Union for the Use of Carriages and Vans in International Traffic

Union for the Use of Carriages and Vans in International Traffic , Union pour l'Utilisation des Voitures et Fourgons en Trafic International (R.I.C.)
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Founded: 1928
Sources: HB 1929, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

The European Conference of Direct Services and the Managing Board (Federal Railways in Berne). (HB 1929) La Conférence européenne des voitures directes et l'Administration gérante (Chemins de fer fédéraux à Berne). (HB 1936)

Seats

Relationships with other Organisations

Members in these countries

Administrations of the following countries are represented in the Union: (HB 1929) Les administrations des pays suivants sont représentées dans l'Union : (HB 1936)
Austria (since 1929) , Belgium (since 1929) , Bulgaria (since 1929) , Czechoslovakia (since 1929) , Denmark (since 1929) , France (since 1929) , Germany (since 1929) , Greece (since 1929) , Hungary (since 1929) , Italy (since 1929) , Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia (1929-1936) , Latvia (since 1929) , Lithuania (since 1929) , Netherlands (since 1929) , Norway (since 1929) , Poland (since 1929) , Romania (since 1929) , Sweden (since 1929) , Switzerland (since 1929) , Turkey (since 1929) , Yugoslavia (since 1936) ,

Congresses

Object

To regulate the reciprocal use of carriages and vans in international traffic, and to draw up a European schedule of through carriages. (HB 1929) Régler l'emploi réciproque des voitures et des wagons en service international et élaborer le tableau européen des voitures directes. (HB 1936)

Finances

The management expenses of the Union are shared by all the member administrations. (HB 1929) Les frais de gestion de l'Union sont répartis entre toutes les administrations participantes. (HB 1936)

General facts

The Conference is convened each year by the Board of Management. The last European Conferences on Through Carriages were held at Prague (1927) and Vienna (1928). (HB 1929) La Conférence est convoquée chaque année par l'Administration gérante. Les dernières Conférences européennes des voitures directes ont eu lieu à Bucarest en I933, à Dubrovnik en 1934 et à Helsinki en 1935. (HB 1936) The Conference is convened each year by the Board of Management. The last European Conferences on Through-Carriages were held at Bucharest (1933), Dubro v-nik (1934), Helsinki (1935) and Montreux (1936). (HB 1938)

Activities

The Conference decides general questions concerning rolling-stock used in Europe on international passenger trains, and arranges the international circulation of rolling-stock on regular services. It comprises: (a) plenary meetings, treating questions of general interest, in which all administrations belonging to the Union may participate; (b) group meetings, where questions concerning certain administrations only are examined, and in which only the administrations concerned take part. (HB 1929) La Conférence décide des questions générales relatives au matériel affecté, en Europe, aux trains internationaux de voyageurs et fixe la circulation internationale du matériel du service régulier. Elle comporte : a) des réunions plénières où sont traitées les questions d'intérêt général et auxquelles peuvent prendre part toutes les administrations qui font partie de l'Union; b) des réunions de groupe où sont examinées les questions qui n'intéressent que certaines administrations et auxquelles ne participent que les administrations en question. (HB 1936)

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