Facilitation of Road Transport

1. Facilitation of Road Transport UNCTAD Geneva, 21 February 2007 Peter Krausz Head – CTM/Facilitation/Events Jean Acri Head – TIR System

3. 2007180 Members 70 Countries Created1948 8 Founder States: Belgium Denmark France Netherlands Norway Sweden UK Switzerland Evolution of IRU Membership Updated January 2007

4. IRU Priorities 2007 – OverviewAs per Art. 2 of the IRU Constitution • Sustainable Development • Innovation • Incentives • Infrastructure • Facilitation • Trade • Tourism • Road Transport

5. Facilitate Trade • Trade & road transport facilitation & security • GATT and GATS go hand-in-hand • Border crossing facilitation • Customs transit systems

6. Facilitate Tourism • Coach-friendly city award • Euro-Challenge award • International coach classification • Partnership between public transport & taxis

7. Facilitate Road Freight Transport • Border waiting times* • Transport quotas and licences • Non compliance with MFN treatment • Requirements for transhipment • Mandatory convoys • Illegal immigration • Mandatory use of certain commercial services • Problems in obtaining visas for professional drivers*

8. Facilitate Road Freight Transport • Transit or quasi transit fees • Quasi security measures • Measures without prior or with short notice • Non accession to conventions and non harmonised application • Regional transport and transit agreements • Deadlines too short to appeal • Electronic transport documents

9. Border Waiting Times* www.iru.org

10. What to do at Borders*? = PMI • ImproveProcedures as per international standards • Change stakeholders’ Mindset • Invest in physical Infrastructure

11. Solution for Visa Matters* • Identify international drivers as a special category • Issue annual multiple-entry visas for reasonable fees • Reduce issuance time and application documents • Accept transport associations as intermediaries • Consider the applicability of ILO Convention No.185 on seafarers ID Card to drivers’ needs

12. Facilitate Road Freight Traffic

13. Temporary import Temporary import Export Export National rules National rules Trade Without Transit System Bordercrossing Bordercrossing Bordercrossing Country A Country B Country C

14. Trade With Transit System • Regional:the transit systems are geographically limited to the region they cover • Might be perceived as a facilitation tool, but there is better! • Global: the transit system has a world-wide coverage potential and is intermodal • Multilateral approach…

15. Multilateral Approach

16. Almaty Programme of Action • The IRU is committed to fulfilling its role in the implementation of the Almaty PoA for LLDCs • Ensures secure access to/from sea & other countries • Facilitates border crossing, improving competitiveness of LLDCs • Reduces costs & delays • Improved safety record thanks to the IRU Guidelines • Opens up land routes, demonstrated through the Beijing to Brussels Caravan

17. TIR Convention • The TIR System is established by the TIR Convention • Created in 1959 under the auspices of the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Europe UNECE • Current TIR Convention came into force in 1975

18. Future Contracting Parties: PAK, PRC, SAU, THA, UAE, YEM The TIR System Worldwide 1949 6 Pioneer States :BEL, DEU, FRA,ITA, LUX, NLD, Now: 67 Contracting Parties Now 55 Operational Countries

19. TIR - Principles • TIR System is an international transit system for goods carried entirely or partly by road • The only transit system with a world-wide coverage

20. Strategic Benefits • Trade Facilitation… • Facilitates transit movements through the implementation of standard controls & documents • gives access to 55 operational countries • Reduces transport costs by reducing formalities and delays in transit operations

21. Requirement fulfilled by   Strategic Benefits • … in complete security • Encourages the secure and sustainable development of international trade (controlled access, traceability) • In line with the required improvements in the security of the supply chain

22. CUTE-Wise SafeTIR Risk Management Tool Storage IRU Archive IssuingAssociation IRU Control TIR CarnetLife Cycle ElectronicTIR data IRUdBase IssuingAssociation Holder Holder Driver Driver EnsuringTraceability Customs

23. CUTE -Wise

24. Fulfills two requirements: Electronic pre-declaration Computerized exchange of information 2 2 1 1 Electronic TIR Pre-Declaration TIR - One guarantee - One regime - Independence (NCTS/TIR)Pre-declaration TIR Madrid

25. IRU - FCS SafeTIR Real Time Project • The status of the TIR Carnet is : • Valid (with the following details: Holder ID, validity date, Issuing Association name) • Invalid • Not issued/False/other situations GNIVTs Moscow SafeTIR data IRU Geneva What is the status of the TIR Carnet ? • SafeTIR Real Time project: • The association can issue in security • The Customs can take into charge the TIR Carnet in security knowing that the association has issued it in security

26. Conclusion In line with the required improvements in the security in the supply chain Concrete example of efficient Public Private Partnership Optimum balance between trade security and facilitation Unique tool for opening up land routes

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