Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980 (in the version of the Modification of Protocol of 3 June 1999)

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  Title I General Provisions

• Article 1 Intergovernmental Organisation

• Article 2 Aim of the Organisation

• Article 3 International cooperation

• Article 4 Taking on and transfer of attributions

• Article 5 Special obligations of the Member States

• Article 6 Uniform Rules

• Article 7 Definition of the expression "Convention"

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  Title II Common Provisions

• Article 8 National law

• Article 9 Unit of account

• Article 10 Supplementary provisions

• Article 11 Security for costs

• Article 12 Execution of judgments. Attachment

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  Title III Structure and Functioning

• Article 13 Organs

• Article 14 General Assembly

• Article 15 Administrative Committee

• Article 16 Other Committees

• Article 17 Revision Committee

• Article 18 RID Expert Committee

• Article 19 Rail Facilitation Committee

• Article 20 Committee of Technical Experts

• Article 21 Secretary General

• Article 22 Staff of the Organisation

• Article 23 Bulletin

• Article 24 Lists of lines or services

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  Title IV Finances

• Article 25 Work programme. Budget. Accounts. Management report

• Article 26 Financing the expenditure

• Article 27 Auditing of accounts

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  Title V Arbitration

• Article 28 Competence

• Article 29 Agreement to refer to arbitration. Registrar

• Article 30 Arbitrators

• Article 31 Procedure. Costs

• Article 32 Limitation. Enforcement

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  Title VI. Modification of the Convention

• Article 33 Competence

• Article 34 Decisions of the General Assembly

• Article 35 Decisions of the Committees

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  Title VII Final Provisions

• Article 36 Depositary

• Article 37 Accession to the Convention

• Article 38 Accession of regional economic integration organisations

• Article 39 Associate Members

• Article 40 Suspension of membership

• Article 41 Denunciation of the Convention

• Article 42 Declarations and reservations to the Convention

• Article 43 Dissolution of the Organisation

• Article 44 Transitional provision

• Article 45 Texts of the Convention

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CONVENTION
CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE BY RAIL (COTIF) OF 9 MAY 1980
IN THE VERSION OF THE MODIFICATION OF PROTOCOL OF 3 JUNE 1999