Economic Commission for Europe TIR Executive Board (TIRExB) UNECE TIR Secretariat (Sofia; 11 and 12 May 2006) UNITED NATIONS Regional TIR Seminar International Customs control measures based on the International TIR Data Base (ITDB) in Geneva REGIONAL TIR SEMINAR REGIONAL TIR SEMINAR Sofia, 11 and 12 May 2006

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 2 Summary Background and objectives What is the ITDB? Flow charts Data structure Terminology ITDB 2001 ITDB Online ITDBonline+ project

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 3 Background and objectives Monitor the controlled access of transport operators to the TIR system. Collection of data on authorized transport operators from all Customs authorities and associations in a central secured database (ITDB) Secured and limited consultation by TIR Customs Focal Points for enquiry procedures only (at present)

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 4 What is the ITDB? International TIR Database Database containing information on all transport operators authorized to use the TIR procedure Filled in by Customs authorities in collaboration with transport associations Consulted by Customs authorities Contains ~40’000 companies

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 5 Flow chart - data collection TIR Executive Board (TIR secretariat) Association Customs authorities Country Y Authorization Permanent withdrawalExclusion Association Customs authorities Country X Withdrawal

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 6 Flow chart – data distribution TIR Executive Board (TIR secretariat) TIR Customs Focal Points Information : ID, name, address, contact point, status (active/non active)

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 7 Data structure ID Number (CCC / AAA / XXXXXXXXXX) Name and address of person or enterprise Contact point (Name, tel, fax and ) Commercial registration No. Authorization information – Authorization date – Permanent / temporary withdrawal (dates, reason) – Exclusion (Article 38) (dates, reason) – End of Activity

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 8 Terminology – Withdrawal: revocation of authorization of a transport operator in his country of residence during a certain period. – Permanent Withdrawal: permanent revocation of authorization of a transport operator in his country of residence – Exclusion (Art. 38): revocation of authorization of a transport operator in a country X different from his country of residence during a certain period. – End of activity: decision of the transport operator to stop his activity or to use the TIR system.

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 9 Consequences – Withdrawal  NO TIR TRANSPORT FROM … TO… – Permanent Withdrawal  NO MORE TIR TRANSPORT – Exclusion (Art. 38)  NO TIR TRANSPORT IN COUNTRY X FROM … TO… – End of activity  NO MORE TIR TRANSPORT

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 10 Content of the ITDB More than 40’000 records Updated daily – Customs authorities are requested to send weekly updates And revised annually – Associations are requested to prepare annually a revised list of authorized transport operators (to be checked and forwarded by Customs authorities)

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 11 ITDB 2001 Motivations – Facilitate the national and international management of data on authorized TIR transport operators – Accelerate and secure the exchange of data Included features – National data management (national database) – International data management of the central ITDB – Electronic and secured data exchange – Security

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 12 ITDB Online The ITDB online will provide – Restricted access to the ITDB to TIR Customs Focal Points – ID, names and contact information of authorized transport operators – A secure platform to avoid unauthorized access or possible modification of data

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 13 ITDBonline functionalities – Login (security) – Selection of languages – Query page – Results page

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 14 Login (security) User name Password Scrach list number SSL (Encryption)

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 15 Selection of languages 10 languages available

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 16 Query page Search by : – Country – TIR Carnet holder ID – Name

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 17 Results page Navigation in the set of results New query Log off

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 18 ITDBonline administration Management of the ITDBonline users – Add – Remove – Edit Management of the scratch lists for the ITDBonline users – Generate scratch list – Print scratch list

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 19 ITDBonline+ Project To allow direct input by Customs authorities in the ITDB To enhance the timeliness of ITDB data To ensure a proper and uniform application of Annex 9 Part II of the TIR Convention

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 20 Actual ITDB system MS SQL Access ITDB 2001 Association Access ITDB 2001 Customs ITDB 2001 TIR Secr. WEB ITDB online MS SQL   REPLICATION   e e.TIR TIR Customs Focal points Security (procedures and infrastructure) Consultation Updating

UNITEDNATIONSECE Regional TIR seminar - Sofia 21 ITDBonline+ project Association Customs TIR Secretariat WEB Extrane t ITDB Online+ MS SQL TIR Customs Focal points Intranet Security (procedures and infrastructure) Consultation Updating Data provided are subject to validation by Customs