CIM/SMGS

The CIM/SMGS consignment note manual (GLV-CIM/SMGS) describes an alternative to the classic system of consignment with rewriting of a SMGS consignment note to a CIM consignment note or vice versa at the reconsignment point.

Applicable with effect from 1 January 2019 / Edition 26 March 2023

74 pages

Appx 1: List of the CIT members and SMGS participants which apply this manual and the traffic axes to which it applies
Appx 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 3: List of reconsignment points
Appx 4: List of the addresses of departments to which applications for authorisation and agreement to consign are to be sent
Appx 5: CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 5.1: Specimen of the additional invoice forming part of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 6: Deliberately left blank
Appx 7.1: Explanatory notes on the completion and content of the CIM/SMGS wagon list
Appx 7.2: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS wagon list
Appx 7.3: Explanatory notes on the use and content of the CIM/SMGS container list
Appx 7.4: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS container list
Appx 7.5: Procedure to be followed in the event of detaching wagons or containers from groups of wagons/containers consigned using a single CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 8: Explanatory notes on the completion of the CIM/SMGS formal report
Appx 8.1: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS formal report
Appx 9: List of addresses of the departments of carriers to which claims must be sent for further handling under the CIM/SMGS claims procedure

This manual contains the special provisions for traffic between states applying the CIM Uniform Rules and those applying the SMGS when consignments are reconsigned en route using a new consignment note.

Applicable with effect from 1 January 2019 / Edition 1 January 2019

13 pages

Appendix 1: Reconsignment points


Appendix 2: Addresses of the bodies competent to issue authorisations
 

Guide to liability under the CIM and under the SMGS for customers and carriers moving international freight traffic by rail under the CIM Uniform Rules and the SMGS Convention. Part 1: summary of the basic principles of and grounds for relief from liability under the CIM/SMGS; Part II comparative table showing the individual CIM/SMGS liability provisions.

December 2017

70 pages

Taken from:

GLV CIM/SMGS: Appendix 5

Taken from the GLV CIM/SMGS
Appendix 7.2

Taken from the GLV CIM/SMGS
Appendix 7.4

Taken from the GLV CIM/SMGS
Appendix 8.1

Map drawn up by the CIT showing the geographical scope of the two conventions.

1 page

This document includes the functional, legal and technical specifications for the electronic CIM/SMGS consignment note. 

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2019 / Edition 1 July 2019

649 pages

The General Terms and Conditions of Eurasian carriage of goods by rail (GTC EurAsia) govern through contracts for the international carriage of goods between Europe and Asia by rail, including rail – sea traffic. They shall be applicable if the parties to the contract so agree.

Applicable with effect from 1 January 2019 / Edition 1 January 2019

9 pages

Edition 1 July 2013

The CIM/SMGS consignment note manual (GLV-CIM/SMGS) describes an alternative to the classic system of consignment with rewriting of a SMGS consignment note to a CIM consignment note or vice versa at the reconsignment point.

Applicable with effect from 1 January 2019 / Edition 1 July 2021

74 pages

Appx 1: List of the CIT members and SMGS participants which apply this manual and the traffic axes to which it applies
Appx 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 3: List of reconsignment points
Appx 4: List of the addresses of departments to which applications for authorisation and agreement to consign are to be sent
Appx 5: CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 5.1: Specimen of the additional invoice forming part of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 6: Deliberately left blank
Appx 7.1: Explanatory notes on the completion and content of the CIM/SMGS wagon list
Appx 7.2: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS wagon list
Appx 7.3: Explanatory notes on the use and content of the CIM/SMGS container list
Appx 7.4: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS container list
Appx 7.5: Procedure to be followed in the event of detaching wagons or containers from groups of wagons/containers consigned using a single CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 8: Explanatory notes on the completion of the CIM/SMGS formal report
Appx 8.1: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS formal report
Appx 9: List of addresses of the departments of carriers to which claims must be sent for further handling under the CIM/SMGS claims procedure

Guide to liability under the CIM and under the SMGS for customers and carriers moving international freight traffic by rail under the CIM Uniform Rules and the SMGS Convention. Part 1: summary of the basic principles of and grounds for relief from liability under the CIM/SMGS; Part II comparative table showing the individual CIM/SMGS liability provisions.

Décembre 2006

118 pages

Instructions for the use of the CIM/SMGS consignment note. 

Applicable with effect from 1 September 2006 / Edition 1 July 2018. 

71 pages

Appx 1: List of the CIT members and SMGS participants which apply this manual and the traffic axes to which it applies
Appx 2: Explanatory notes on the content of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 3: List of reconsignment points
Appx 4: List of the addresses of departments to which applications for authorisation and agreement to consign are to be sent
Appx 5: CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 5.1: Specimen of the additional invoice forming part of the CIM/SMGS consignment note
Appx 6: Packaging requirements
Appx 7.1: Explanatory notes on the completion and content of the CIM/SMGS wagon list
Appx 7.2: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS wagon list - Form Appx 7.2
Appx 7.3: Explanatory notes on the use and content of the CIM/SMGS container list
Appx 7.4: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS container list - Form Appx 7.4
Appx 7.5: Procedure to be followed in the event of wagons or contain­ers being detached from block trains, groups of wagons or groups of containers
Appx 8: Explanatory notes on the completion of the CIM/SMGS formal report
Appx 8.1: Specimen of the CIM/SMGS formal report - Form Appx 8.1
Appx 9: List of addresses of the departments of CIM carriers and SMGS railways to which claims must be sent for further handling under the CIM/SMGS claims procedure

Document containing the pages of the GLV-CIM/SMGS replaced by the amendment no 28

23 pages

Recommendations to undertakings intending to use an electronic version of the CIM/SMGS consignment note.
Edition 1 January 2016

54 pages

Recommendations to undertakings intending to use an electronic version of the CIM/SMGS consignment note.

Edition 1 October 2013

246 pages

Document containing the pages of the GR-CIM/SMGS replaced by the amendment No 7.

12 pages

Special conditions for traffic between states applying the CIM Uniform Rules and states applying the SMGS for consignments which are reconsigned at the interface between these two legal regimes using a new consignment note.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2006/Edition 1 July 2016

13 pages
 

The General Terms and Conditions of Eurasian carriage of goods by rail (GTC EurAsia) govern through contracts for the international carriage of goods between Europe and Asia by rail, including rail – sea traffic. They shall be applicable if the parties to the contract so agree.

Applicable with effect from 1 July 2014 / Edition 1 July 2014

8 pages