News and events

Meetings of the CMR Advisory Council

CMR-AC
    • 12th Meeting: 2023 October 12 & 13 – Rouen – France: adoption of the by-laws and election of the board. Work on article 2.1.
    • 13th Meeting: 2024 January 19 (videoconference): Work on Article 1
    • 14th Meeting: 2024 April 8 (videoconference) : Work on Opinion on Article 2.1.
    • 15th Meeting : 2024 June 28 (videoconference) : Stockholm conference & Annual meeting of the CMR-AC
    • 16th Meeting : 2024 August 30 (videoconference) : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR
    • 17th Meeting : 2024 Sept. 18 in Stockholm : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR
    • 18th Meeting : 2024 Oct. 18 : Organizational meeting
    • 19th Meeting : 2024 Nov. 22 : Work progress – Work on Art. 2.1. CMR
    • 20th Meeting : 2025 Jan. 25 : Organizational meeting
    • 21th Meeting : 2025 March 17 : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR
    • 22nd Meeting : 2025 April 14 : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR (part I)
    • 23rd Meeting : 2025 May 26 : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR (part I)
    • 24th Meeting : 2025 June 24 : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR (part II)
    • 25th Meeting : 2025 September 08 : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR (part I)
    • 26th Meeting : 2025 September 30 : Annual meeting of the CMR-AC (Spain)
    • 27th Meeting : 2025 November 28 : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR (part II)
    • 28th Meeting : 2025 September 08 : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR (part I)
    • 29th Meeting : 2026 January 28 : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR
    • 30th Meeting : 2026 Febuary 25 : Work on Art. 2.1. CMR (finalization)
    • 31th Meeting : 2026 May : Finalization of  Opinion n°1 on piggyback transport (Art. 2.1. CMR )
    • 32th Meeting : 2026 June : Final vote on the Opinion n°1 on piggyback transport (Art. 2.1. CMR ) : OPINION & comments soon available online
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Other events

  • October 2026. – CMR Academy & Colloquium Bucharest – 7/9 October (see ‘home’ & ‘news & events’ pages)
  • June 2026. – Adoption of the CMR-AC first Opinion on piggyback transport (Art. 2.1 CMR) (see page ‘Opinions and Advices’)
  • Jan. 2025 – Adoption and publication of the 1st ADVICE of the CMR-AC on the Convention on negociable cargo documents and its relations with the CMR (see page ‘Opinions & Advices’)
  • IX International Conference on Transport (organised by the Institute of Transport Law of the Jaume I University, Castellon) – Benicassim (Spain) – 1/3 October 2025

Publication of the proceedings coming soon ; please consult the Institute’s website at https://www.idt.uji.es/en/international-conference-on-transport/

  • International conference on the uniform interpretation of the CMR – Stockholm 19 & 20 September 2024
    > Publication of the papers in the second issue of 2025 of European transport Law

> download the conference program

                > click on the name to download the presentations

    • ECKARDT Tobias
      “Cargo bikes, H2-powered trucks and similar – are they covered by the CMR ?”
    • KIMBELL John
      “Autonomous interpretation method with regard to CMR”
    • KOLACZ Marta
      “Sharing economy in logistics: towards a legal framework for co-operation”
    • LAMONT-BLACK Simone
      “Is Excise Duty recoverable under Art.23(4) CMR ? – The JTI Polska decision”
    • LEGROS Cécile
      “The interpretation of Article 2.1. CMR”
    • MUSI Massimiliano
      “Carriage performed by successive carriers or sub-transport: Tertium non Datur
    • SINANDER Erik & HUSBERG Joel
      “CMR and EU Private International Law”
    • SMEELE Frank
      “The limitation amount of Article 23(3) CMR – its genesis and current problems”
    • SZANCILO Tomasz
      “Contractual penalties in the CMR Convention and the Act – Transport Law”