The 51^st session of the OSJD Ministerial Conference, scheduled for 18 till 20 June 2024, has started its work in the OSJD Committee premises in Warsaw.

The meeting of authorized representatives of the Contracting Parties to the PGV Agreement on updating the PGV Agreement, examination of amendment and change proposals to the PGV with regard to charge rates for use of freight wagons and bogies in international rail traffic (hereinafter called “the meeting”) was held at the OSJD Committee offices in Warsaw from 4 to 6 June 2024 according to the Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Freight Traffic for 2024 and decision on sub-item 2.2 of the expert meeting of the Contracting Parties to the PGV, held from 3 to 5 April 2024 in Warsaw. The issues relating to the adoption of draft Work Plan on Updating the Agreement on use of freight wagons in international traffic (PGV) for 2025 were also tackled.

As part of the work in the topical area “Improvement of the Agreement on the Use of Freight Wagons in International Traffic (PGV)” mandated by the approved Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Freight Transport for 2024, a scheduled meeting of the Rate Calculation Working Group set by the Parties to the PGV Agreement was held at the OSJD Committee offices in Warsaw on 13-14 May 2024 (hereinafter, the Meeting).

From 15 till 19 April 2024, the Meeting XXXVIII of the Conference of General Directors (Authorised Representatives) of OSJD was held in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, with the participation of the delegations from:

According to the Work Plan of the OSJD Commission on Transport Law, an expert meeting of the OSJD Commission on Transport Law on SMGS issues was held in Astana (Republic of Kazakhstan) from 2 to 5 April 2024.

The meeting was attended by experts from the following SMGS member countries: Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus, Hungary, Georgia, Republic of Kazakhstan, People’s Republic of China, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Republic of Poland, Russian Federation and the OSJD Committee.