Session III : How to revive TIR in Afghanistan Customs and IT Procedures and systems, SafeTIR, TIR-EPD in conjunction with ASYCUDA (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 1 First ECO/IRU, TIR Workshop Kabul, May 2010 Jean Acri Special TIR Advisor

TIR is computerised (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010 Direct data transmission by Customs on each termination of a TIR operation if goods are unloaded or pass to a different Customs regime Database, computer network and dedicated software to permit on-line control of the status of each TIR Carnet Page 2

WCO SAFE and TIR Convention   Page 3(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010

CUTE- Wise TIR Carnet Lifecycle: Physical and electronic control Customs Holder IRU dBase TIR Carnet Life Cycle Electronic TIR data Issuing Association Holder Driver Issuing Association SafeTIR StorageIRU Archive Driver IRU Control (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 4

New Security & IT Challenges  Security: Advance Cargo Information (WCO Safe and EU regulations ) How to cope with these challenges while safeguarding TIR principles? (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 5

IRU TIR Electronic Pre-Declarations CustomsCustoms E TIR data Validation OK TIR Customs Declaration Goods Released for Transit - TIR Single Window Concept - Free-of-charge for TIR Holders - Interface in 13 languages - operational in 9 Countries: - Soon available in 16 more countries: Enables: - Risk Assessment by Customs authorities - Acceleration of border crossing procedures - Security in international trade (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 6

IRU TIR-EPD state of play as of April 2010 IRU TIR-EPD operational in 9 countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic Bulgaria, Czech Republic Estonia, Finland Estonia, Finland Hungary, Poland Hungary, Poland Romania, Slovakia Romania, Slovakia Slovenia Slovenia IRU TIR-EPD operational in 9 countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic Bulgaria, Czech Republic Estonia, Finland Estonia, Finland Hungary, Poland Hungary, Poland Romania, Slovakia Romania, Slovakia Slovenia Slovenia IRU TIR-EPD soon available in 17 countries: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 7

IRU TIR Electronic Pre-Declarations CUSTOMSCUSTOMSNETWORKNETWORKCUSTOMSCUSTOMSNETWORKNETWORK OPERATIONAL I IINTERNETNTERNETIINTERNETNTERNET EDI file XML file XML BULGARIANCZECHESTONIANFINNISHHUNGARIANPOLISHROMANIANSLOVAKSLOVENIAN PLANNED XML ALL TIR CONTRACTING PARTIES Austria, Belarus, Belgium, France, Germany,Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 8

IRU TIR Electronic Pre- Declarations Ensure:  Non-discrimination on nationality, language and residence  Free of charge  No additional costs in international trade  Transparency and harmonisation through compliance with demands of international trade and border crossing facilitation tools  One interface for all countries (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 9

IRU TIR Electronic Pre-Declarations As foreseen in Annex 8 of the Harmonisation of the Frontier Controls of Goods of 1982: As foreseen in Annex 8 of the Harmonisation of the Frontier Controls of Goods of 1982: “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) 2010Page 10

IRU TIR Electronic Pre-Declarations: Public-Private Partnership Private sector: - Non-discrimination on nationality, language and residence and residence - No additional costs in international trade Public sector: - Risk Assessment by Customs Authorities - Risk Assessment by Customs Authorities - Security in international trade - Security in international trade - Transparency and harmonisation - No procedures at borders - No waiting times at borders As per Annex 8 Harmonisation of the Frontier Controls of Goods of 1982 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 11

Implementation of the Annex 10 of the TIR Convention: Real-Time SafeTIR (RTS) (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 12

IT Traceability of TIR Carnet - SafeTIR To confirm at any time and in real-time the validity of the Customs stamp (at destination) on the TIR counterfoil (souche) Why SafeTIR? (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 13

IT Traceability of TIR Carnet - SafeTIR IRUDatabase Real Time Capture & Transmission of SafeTIR data (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 14

SafeTIR The Principle of Annex 10 SafeTIR Control System for TIR Carnets: Annex 10 to the TIR Convention since 12 August 2006 SafeTIR Control System for TIR Carnets: Annex 10 to the TIR Convention since 12 August 2006 CustomsAuthoritiesCustomsAuthorities AssociationsAssociations A D C B CUSTOMS IRU CUTE-Wise ASKTIR VPN Basic information from Customs a. TIR Carnet reference number b. Date and record number in the customs ledger customs ledger c. Name or number of Customs office of destination office of destination d. Date and reference number of the termination (if different from b) termination (if different from b) e. Partial or Final termination f. Termination with or without reservation reservation g. Page number h. Other information or documents (optional) (optional) CUTE Customs s/w VPN (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 15

IRU Real Time SafeTIR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS  Prevent fraud and increase security by allowing early detection  Transit Facilitation Enhance Risk ManagementEnhance Risk Management Reduce border crossing clearance timesReduce border crossing clearance times  MUTUAL BENEFITS for TIR Holders, Customs Authorities and Guarantee Chain (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 16

(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010 GNIVTs Moscow IRU Geneva SafeTIR data Real Time SafeTIR: 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 What is the status of the TIR Carnet? 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 Example : IRU – FCS Real Time SafeTIR (in place since 2006) Page 17

CONCLUSION To facilitate and secure international trade and transport. Need to implement : IRU TIR-EPD (TIR Electronic Pre- Declaration application) IRU TIR-EPD (TIR Electronic Pre- Declaration application)+ RTS (Real-Time SafeTIR) (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 18

IRU - UNCTAD  IRU and UNCTAD signed a Memorandum of Understanding (27 April 2010) outlining areas of future cooperation between the two partner organisations Page 19(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010 ASYCUDA

IRU – UNCTAD MOU  Enhance ASYCUDA with:  Real-Time SafeTIR  TIR-EPD  Benefit to ASYCUDA countries  Implement the most modern and secure IT/TIR tools (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010Page 20

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