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Contract of carriage constitutes an agreement between the shipper (customer) and the service provider (i.e. the RU, forwarder, LSP, or other stakeholder). It is subject to the international business and transport law. Generally it follows the CIM convention for railways (“Convention Internationale concernant le transport des Marchandises par chemin de fer” or International Convention on Carriages of Goods by Rail) with the CIM consignment note; in the Eastern Europe the agreement SMGS of the Organization for Cooperation of Railways (OSJD) applies instead.
This general jurisdiction simplifies concluding the transport contracts; generally only the consignment note needs to be filled to establish the contract. The transport contract has multiple parameters given in the consignment note, as the goods type, transport unit type and count (e.g. count of wagons), goods weight, and specific handling requirements stemming e.g. from the dangerous nature of the goods.
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