Office central des transports internationaux par chemins de fer à Berne
Office central des transports internationaux par chemins de fer à Berne (OCTI) was the central office for international rail traffic.
history
The OCTI was created in 1893 with the entry into force of the first international agreement on freight transport for international rail traffic (IÜG or 1st Bern Convention ) with its seat in Bern . It was under the supervision of Switzerland , which, according to the customs at the time, had assumed responsibility for looking after the IÜG - later called CIM. It retained its name, although with the Convention on International Rail Traffic of 1980 (COTIF, 2nd Bern Agreement), through which the Intergovernmental Organization for International Rail Traffic (OTIF) was created as an independent intergovernmental organization according to all the rules of current international law , the secretariat of which remained the OCTI , which thus bore a rather unusual name.
tasks
The tasks according to COTIF 1980 were:
- Providing all secretarial business for the organization
- Competent specialist body for the regulatory areas of COTIF
- Publication of a magazine
The Central Office was under the direction of a Director General, who represented the organization externally. The OTIF Administrative Committee was the supervisory body for the Central Office. With the entry into force of COTIF 1999 (Vilnius Protocol, since 2006), the name disappeared. The Central Office was replaced by the Intergovernmental Organization for International Rail Traffic.
Web links
- Official homepage of OTIF
- Madeleine Herren: Central Office for International Rail Traffic. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .