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Latvia joins E-rail Agreement

Geneva, 31 May 2006 -- On 18 May Latvia acceded to the European Agreement on Main International Railway Lines (AGC), bringing to 26 the number of the UNECE Member States Contracting Parties to this Agreement.

The AGC, which was drawn up under the auspices of the Inland Transport Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe in 1985 and became effective in 1989, provides the legal framework for the construction and development of a coherent international rail network, the E-rail network. The Agreement identifies the E-railway lines, or arteries that channel major international rail traffic flows throughout the UNECE region and establishes the minimum uniform technical standards those railway lines must respect as well as a distinguishing number for each E-rail line.

In addition to the major railway traffic lines in Western, Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the AGC now includes main international roads in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

For more information, please contact:

José Capel Ferrer, Director, or Miodrag Pesut
UNECE Transport Division
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0) 22 917 2400, 917 4136
Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 0039
E-mail: [email protected] - [email protected]

Ref: ECE/TRANS/06/N02