerplate contract for a sub-license between a CIT member and a third party with respect to the use of the CIT security background
Appendix 3: Replacement and fall-back tickets
Appendix 4: Checklist of information which can be used for all kinds of international tickets independently of their fulfilment method

The GCC-CIV/PRR govern the contractual relationship between passengers and carriers for domestic and/or international journeys.

The GCC-CIV/PRR form a common denominator for all the member undertakings of the CIT. They can therefore be used as a basic contract on which undertakings can build to create their own general conditions (described in the general conditions as special conditions of carriage). Every carrier is therefore called on to draw up special conditions of carriage to meet his own requirements, for example for particular routes, train classes, or fare types.In addition, the are special conditions which apply to various international tickets (with or without reservations), and to Rail Pass tickets.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 11 December 2022

11 pages

The GCC-CIV/PRR govern the contractual relationship between passengers and carriers for domestic and/or international journeys.

The GCC-CIV/PRR form a common denominator for all the member undertakings of the CIT. They can therefore be used as a basic contract on which undertakings can build to create their own general conditions (described in the general conditions as special conditions of carriage). Every carrier is therefore called on to draw up special conditions of carriage to meet his own requirements, for example for particular routes, train classes, or fare types.In addition, the are special conditions which apply to various international tickets (with or without reservations), and to Rail Pass tickets.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 July 2019

11 pages

List of CIT members who have declared to not apply the GCC-CIV/PRR to national and/or international contracts of carriage with travellers.

Edition 1 January 2023

1 page

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 13 December 2020

47 pages

This Leaflet on the Agreement on Journey Continuation in respect of International Passenger Traffic by Rail (AJC) is to summarise the content of the AJC and to give passengers an overview of what the participating railway undertakings have agreed to in the form of a commercial gesture.

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Edition 1 April 2023

3 pages

The AIV governs the relationships between transport undertakings providing international passenger traffic by rail; it is based on the CIV Uniform Rules. It provides for standardised handling of claims from passengers for personal injury and death, missing the last connection of the day, delay, cancellation and other missed connections, other service failures and applications for refunds. It governs paying damages and other compensation payments to passengers and sets down the criteria for sharing costs between the carriers.

Undertakings which apply the AIV 

Applicable with effect from 9 December 2018 / Edition 13 December 2020

59 pages

Appendix 1: Accident declaration
Appendix 2: Allocation of delay compensation - statement
Annex 1 to Appendix 2: RCF1 letter on accounting aspects of the allocation of delay compensation
Appendix 3: Specimen form to exchange dossiers
Appendix 4: Specimen form to exchange information on delayed trains
Appendix 5: Agreement on access to TIS/Europtirails’ data on international passenger trains
Annex 1 to Appendix 5: List of the persons responsible for the application of CIT’s multilateral agreement on access to TIS data on international passenger trains within each undertaking (point 1 of the agreement)

List of participating railway undertakings and contact persons (point 1.2.3 AJC)

Edition 13 December 2020

2 pages

Samples of delay confirmation and stamps for continuation (point 2.3.2 AJC)

Edition 13 December 2020 

33 pages

Conditions for continuation (point 2.4.3 AJC)

Edition 13 December 2020

6 pages

Information leaflet for railway personnel (point 2.4.4 AJC) 

Edition 13 December 2020

6 pages

The MCOOP contains a boilerplate contract and general terms and conditions (GTC) as well as commentaries to these legal instruments which cover the most important legal issues arising from international cooperation of railway undertakings to provide carriage of passengers. It should contribute to legal certainty for international passenger traffic by rail, establish a single set of principles and permit coordinated and efficient management of contracts. The MCOOP is intended foremost for railway lawyers and specialists dealing with organisation and setting up the legal rules for cooperation between railway undertakings.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 7 June 2023

80 pages

Appendix 1 : Boilerplate Contract for Cooperation in providing International Carriage of Passengers by Rail
Appendix 2 : Specimen Appendices I – V to the Contract for Cooperating
Appendix 3 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Successive Carriage (GTC Successive Carriage)
Appendix 4 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Substitute Carriage (GTC substitute carriage)

The Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT) provides CIT members with an introduction and the necessary standards to issuing international tickets. It is primarily addressed to the staff of railway undertakings who have to deal with the law of carriage, with the issuing of international tickets, with checking those tickets and with customer service.

Applicable with effect from 15 December 2019 / Edition 13 December 2020

199 pages

Appendix 1: Remarks and endorsements on tickets and useful terms in international ticket distribution
Appendix 2: Boilerplate contract for a sub-license between a CIT member and a third party with respect to the use of the CIT security background
Appendix 3: Replacement and fall-back tickets
Appendix 4: Checklist of information which can be used for all kinds of international tickets independently of their fulfilment method

The AIV governs the relationships between transport undertakings providing international passenger traffic by rail; it is based on the CIV Uniform Rules. It provides for standardised handling of claims from passengers for personal injury and death, missing the last connection of the day, delay, cancellation and other missed connections, other service failures and applications for refunds. It governs paying damages and other compensation payments to passengers and sets down the criteria for sharing costs between the carriers.

Undertakings which apply the AIV 

Applicable with effect from 9 December 2018 / Edition 15 December 2019

53 pages

Appendix 1: Accident declaration
Appendix 2: Allocation of delay compensation - statement
Annex 1 to Appendix 2: RCF1 letter on accounting aspects of the allocation of delay compensation
Appendix 3: Specimen form to exchange dossiers
Appendix 4: Specimen form to exchange information on delayed trains
Appendix 5: Agreement on access to TIS/Europtirails’ data on international passenger trains
Annex 1 to Appendix 5: List of the persons responsible for the application of CIT’s multilateral agreement on access to TIS data on international passenger trains within each undertaking (point 1 of the agreement)

The MCOOP contains a boilerplate contract and general terms and conditions (GTC) as well as commentaries to these legal instruments which cover the most important legal issues arising from international cooperation of railway undertakings to provide carriage of passengers. It should contribute to legal certainty for international passenger traffic by rail, establish a single set of principles and permit coordinated and efficient management of contracts. The MCOOP is intended foremost for railway lawyers and specialists dealing with organisation and setting up the legal rules for cooperation between railway undertakings.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 July 2019.

82 pages

Appendix 1 : Boilerplate Contract for Cooperation in providing International Carriage of Passengers by Rail
Appendix 2 : Specimen Appendices I – V to the Contract for Cooperating
Appendix 3 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Successive Carriage (GTC Successive Carriage)
Appendix 4 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Substitute Carriage (GTC substitute carriage)

The AIV governs the relationships between transport undertakings providing international passenger traffic by rail; it is based on the CIV Uniform Rules. It provides for standardised handling of claims from passengers for personal injury and death, missing the last connection of the day, delay, cancellation and other missed connections, other service failures and applications for refunds. It governs paying damages and other compensation payments to passengers and sets down the criteria for sharing costs between the carriers.

Applicable with effect from 9 December 2018 / Edition 9 December 2018

51 pages

Appendix 1: Accident declaration
Appendix 2: Allocation of delay compensation - statement
Annex 1 to Appendix 2: RCF1 letter on accounting aspects of the allocation of delay compensation
Appendix 3: Specimen form to exchange dossiers
Appendix 4: Specimen form to exchange information on delayed trains
Appendix 5: Agreement on access to TIS/Europtirails’ data on international passenger trains
Annex 1 to Appendix 5: List of the persons responsible for the application of CIT’s multilateral agreement on access to TIS data on international passenger trains within each undertaking (point 1 of the agreement)

List of members of the CIT who have declared their willingness to apply the GCC-CIV/PRR to national and/or international contracts of carriage with travellers.
Edition 1 July 2019

1 page

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2017 - Edition 1 July 2018

8 pages (excluding appendices)

Corrigendum adopted by the CIV Committee in June 2018

Applicable with effect from 1st July 2017 / Edition 1st July 2018

8 pages

The GCC-CIV/PRR govern the contractual relationship between passengers and carriers for domestic and/or international journeys.

The GCC-CIV/PRR form a common denominator for all the member undertakings of the CIT. They can therefore be used as a basic contract on which undertakings can build to create their own general conditions (described in the general conditions as special conditions of carriage). Every carrier is therefore called on to draw up special conditions of carriage to meet his own requirements, for example for particular routes, train classes, or fare types. In addition, the are special conditions which apply to various international tickets (with or without reservations), and to Rail Pass tickets.

Applicable with effect from 3 December 2009 / Edition 1 October 2017

9 pages

List of members of the CIT who have declared their willingness to apply the GCC-CIV/PRR to contracts for the carriage of passengers making domestic and/or international journeys.

Edition 11 December 2013

1 page

The Glossary explains the technical terms used in the various CIT documents and gives a translation into the CIT’s other two official languages.

Applicable with effect from 11 December 2016 / Edition 11 Dcemmber 2016

10 pages

The Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT) provides CIT members with an introduction and the necessary standards to issuing international tickets. It is primarily addressed to the staff of railway undertakings who have to deal with the law of carriage, with the issuing of international tickets, with checking those tickets and with customer service.

Applicable with effect from 9 December 2018 / 9 December 2018

197 pages

Appendix 1: Remarks and endorsements on tickets and useful terms in international ticket distribution
Appendix 2: Boilerplate contract for a sub-license between a CIT member and a third party with respect to the use of the CIT security background
Appendix 3: Replacement and fall-back tickets
Appendix 4: Checklist of information which can be used for all kinds of international tickets independently of their fulfilment method

The Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT) provides CIT members with an introduction and the necessary standards to issuing international tickets. It is primarily addressed to the staff of railway undertakings who have to deal with the law of carriage, with the issuing of international tickets, with checking those tickets and with customer service.

Applicable with effect from 13 December 2015 / Edition 10 December 2017

118 pages

Appendix 1: Endorsements on tickets and useful terms in international ticket distribution
Appendix 2: Boilerplate contract of sub-licensing agreements
Appendix 3: Order form for replacement/fall back coupons
Appendix 4: Checklist of information which can be used both on the reverse side of international paper ticket and for all kinds of e-tickets (print@home ticket, etc.)

The revision sets 31 December 2021 as the last date for the issuing of tickets on ticket paper with the old CIT security background 1996/2006, besides many editorial changes.

Applicable with effect from 13 December 2015 / Edition 10 December 2017

92 pages

The MCOOP contains a boilerplate contract and general terms and conditions (GTC) as well as commentaries to these legal instruments which cover the most important legal issues arising from international cooperation of railway undertakings to provide carriage of passengers. It should contribute to legal certainty for international passenger traffic by rail, establish a single set of principles and permit coordinated and efficient management of contracts. The MCOOP is intended foremost for railway lawyers and specialists dealing with organisation and setting up the legal rules for cooperation between railway undertakings.

Applicable with effect from 1 March 2016

55 pages

Appendix 1 : Boilerplate Contract for Cooperation in providing International Carriage of Passengers by Rail
Appendix 2 : Specimen Appendices I – V to the Contract for Cooperating
Appendix 3 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Successive Carriage (GTC Successive Carriage)
Appendix 4 : General Terms and Conditions for Cooperating in Providing International Carriage of Passengers using Substitute Carriage (GTC substitute carriage)

This notice is intended to draw the attention of passengers to the restrictions on the carriage of dangerous goods as hand luggage or registered luggage, or in or on board vehicles (car on train).

The references to the complete set of applicable regulations may be found in 1.1.3.8 of the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail - RID (Appendix C to COTIF).

Applicable with effect from 1 October 2015 / Edition 1 October 2017

5 pages

Applicable with effect from 1 October 2015 / Edition 1 October 2017

5 pages

 Edition 1 October 2017

1 page

Edition 1 October 2017

1 page

The GCC-CIV/PRR govern the contractual relationship between passengers and carriers for domestic and/or international journeys.

The GCC-CIV/PRR form a common denominator for all the member undertakings of the CIT. They can therefore be used as a basic contract on which undertakings can build to create their own general conditions (described in the general conditions as special conditions of carriage). Every carrier is therefore called on to draw up special conditions of carriage to meet his own requirements, for example for particular routes, train classes, or fare types.In addition, the are special conditions which apply to various international tickets (with or without reservations), and to Rail Pass tickets.

Applicable with effect from 15 December 2024

15 pages

The CIT provides the GCC-CIV/PRR in this accessible version.

The GCC-CIV/PRR govern the contractual relationship between passengers and carriers for domestic and/or international journeys.

The GCC-CIV/PRR form a common denominator for all the member undertakings of the CIT. They can therefore be used as a basic contract on which undertakings can build to create their own general conditions (described in the general conditions as special conditions of carriage). Every carrier is therefore called on to draw up special conditions of carriage to meet his own requirements, for example for particular routes, train classes, or fare types.In addition, the are special conditions which apply to various international tickets (with or without reservations), and to Rail Pass tickets.

Applicable with effect from 15 December 2024

15 pages

This notice is intended to draw the attention of passengers to the restrictions on the carriage of dangerous goods as hand luggage or registered luggage, or in or on board vehicles (car on train).

The references to the complete set of applicable regulations may be found in 1.1.3.8 of the Regulations concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Rail - RID (Appendix C to COTIF).

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 Januar 2025

5 pages

Edition 1 Januar 2025

2 page

The AJC governs the relationships between railway undertakings that take action to support international passengers in the event of disruption to their journey.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 15 December 2024

The AIV governs the relationships between transport undertakings providing international passenger traffic by rail; it is based on the CIV Uniform Rules. It provides for standardised handling of claims from passengers for personal injury and death, missing the last connection of the day, delay, cancellation and other missed connections, other service failures and applications for refunds. It governs paying damages and other compensation payments to passengers and sets down the criteria for sharing costs between the carriers.

Undertakings which apply the AIV 

Applicable with effect from 15 December 2024

52 pages

Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT)

The Manual for International Rail Tickets (MIRT) provides CIT members with an introduction and the necessary standards to issuing international tickets. It is primarily addressed to the staff of railway undertakings who have to deal with the law of carriage, with the issuing of international tickets, with checking those tickets and with customer service.

Applicable with effect from 15 December 2024

185 pages

The Glossary explains the technical terms used in the various CIT documents and gives a translation into the CIT’s other two official languages.

Applicable with effect from 15 December 2024

19 pages