Information relating to the entry into force of the Agreement between the European Union and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail on the Accession of the European Union to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9 May 1980, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol of 3 June 1999

The above Agreement, signed in Bern, Switzerland on 23 June 2011, entered into force on 1 July 2011, in accordance with Article 9 of the Agreement.