© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 1 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration Facility IRU’s NCTS/TIR pilot project

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 2  Meet Summary Declaration requirements foreseen in the Implementing Provisions of the revised EU Customs Code;  Comply with the WCO Framework of standards;  Minimize the effort required to capture TIR data into NCTS for the customs offices, thus reducing time delays at borders;  Resolve the non circulation of green Volets (2) in the European Union;  Allow the TIR Carnet Holder to proceed without the intervention of third parties and associated additional costs;  Provide requisite security of data in a public / private partnership;  Meet Summary Declaration requirements foreseen in the Implementing Provisions of the revised EU Customs Code;  Comply with the WCO Framework of standards;  Minimize the effort required to capture TIR data into NCTS for the customs offices, thus reducing time delays at borders;  Resolve the non circulation of green Volets (2) in the European Union;  Allow the TIR Carnet Holder to proceed without the intervention of third parties and associated additional costs;  Provide requisite security of data in a public / private partnership; Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project Objectives

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 3 1) 1)Data capture at Customs Offices by Customs officers 2) 2)National EU Holders May connect to NCTS using available national software of their home country 3) 3)Holders voluntary decide to use third parties - Business Decision 4) 4)IRU NCTS/TIR Web Application Unconnected holders, especially from non EU countries, not wishing to use third parties or pay additional costs. 1) 1)Data capture at Customs Offices by Customs officers 2) 2)National EU Holders May connect to NCTS using available national software of their home country 3) 3)Holders voluntary decide to use third parties - Business Decision 4) 4)IRU NCTS/TIR Web Application Unconnected holders, especially from non EU countries, not wishing to use third parties or pay additional costs. Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project Current options

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 4 Madrid TIR - One guarantee / declaration - One regime - Independency 1 1 TIR 2 2 NCTS/TIR Pre-declaration Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 5  Transfer mechanism over the Internet Files sent viaFiles sent via - - FTP - Web Services File format based on IE15File format based on IE15 Files sent to a central point in the participating EU Member State, which makes it available to all Customs offices.Files sent to a central point in the participating EU Member State, which makes it available to all Customs offices.  Transfer mechanism over the Internet Files sent viaFiles sent via - - FTP - Web Services File format based on IE15File format based on IE15 Files sent to a central point in the participating EU Member State, which makes it available to all Customs offices.Files sent to a central point in the participating EU Member State, which makes it available to all Customs offices. Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 6 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project Secured access provided by the IRU

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 7 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project Data crosschecked and validation against the TIR Carnet Database

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 8 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project Data from the Cover Page of the TIR Carnet

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 9 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project To capture the information related to the Goods Data from the accompanying document ( CMR)

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 10 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project Data from the Yellow Goods Manifest (inc. precise Goods description) of the TIR Carnet To mention the accompanying document to the TIR Carnet

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 11 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project Summary of the captured information still with the possibility to modify/correct

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 12 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project Summary of the captured information still with the possibility to modify/correct

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 13 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project Selection of the EU countries and EU approved Customs offices of entry/departure and exit/destination

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 14 NCTS NetworkNCTS NetworkNCTS NetworkNCTS Network Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project CURRENT SITUATION INTERNET IE 15 CzechCustoms SlovakCustoms HungarianCustoms All EU MemberStates.xml File.xml File Operational.xml File.xml FilePlanned.xml File.xml File TIR Carnet Holder Mandatory requirement from 1st January 2009 Operational.xml File.xml File.xml File.xml File

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 15 Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project CURRENT SITUATION EU Customs.xml File.xml File Validation OK IE 15

© International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2007 Page 16 NEXT STEPS  Discussions under way with all EU member states to implement the NCTS/TIR project in a large scale effort to meet the upcoming provisions of the EU Customs Code  Similar project is under discussion with the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation regarding Pre-arrival TIR information on the basis of the existing IRU’s Electronic TIR Pre-declaration facility. NEXT STEPS  Discussions under way with all EU member states to implement the NCTS/TIR project in a large scale effort to meet the upcoming provisions of the EU Customs Code  Similar project is under discussion with the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation regarding Pre-arrival TIR information on the basis of the existing IRU’s Electronic TIR Pre-declaration facility. Electronic TIR Pre-declaration NCTS/TIR pilot project

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