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News from the CIT Expert Group on “Seals”
News from the CIT Expert Group on “Seals”
The CIT Expert Group on “Seals” held a meeting on 12 March 2025, hosted by the CIT General Secretariat in Berne. As a reminder, this CIT group is developing international documents for the use of seals on freight wagons, helping the freight documents to meet railway technology, safety and customs requirements. The CIT Secretary-General Gilles Mugnier and the Chairman of the CIT Expert Group on Seals, Jürgen Scholz (DB Cargo) welcomed participating experts Heribert Rabel and Oliver Hopp (Rail Cargo Austria), Szilard Neuschl and Norbert Márhoffer (Rail Cargo Hungaria, Philip Van den bosch (UIC) as well as Erik Evtimov and Guillaume Murawa (CIT GS).
During the meeting, the Expert Group discussed the updating of Appendix 1 of the GTM-CIT “Checklist for Sealing Wagons” according to wagon categories, the last update to which was published on 1 July 2024. The Information sheet on “Handling of seals” available in French, English and German in the same document, which took effect on 1 July 2024 (https://cit-rail.org/en/freight-traffic/products/info-sheet/), will also be added to the checklist for sealing wagons.
A coordination and information update was provided online by Wessel Sijl (DB Cargo Nederland) in his role as chairman of the CER Customs Working Group. The webinar held on 19 November 2024 in cooperation with UIC as part of the ‘Fit For Freight’ event was debriefed for improvement with a view to holding another webinar in the future.
Finally, the Chairman of the Expert Group, Jürgen Scholz (DB Cargo), was warmly congratulated on his excellent work over all these years of good cooperation with CIT and the achievements made with CIT products. Jürgen's support, professionalism and attention to detail have been greatly appreciated by all our colleagues over the years and the CIT Team wish him all the best for his retirement.
