NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE BENEFITS OF THE TIR CONVENTION TO FACILITATE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE ARAB WORLD WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE IDB-AULT-IRU JOINT PROJECT Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 12 November 2013

SESSION IV – KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA TO JOIN AND IMPLEMENT TIR: 1. How Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can access the TIR Convention 2. Public-Private Partnership required 3. Detailed action plan to implement TIR Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 12 November 2013 Jean Acri Special TIRAdvisor Patrick Philipp Head IRU Training

How to accede to the TIR Convention? It’s very simple! Article 52 of the TIR Convention: “1. All States members of the United Nations […] may become Contracting Parties to this Convention: (a)By signing it without reservation […] (b)By depositing an instrument of ratification […] […] 4. The instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession shall be deposited with the Secretary- General of the United Nations.” Page 3 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

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What does it Mean in Practice? 1. To appoint a national Issuing and Guaranteeing Association 2. To undertake in Public-Private Partnership all necessary procedures to operate the TIR System Page 5 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Action Plan 1.Designation of the Competent Authorities responsible for the TIR Convention 2.Designation of the national Authority responsible for the approval of road vehicles as per article 12 of the TIR Convention 3.Authorization of a national issuing and guaranteeing association by the Competent Authorities (Article 6 and Annex 9, Part I of the TIR Convention refers). Page 6 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Action Plan 4.Signature by the Association once authorised as issuing and guaranteeing association in the Contracting Party of the contractual Deed of Guarantee with the national Customs Authorities (Annex 9, Part I of the Convention) 5.Signature by Association of contractual documents with the IRU concerning the issue and guarantee of TIR Carnets in accordance with TIR Convention (Art. 6, Explanatory Note bis to the TIR Convention) 6.Establishment of a National Authorisation Committee to select transport companies authorised to use TIR Carnets (Art. 6 and Annex 9, Part II refers). Page 7 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Action Plan 7.Publication of a list of Customs offices approved for performing TIR operations (Art. 45, TIR Convention) 8.Preparation for the implementation of the Annex 10 of the TIR Convention establishing electronic transmission by Customs Authorities to the IRU of Real-Time information on termination of TIR Carnets in the Contracting Party (SafeTIR termination data) 9.Electronic pre-declaration processing 10.Deployment at Association Head Quarter of standard IT TIR software and Telecommunication means Page 8 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Action Plan 11.TIR training for Association, Customs and Holder’s management and staff 12.TIR Audit of Association 13.Certificate of Insurance and authorization IRU assists at all steps of the Action Plan Page 9 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Monitoring  Monitoring according to performance criteria and providing post-admission assistance Number of TIR carnets issued per fixed period (statistics) Hotline service Irregularities by TIR holders of new Associations SafeTIR data exchange TIR-EPD performance records Payment records (security deposit, invoices, membership dues etc.) General performance Page 10 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

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IRU-WCO distance learning  A user-friendly tool to present TIR  Now available in Arabic language  Accessible to anybody on simple request at IRU Page 13 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

In order to obtain your username and your password, please, contact the IRU TIR Training Department on In order to obtain your username and your password, please, contact the IRU TIR Training Department on Page 14 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

1. Select your language 2. Enter your Username and your Password and click on Login Make sure you allow pop-ups otherwise the next window will not appear. Make sure you allow pop-ups otherwise the next window will not appear. Page 15 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Please, register all user from your Association who wishes to access the TIR Training Resources. Please, register all user from your Association who wishes to access the TIR Training Resources. Page 16 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Click on Add New Course to enrol yourself in the eLearning courses! Click on Add New Course to enrol yourself in the eLearning courses! Page 17 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

All available courses will appear. Select the course you would like to enroll in or find out more information about. All available courses will appear. Select the course you would like to enroll in or find out more information about. Page 18 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

A description of the course will appear. Click on Enroll if you would like to follow this course. A description of the course will appear. Click on Enroll if you would like to follow this course. Page 19 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Click on View Course if you want to start the lesson. Click on View Course if you want to start the lesson. Page 20 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

Select the chapter of the eLearning you would like to follow. Select the chapter of the eLearning you would like to follow. Page 21 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

The eLearning course opens. Make sure you allow pop-ups otherwise this window will not appear! The eLearning course opens. Make sure you allow pop-ups otherwise this window will not appear! You can follow the lesson or exit whenever you like. Page 22 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

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How to access all these training resources? 1.Start from the IRU website site under the TIR System section: 2.All customs officers can be granted access to this learning programme through the WCO training website: Page 24 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013

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