Organisation

The International Rail Transport Committee (CIT) is an association of about 200 railway undertakings and ferry companies which provide international passenger and/or freight transport services. About 120 organisations are members in their own right; about 80 organisations are linked indirectly by being members of the CIT associate members. The CIT is an association under Swiss law and is based in Bern.

The CIT works closely with the OSJD on joint projects to make transport law regimes for traffic between Europe and Asia interoperable. More information on the groups working on these projects is available by clicking: passenger traffic or freight traffic.

The Executive Committee is responsible for operational and administrative management of the CIT. It has the following tasks:

  • making the arrangements for meetings of the General Assembly;
  • preparing the Annual Accounts and the Budget;
  • approving the Annual Report;
  • expressing views on drafts of international rail transport law;
  • fixing the conditions of service of the staff and laying down the financial regulations;
  • supervising the management of the Secretary General.

The Executive Committee comprises nine members at most and is composed in a representative way. The CIT Chairman is a member as of right. The Executive Committee meets twice a year as a rule (in April and in September).

Jean-Luc Dufournaud

CIT Chairman

Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Deputy Legal Director

Kounka Kirkova

Deputises for the Chairman

Holding Bulgarian State Railways EAD (BDZ)
Director of International Affairs

Carmen Filipescu

Societatea Nationala De Transport Ferroviar De Calatori (C.F.R. Calatori S.A.)
International Affairs & External Financing Director

Marie-Ghislaine Hénuset

Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges (SNCB/NMBS)
Manager, International Affairs

Lucio Lanucara

TRENITALIA S.p.A.
Deputy Director, EU and International Affairs, Legal Department

Maria Sack

Deutsche Bahn AG (DB)
Head of the International Associations Team

Maria Urbanska

PKP CARGO S.A.
Manager, International Freight Legal Department

The General Secretariat manages the CIT. It is composed of nine staff members and has the following tasks:

  • implementing the decisions of the General Assembly and the Executive Committee;
  • making the arrangements for the meetings of the Executive Committee;
  • preparing the Annual Report, the Annual Accounts and Budget for presentation to the Executive Committee;
  • convening and taking part in meetings of committees and working groups.

Cesare Brand

Secretary General

Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 93
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99

Erik Evtimov, Dr. iur.

Deputy Secretary General

Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 97
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99

Isabelle Oberson, lic. iur.

Senior Legal Adviser

Passenger traffic – use of infrastructure – interoperability of transport law CIV/SMPS

Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 98
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99

Myriam Enzfelder, M. Law

Senior Legal Adviser

Passenger traffic – use of infrastructure

Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 96
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99

Henri Trolliet

Expert / Adviser

Freight traffic

Telephone : +41 (0)79 704 31 12

Thomas Gyger

Specialist

Passenger traffic

Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 95
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99

Michel Libis

Specialist

Freight traffic - RID

Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 94
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99

Katja Siegenthaler

Administrative Assistant

CIT member services – accounting – human resources

Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 92
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99

Julien Dornbierer

Administrative Assistant

Webmaster – Events

Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 90
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99

Michèle Kühni

Administrative Assistant

Documentation

Telephone: +41 (0)31 350 01 91
Fax: +41 (0)31 350 01 99

The committees are competent to adopt provisions on the implementation and application of international rail transport law in a standardised and practical way (in order to produce CIT documentation). To do that, the General Assembly delegates powers to them. The committees are composed in a representative way.

CIV Committee (passenger traffic)

Carmen Filipescu

Chairman

Societatea Nationala De Transport Ferroviar De Calatori (C.F.R. Calatori S.A.)
International Affairs & External Financing Director

Jan Svensson

Deputises for the Chairman

SJ AB - Sales Division
Senior Advisor - International Sales and Marketing

CIM Committee (freight traffic)

Christian Heidersdorf

Chairman

DB - Deutsche Verkehrs-Assekuranz-Vermittlungs-GmbH
Managing Director

christian.heidersdorf@dva.db.de

Jean-Marie Sié

Deputises for the Chairman

SNCF GEODIS - Département juridique, Pôle ferroviaire
Directeur du département juridique

CUI Committee (use of infrastructure)

Lucio Lanucara

Chairman

TRENITALIA S.p.A.
Deputy Director, EU and International Affairs, Legal Department

Working groups are responsible for preparing recommendations for decisions by the committees.
Their members are chosen for their skills in the area in question.

CIV Working Group (passenger traffic)

Jan Svensson

Chairman

SJ AB - Sales Division
Senior Advisor - International Sales and Marketing

CIM Working Group (freight traffic)

Jean-Marie Sié

Chairman

SNCF GEODIS - Département juridique, Pôle ferroviaire
Directeur du département juridique

Groups of experts are constituted to examine specific issues. Their members are specialists in the topic in question.

Group of PRR Experts

Isabelle Oberson

Chairman

General Secretariat CIT
Senior Legal Adviser

"Electronic Consignment Note - Revision of the CIM Uniform Rules" Group of Experts

Erik Evtimov

Chairman

Deputy Secretary General to the CIT

"CIM/SMGS" Group of Experts

Erik Evtimov

Chairman

Deputy Secretary General to the CIT

"CIV/SMPS" Group of Experts

Erik Evtimov

Chairman

Deputy Secretary General to the CIT

"Multimodality" Group of Experts

Erik Evtimov

Chairman

Deputy Secretary General to the CIT