Russian Federation

The Major International Conventions and Agreements in the sphere of transport, ratified by the Russian Federation:

(1) European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), 30 September 1957.

(2) European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries (AGR), 15 November 1975.

(3) European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC), 31 May 1985

(4) European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC), 1 February 1991

(5) European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), 1 July 1970.

(6) Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), 19May 1956.

(7) Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention), 1959, 1975.

(8) Convention on Road Traffic, 1949, 1968.

(9) European Agreement concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), 1 July 1970.

(10) Convention on Road Signs and Signals, 8 November 1968.

(11) Chicago Convention of International Civil Aviation 1944.

(12) Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), 19 May 1956.

(13) Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Road.

(14) Convention Concerning Customs Facilities for Touring, 1954.

(15) Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles, signed in New York on 4 June 1954.

(16) Customs Convention on Containers, 2 December 1972.

(17) International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 21 October 1982.

(18) European Agreement on Main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN), 19 January 1996.

(19) Convention relating to the Unification of Certain Rules concerning Collisions in Inland Navigation, of 15 March 1960.

(20) Convention on the Measurement of Inland Navigation Vessels, 15 February 1966.

(21) Convention relating to the Limitation of the Liability of Owners of Inland Navigation Vessels (CLN), 1 March 1973.

(22) Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Passengers and Luggage by Inland Waterway (CVN), 6 February 1976.

(23) European Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterway (ADN), 25 May 2000.

(24) Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965.

(25) International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS-74), including corresponding to the SOLAS codes (ISPS CODE, ISM Code, etc.);

(26) International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL-73/78);

(27) Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREG-72);

(28) International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (ILLC-66);

(29) International Convention on Tonnage Measurement, 1969 (Tonnage-69);

(30) International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification for Seafarers and Watchkeeping, 1995 (STCW-95);

(31) International Convention on Civil Liability for oil pollution Damage, 1969 and relevant protocol 76 (CLC-69);

(32) International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions;

(33) International Telecommunication Conventions, including Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) rules;

(34) International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR-79), 1979, 2000 edition;

(35) Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA-88), 1988

(36) Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (PAL-74), Protocols 1989, 1990, 2002.

Bilateral agreements

(1) Agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Azerbaijan Republic about International Automobile Communication, 2001.

(2) The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Republic of Albania about sea transport, 1996.

(3) The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Republic of Slovenia about cooperation in the sphere of sea transport, 2002.

(4) The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the United States of America on sea transport, 2001.

(5) The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Republic of Belarus about principles of cooperation and conditions of mutual relations in the sphere of transport, 1992

(6) The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Latvian Republic about principles of cooperation and conditions of mutual relations in the sphere of transport, 1995.

(7) The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of the Portuguese Republic about international automobile communication, 1994.

(8) The agreement between the government of the Russian Federation and the government of Ireland about international automobile communication, 1994.

(9) The agreement on the international transport corridor ―The North - the South‖, 2000.

(10) The agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Panama about merchant navigation, 2003.

Trilateral agreements:

(1) The agreement between the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Transport, Mails and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Transport of the Ukraine about international railway cargo messages between the Russian Federation, Slovak Republic and Ukraine and transit messages on railways of these states, 1999.

Regional agreement:

(1) Protocol on cooperation between Primorskiy Kray and the Chinese province Heilongjiang, 2004.

National laws on road/rail/maritime transport (1) Common tasks

- The Civil Code of the Russian Federation 1995, Chapters 40 "Carriage" and 42 " Transport Expedition ".

- The Resolution of Government of the Russian Federation ―About Provision of Navigation, Flight and Transport Movement Safety‖, 1993.

- The Federal Law ―About Transport Expedition Activity‖ 2003.

- Draft of the Federal Law "About safety of transport".

(2) Railway transport

- The Federal Law ―About Railway transport in the Russian Federation‖.

- The Federal Law ―The Code of Railway Transportation in the Russian Federation‖.

- The Federal Law ―On Features of Management and the Order Property of Railway Transport‖.

(3) Automobile transport

- The Code of Automobile Transport in the USSR, 1969.

- The Federal Law ―About Safety of Traffic‖.

- The Resolution of Government of the Russian Federation from June 10, 2002, № 402 "About licensing for carriage of passengers and cargoes by automobile transport".

- The Resolution of Government of the Russian Federation "Regulations

- Draft of the Federal Law “About Paid Highways”.

- Draft of the Federal Law “The Code of Automobile Transport of the Russian Federation”.

(4) Maritime transport

- Merchant Shipping Code of the Russian Federation, 1999.

- The Federal Law ―About Inland Sea Waters, Territorial Sea and Adjacent Zones of the Russian Federation‖, 1998.

- Draft of the Federal Law “About Sea Ports in the Russian Federation”.

- Draft of the Federal Law “About the Russian International Register of Ships”.

National laws/regulations relating to transport intermediaries

(1) The Civil Code of the Russian Federation, 1995, Chapter 42 "Transport Expedition" and ―Agency Service‖.

(2) The Federal Law ―About Transport Expedition Activity‖, 2003.

(3) Merchant Shipping Code of Russian Federation, 1999, Chapters 14 ―Agreement of Sea Intermediary‖ and 13 ―Agreements of Sea Agency Service‖.

(4) The General Rules of carriage of cargoes by automobile transport, 30 July 1971.