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Moscow, 11 February 2010

International Seminar of the Commission of the Customs Union on the Application of the Provisions of the Customs Union Code within the Single Customs Territory of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. Moscow, 11 February 2010.

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Moscow, 11 February 2010

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  1. International Seminar of the Commission of the Customs Unionon the Application of the Provisions of the Customs Union Code within the Single Customs Territory of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia Moscow, 11 February 2010 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  2. International Seminar of the Commission of the Customs UnionMoscow, 11 February 2010 Use of TIR Procedures in the Framework of a Customs Union Jean Acri, Special TIR Advisor Legal Affairs and Customs Policy (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  3. Key UNECE international conventions and agreements • UN International Convention on Harmonisation of the FrontierControls of Goods of 1982, including its Annex 8 entered into force in May 2008 • Customs convention on the International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention, 1975) Both Conventions foresee the possibility for their Contracting Parties to create Customs Unions under certain conditions (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  4. Convention on the Harmonisation of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982 Article 15: “This Convention shall not prevent the application of greater facilities which two or more Contracting parties may wish to grant to each other, nor the right of regional economic integration organizations referred to in article 16 which are Contracting Parties to apply their own legislation to controls at their international frontiers, on condition that this does not reduce in any way the facilities deriving from this Convention.” (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  5. TIR Convention, 1975 Article 48: “Nothing in this Convention shall prevent Contracting Parties which form a Customs or Economic Union from enacting special provisions in respect of transport operations commencing or terminating, or passing through, their territories, provided that such provisions do not attenuate the facilities provided for by this Convention.” (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  6. TIR Convention, 1975 Article 49: “The Convention shall not prevent the application of greater facilities which Contracting Parties grant or may wish to grant either by unilateral provisions or by virtue of bilateral or multilateral agreements provided that such facilities do not impede the application of the provisions of the Convention, and in particular, TIR operations.” (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  7. Key Aspects of the Harmonisation Convention Annex 8, Article 3.2: “Contracting Parties shall endeavour to transfer, to the extent possible and not only for transit traffic, all necessary control procedures to the places of departure and destination of the goods transported by road so as to alleviate congestion at the border crossing points.” (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  8. Key aspects of the TIR System TIR System Secure vehicles and containers International chain of guarantee Mutual Recognitionof Customs Controls Controlled Access SafeTIR & IRU TIR-EPD TIR Carnet TIR Convention (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  9. TIR Convention Article 2: “This Convention shall apply to the transport of goods … between a Customs office of departure of one Contracting Party and a Customs office of destination of another …” across one or more frontiers (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  10. Frontiers and Customs Union Frontiers: Line delimiting the territory of a sovereign state (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  11. Frontiers and Customs Union Border controls: Measures used by a state to monitor or regulate its borders (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  12. Frontiers and Customs Union (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  13. Frontiers and Customs Union • Customs Union: • Safeguard frontiers • Abolish internal border controls TIR canapply on the territory of any Customs Union by virtue of its Article 2, also for transports within the Customs Union territory (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  14. TIR and the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  15. TIR fromThird Countries to the Customs Union Customs of entry Integrity of seals Examine TIR Carnet Validate TIR Carnet’s status (RTS) Check IRU TIR-EPD vs. TIR Carnet Formalities Ensure electronic registration Customs of destination Integrity of seals Examine TIR Carnet + accept. docs Formalities Breaking seals Ensure electronic registration SafeTIR transmission (RTS) Discharge (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  16. TIR from the Customs Union to Third Countries Customs of exit Integrity of seals Control of TIR Carnet Formalities EnsureElectronic Registration Discharge Customs of departure Check vehicles, goods + Docs Control of TIR Carnet Validation of TIR Carnet’sstatus (RTS) Check IRU TIR-EPD vs. TIR Carnet Formalities: seal the loadcomp. EnsureElectronic Registration (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  17. TIR in Transit through the Territory of the Customs Union Customs of exit Integrity of seals Control of TIR Carnet Formalities EnsureElectronic Registration Discharge Customs of entry Integrity of seals Control of TIR Carnet Validation of TIR Carnet’sstatus (RTS) Formalities EnsureElectronic Registration (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  18. TIR within the Territory of the Customs Union Customs of departure Check vehicles, goods + Docs Control of TIR Carnet Validation of TIR Carnet’sstatus (RTS) Check IRU TIR-EPD vs. TIR Carnet Formalities: seal the loadcomp. EnsureElectronic Registration Customs of destination Integrity of seals Examine TIR Carnet + accept. docs Formalities Breakingseals Ensureelectronic registration SafeTIR transmission (RTS) Discharge (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  19. Conclusion • In full respect of the TIR Convention and the Harmonisation Convention, • The Customs Union should further facilitate trade and road transport by implementing the TIR procedures for: • - Inward TIR transit • Outward TIR transit • Through transit • Internal transit (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  20. Conclusion • IRU is dedicated to work in a true PPP with the Commission of the Customs Union to implement indispensable • TIR risk management tools • to further facilitate and secure trade and road transports in the framework of the Customs Union (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

  21. www.iru.org (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

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