Legal basis for carriage

Legal basis for carriage

The following applies as the legal basis for carriage

  • “Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF)” of 9 June 1999, in which “Uniform Rules concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Passengers by Rail (CIV)” has been incorporated as appendix A. English edition of CIV
  • Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers’ rights and obligations
  • General Conditions of Carriage for Rail Passengers (GCC-CIV/PRR). GCC_CIV_PRR.pdf
  • General conditions about the Agreement on Journey Continuation in respect of International Passenger Traffic by Rail (AJC)
  • Special Conditions of International Carriage
    • International Journeys with Non-Integrated Reservation Tickets, SCIC-NRT
    • International Journeys with Integrated Reservation Tickets, SCIC-IRT and
    • International Journeys with Rail Pass Tickets, SCIC-RPT.
  • For a ship route for combined carriage by rail/sea, the legal provisions to which the shipping company is subject and the special provisions for the relevant shipping company will apply.
  • GDPR: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data