Articles du jubilé DOI: 10.38023/612ca035-c035-4021-91cb-4c9d9ea07181

Mail by Rail: a new business opportunity for rail

Erik Evtimov

Wang Ning

Domaines juridiques:

Droit de transport

Proposition de citation: Erik Evtimov / Wang Ning, Mail by Rail: a new business opportunity for rail, in : Jusletter 11 mai 2020

Rail freight traffic between the European Union and their Eastern neighbours, Russia and China received an enormous potential, which still has to be used. Until today East-West and West-East carriage by rail must cross an invisible legal barrier due to the existence of two different legal regimes: Europe applies the COTIF/CIM Uniform Rules, while Russia, China and other Central Asian countries apply the SMGS Convention. The existence of these legal hurdles leads to interruption of the transport contract, entailing delays, additional costs and administrative burdens for the development of the New Silk Railroad. With the further development of China’s One Belt-One Road initiative, the interest in ready-to-use well-functioning legal solutions will be even stronger.

Table des matières

1. Introduction
2. New business opportunity for rail
3. The legal framework for mail and rail
4. Using single transport documentation for mail by rail
5. The Eurasian Railway Bridge for global trade and e-commerce
- 5.1. Giving the Common consignment note CIM/SMGS for rail the function of document of title
- 5.2. Case Study
6. Summary