UIC 219:2014-04

Summary Definition of the DIUM A country's DIUM (Uniform Distance Table for International Freight Traffic) comprises various data concerning international rail freight transport used by Railway Undertakings (RU) and customers to complete the CIM consignment note/CUV wagon note in order to calculate the tax payable on a journey, as well as other helpful commercial and/or technical information for these journeys. Purpose of the leaflet: The DIUM is published periodically in electronic format by the Railway Undertakings (RUs) concerned. The present UIC leaflet lays down the conditions for publishing this electronic data: Structure of the Excel and PDF files: format & requirements for creating the file and model. Transmission of the data to UIC (timescale). Distribution of the electronic data. List of publications and the RUs responsible for publishing them. A list of abbreviations is available at the end of this leaflet.