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Dr. Erik Evtimov, Senior Legal Adviser & Project Dr. Erik Evtimov, Senior Legal Adviser & Project Coordinator CIM/SMGSCoordinator CIM/SMGS

VIII Int. OSJD Freight Traffic Conference , Odessa ,May 30-31 2011

Practical use of the Common Practical use of the Common Consignment Note CIM/SMGSConsignment Note CIM/SMGS

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Common CIM/SMGS consignment noteCommon CIM/SMGS consignment note

• “Sum” of the CIM- and SMGS-consignment notes

• Based on the United Nations Layout Key for Trade Documents

• Recognition as: – Customs document– Letter of credit

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Electronic consignment note CIM/SMGSElectronic consignment note CIM/SMGS

• Legal basis for the electronic exchange of consignment note data:– Article 6 § 9 CIM: based on functional equivalence– Article 7 § 14 SMGS: based on an agreement between the carrier

and the customer

• Electronic consignment note CIM/SMGS:√ Functional specifications

√ Legal specifications√ Technical specifications Practical Implementation – the participating railways (support

Raildata / OSJD / CIT)

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Further improvementsFurther improvements: : CIM/SMGS wagonCIM/SMGS wagon and container and container listslists

nach der Sitzung

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Use of the common CIM/SMGS consignment note in Use of the common CIM/SMGS consignment note in the TEN Corridorsthe TEN Corridors

Kaliningrad

Budapest

Ljubljana

Kyjiv

Berlin

Mainz

Bucuresti

Duisburg

Ilsenburg

St Ingbert

Donec’kZaporizzja

L’viv

Zliv

Kaluga

TřinecJihlava

Kotel

Moskva

Žilina

Mladá-Boleslav

Praha

Bratislava

Warszawa

Minsk

Trieste

Kaliningrad

Budapest

Ljubljana

Kyjiv

Berlin

Mainz

Bucuresti

Duisburg

Ilsenburg

St Ingbert

Donec’kZaporizzja

L’viv

Zliv

Kaluga

TřinecJihlava

Kotel

Moskva

Žilina

Mladá-Boleslav

Praha

Bratislava

Warszawa

Minsk

Trieste

Statistics on the use of the common CIM/SMGS Statistics on the use of the common CIM/SMGS consignment note in Poland, Ukraine and Slovak consignment note in Poland, Ukraine and Slovak Republic (FH 2010)Republic (FH 2010)

1. Poland• Wagon Consignment: 0,80%• Container Consignment: 76,97%• Total: 54,88%

2. Ukraine• Wagon Consignment: 2,2%• Container Consignment: 100%• Total: 63,96%

3. Slovak Republic• Total for Wagon and Container Consignment: 30, 56%

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Use of the common CIM/SMGS consignment note in Use of the common CIM/SMGS consignment note in PolandPoland

Time period Type of Consignment

Consignment Note

CIM/SMGS

Reconsignment %

First Quarter 2010

Wagon 69 8’041 0,85

Container 16’867 5’964 73,88

Second Quarter 2010

Wagon 102 13’095 0,77

Container 22’524 5’820 79,47

Total for the first half of 2010

Wagon 171 21’136 0,80

Container 39’391 11’784 76,97

Total 39’562 32’920 54,88

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Use of the common CIM/SMGS consignment note in Use of the common CIM/SMGS consignment note in the the Slovak RepublicSlovak Republic

Time period Type of Consignment

Consignment Note

CIM/SMGS

Reconsignment %

First Quarter 2010

Wagon andContainer

12’311 27’265 31,11

Second Quarter 2010

Wagon andContainer

13’906 32’302 30,09

Total for the first half of 2010

TotalWagon andContainer

26’217 59’567 30,56

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Use of the common CIM/SMGS consignment note in Use of the common CIM/SMGS consignment note in the the UkraineUkraine

Time period Type of Consignment

Consignment Note

CIM/SMGS

Reconsignment %

First Quarter 2010

Wagon 0 193 0,85

Container 727 0 73,88

Second Quarter 2010

Wagon 19 638 0,77

Container 729 0 79,47

Total for the first half of 2010

Wagon 19 831 0,80

Container 1’456 0 76,97

Total 1’475 831 63,96

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Further objectives of the common CIT/OSJD ProjectFurther objectives of the common CIT/OSJD Project“Transport Interoperability CIM/SMGS”“Transport Interoperability CIM/SMGS”

• Objectives for the next months: extend the application of the common consignment note CIM/SMGS in practice

• Especially for the transcontinental transportation between Europe and China in transit through Kazakhstan on the Great Silk Rail Road

• Using for the Container train between Turkey and Central Asia (Haydarpaşa – Almaty / Kazakhstan)

• Using for the intermodal transportation on the Black Sea Connections between Ukraine, Russian Federation and Turkey

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Black Sea Black Sea multimodal links with the common multimodal links with the common consignment note CIM/SMGS ... consignment note CIM/SMGS ...

• Legal base:• SMGS?

• COTIF/CIM – rail+ agreement

Article 1 § 4 CIM Uniform Rules: „When international carriage being the subject of a single contract of carriage includes carriage by sea (…) as a supplement to carriage by rail, these Uniform Rules shall apply if the carriage by sea (…) is performed on services included in the list of services provided for in Article 24 § 1 of the Convention.”

Article 24 § 1 COTIF: „The maritime (…) services referred in Article 1 of the (…) CIM Uniform Rules, on which carriage is performed in addition to carriage by rail subject to a single contract of carriage, shall be included in two lists:

(…)

b) the CIM list of maritime (…) services.

• Procedure:

Article 24 § 3 COTIF:

- COTIF member states shall notify the maritime lines

- Agreement of two member states are necessary

- OTIF Lists of the maritime lines

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... and applicable liability rules for the rail-sea traffic... and applicable liability rules for the rail-sea traffic

• Article 38 § 1 CIM – additional exemptions from the general liability in Article 23 CIM for the rail-sea traffic:– Fire;– Saving or attempting to save life or property at sea;– Loading the goods on the deck;– Perils, dangers and accidents of the sea or other navigable waters

• Notification from the member states together with the maritime lines• Article 23 § 2 CIM – basic rules for the relive of the liability in Article 23

§ 1– Fault of the person entitled– Inherent defect of the goods– Circumstances which the carrier could not avoid and the consequences of

which he was unable to prevent (force magiore but not in the sense of the nautical fault of the Haag-Visby)

• Article 30 § 2 CIM – compensation for loss shall not exceed 17 SDR (about 25 € per kg)