The Commonwealth Member State Rail Transport Council (hereinafter the Council) is an international CIS institution that coordinates rail operation on an international level. The Council was established on 14 February 1992, with its headquarters in Moscow, the official working language - Russian.
Latvia does not participate in the Council at the national level. The State Joint-Stock Company Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz) has a contractual status of Associated Council Member - it has the right to participate in Council and institution meetings, use the documents adopted by the Council and exercise the rail authority mandates granted under the Council.