1. Trade and Transport Facilitation
WTO Public Forum
Geneva, 25 September Eva Molnar Transport Division United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

2. You can accelerate TTF improvements
Continue the current path
Instruments in place
Investment plans in place
Progressive improvement
Big Bang change
Seamless border crossings, efficient transit
Real-time procedures thanks to e-docs
High quality services in logistics centers along the whole route

3. The basis we can build on:
Customs transit regimes
TIR
e-TIR
Regulatory framework for transport service contracts
CMR
e-CMR
Harmonization Convention – simplified frontier controls, plus
Measuring the B/C performance
And other tools

4. Transit value of Land-locked Countries will diminish if TTF improvements are delayed,

5. … as new routes open up!

6. Conclusion 1. UNECE leads the way in TTF
To simplified procedures,
To optimized electronic environment,
To strengthened cooperation among countries and ngo-s
2. UNECE in strategic partnership with WTO and with You All!