OTHER NORMS (Indicative list)

UNIDROIT

Cape Town Convention
March 1, 2006

Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment

The convention was concluded at a diplomatic conference held in Cape Town in November 2001. The convention provides for an international legal regime for the creation, perfection and priority of security, title retention and leasing interests in aircraft equipment, railway rolling stock and space assets.

Applicable with effect from 1 March 2006

31 pages

DE FR EN

Luxembourg Rail Protocol
Feb. 23, 2007

Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (railway rolling stock)

The Luxembourg Protocol to the Convention provides for the application of the convention to railway rolling stock. It establishes an international registry to record leasing interests, with a view to reducing the risks and costs involved in financing high-value mobile equipment. The protocol was signed in Luxembourg in 2007 and entered into force in 2024.

Date of signature 23 February 2007

Entering into force 8 March 2024

22 pages

FR EN DE

UNIFIED RAILWAY LAW

Joint Declaration URL
Sept. 23, 2020

Joint Declaration on the promotion of Euro-Asian rail transport and activities towards unified railway law

Joint Declaration on the promotion of Euro-Asian rail transport and activities towards unified railway law
Signed in Geneva, on 26 February 2013 in the English, French and Russian languages, the three versions being valid

Applicable with effect from 26 February 2013

FR/EN/RU

UNECE Position Paper 2011 URL
Sept. 23, 2020

Towards unified railway law in the pan-European region and on Euro-Asian transport corridors

FR/EN/RU

ECE-TRANS-2016-17e Unified Railway Law
Sept. 23, 2020

Draft ITC Resolution on Unified Railway Law Draft Resolution No. 263

Model Rules on the Permanent Identification of Railway Rolling Stock (URVIS)
Oct. 3, 2024