UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Economic Commission for Europe Beijing, September 2005 Subregional Seminar on Facilitation of International Road Transport under the TIR system Intermodal application TIR Transport eTIR Project

UNECE Sub-regional Seminar on Facilitation of International Road Transit Transport under the TIR system, Beijing, September TIR transport with short-sea shipping or ro/ro leg (e.g. trailer from UK to continental Europe) TIR transport with inland water transport leg (e.g. trailer/container on Danube barge from Romania to Austria) TIR transport with deep sea container leg (e.g. container from France to Morocco via Mediterranean Sea) TIR transport with railway leg (e.g. container per rail from Kazachstan to Italy via Germany) Intermodal application

UNECE Sub-regional Seminar on Facilitation of International Road Transit Transport under the TIR system, Beijing, September Kunming (China)Customs office of departure Chinese borderCustoms office of exit (en route) Laos borderCustoms office of entry (en route) Laos borderCustoms office of exit (en route) Thai borderCustoms office of entry (en route) BangkokCustoms office of exit (en route) RotterdamCustoms office of entry (en route) ParisCustoms office of destination Application of TIR procedure Example of a TIR Transport

UNECE Sub-regional Seminar on Facilitation of International Road Transit Transport under the TIR system, Beijing, September Application of TIR procedure (2) Example of a TIR operation Central office Kunming (PRC) Customs office of departure Chinese border Customs office of exit (en route )

UNECE Sub-regional Seminar on Facilitation of International Road Transit Transport under the TIR system, Beijing, September Application of TIR procedure (3) Example of a TIR operation Central office Kunming (PRC) Customs office of departure Chinese border Customs office of exit (en route )

UNECE Sub-regional Seminar on Facilitation of International Road Transit Transport under the TIR system, Beijing, September eTIR Project eTIR Guarantors Customs administrations TIRExB Guarantee management TIR movements management TIR operations recording TIR operators Guarantee management TIR operations management Declaration mechanism Declaration validation Customs offices DB ITDB HS Codes

UNECE Sub-regional Seminar on Facilitation of International Road Transit Transport under the TIR system, Beijing, September THANK YOU