Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)

The aim of OTIF is to promote, improve and facilitate international rail traffic, in particular by establishing and developing systems of uniform law in the contract of international carriage of passengers and goods in international rail traffic, in the contract of use of wagons as means of transport in international rail traffic, in the contract of use of infrastructure in international rail traffic, and the carriage of dangerous goods in international rail traffic by contributing to the removal of certain obstacles to the crossing of frontiers in international rail traffic by contributing to interoperability and technical harmonisation in the rail sector by establishing a uniform procedure for the technical admission of railway material intended for use in international traffic by monitoring the application of all the rules and recommendations established by the organisation.