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1 Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (UIC) International Union of Railways The thought of establishing an international organisation where all railways could gather together dates back to 23 Nov 1921 during an international conference in Italy. It was on 3 May 1922 that Geneva Intenrational Conference was convened and the participating countires encouraged establishment of a permanent rail organisation concentrating on rail traffic orientated towards standardisation, railway construction and operation improvement. On 17 Oct 1922 during a conference in Paris, Intenrational Union of railways (UIC) came into existence; the same year the world saw the occurance of European Industrail Revolution. UIC started its activities with 51 members from 29 countries including China and Japan and shortly after railways from Middle East, North Africa and Soviet Union acceded to. UIC is the largest rail cooperation organisation not only from the enormous number of members but also from wide range of activities it deals with. Members UIC including 230 members across all 5 continents embracing transport operators, infrastucture managers, public transport companies and railways both public and private. The aims of UIC UIC follow three main objectivesl Enable international railway cooperation at world level, Represent and promote the interests of rail transport at world level, Foster synergy between different world bodies for the development of rail transport. To fulfill the objectives UIC carries out many activities including: promote technical cooperation and the exchange of information, knowledge and experience between its members, assist members in addressing specific technical and operational issues, develop the overall coherence of the rail system at world level, with a continued emphasis at pan-european level, by consolidating its interoperability, develop strategies and initiatives to improve business performance, and to increase

2 rail transport investment, execute and manage projects/activities on non-commercial issues, including research, development and technical efficiency as far as necessary for the topic concerned, develop agreements and cooperation at world level with intergovernmental organizations, other trade organizations and other modes of transport, develop a comprehensive railway data bank, and identify industry trends, draw up common technical positions and recommendations intended for its members, support processes for establishing non-commercial standards and specifications including via the provision of its own input and services to the extent provided for by the applicable law, develop activities and projects with regard to innovation and optimisation in rail management at various organizational levels, Facilitate participation in various UIC activities for those of its members with financial difficulties and thus contribute to sustainable development across the world via the creation of a Solidarity Fund. The fund shall be supported by Members in accordance with the national law applying to each Member Member categories UIC shall comprise Members belonging to the following 3 categories: Active Members Associate Members Affiliate Members Rail operating companies and or rail infrastructure companies are classified into active or associate members based on the length of the networks /trade operations.

3 The UIC Expansion: Continuous Expansion UIC in 2009 Members Active Associate Affiliate Paris, 20 October 2009 UIC Budget UIC budget is funded by: a) Membership fees and finanacial contributions of the members: the amount of the membership fees and financial contributions The Operational HQ Budget - showing the planned operating costs and expected revenues of UIC HQ only, in accordance with Article 3.2, 2. the Operational Budget of each SRG established - showing the planned operating costs and expected revenues of the SRG office concerned only, in accordance with Article 3.2, 3. the Project Budget of each SRG established - including the planned costs and expected revenues The Core Fees shall cover UIC HQ costs (e.g. UIC building maintenece and investments), General Assembly Costs, technical and support directors, be calculated for each Member in accordance with the Member s category. It is an annual fee and shall be paid once per year, for each year of membership commenced.

4 UIC Structure

5 The Executive Board The Executive Board shall be composed of a maximum of twenty-one active members appointed by the various SRGs. It shall include: three members from Africa plus one member from the Maghreb, four members from Asia plus one member from Caucasia or Central Asia, three members from Europe plus one member from Central or Eastern Europe, three members from the Middle East, one member from Latin America, two members from North America, The remaining seats shall be reserved for addressing the special needs of the subregions of Oceania and Russia. In the absence of a sufficient number of active Members from a region, the Regional Assembly concerned may choose a representative from among its associate Members. UIC Leaflets UIC leaflets contain a wide range of rail transport and operation issues, ranging from technical components for the fleet and rolling stock, ways and works, freight and passenger traffic to the other issues such as border crossing of rolling stock in international traffic, information process and environmental issues. So far UIC has succeeded to offer 700 leaflets at the level of global railway standards. The leaflets are result of the studies carried out by UIC working bodies in cooperation with UIC member railways experts, experts from industry and standardization sector and research centers and approved by the votes of members of each related body. The content of UIC leaflets are worldly validated and they are considered to be as a reference for the whole rail community; the leaflets and standards offered by UIC enjoy a certain level of quality and standard which is approved and used by the members of this union. UIC leaflets are also used by the international standardization organizations and bodies which will be later mentioned in the related part. UIC leaflets are classified to 10 sections as follow: 0- Statutes and internal regulations 1- Passenger and Baggage Traffic 2- Freight Traffic 3- Finance, Accountancy, Costs, Statistics 4- Operating 5- Transport Stock

6 6- Traction 7- Way and Works 8- Technical Specifications 9- Information Technology-Miscellaneous Category of the leaflets Depending on the importance and application, a leaflet may contain obligatory ("O"), recommendatory ("R") and informatory ("I") provisions, with the corresponding abbreviation (s) featuring on the cover page: - "O" : the leaflet contains obligatory provisions only; - "R" : the leaflet conations recommendatory provisions only; - "I" : the leaflet is solely for information purposes; - "OR": the leaflet contains obligatory and recommendatory provisions; - "ORI": the leaflet contains obligatory, recommendatory and informatory provisions; - "RI" : the leaflet contains recommendatory and informatory provisions; - "OI": the leaflet contains obligatory and informatory provisions.

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