4 th IRU-LAS-AULT SEMINAR SESSION II – SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY AND TRADE AND ROAD TRANSPORT FACILITATION: FROM VISION TO REALITY Alexandria, 4 November 2012 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

Balancing trade and road transport facilitation and security: Fantasy or reality? Alexandria, 4 November 2012 Haydar Özkan IRU General Delegate to the Middle East and Region Page 2(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

Trade and road transport facilitation (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012Page 3 Post WW II: How to rebuild Europe?How to rebuild Europe? How to move goods through borders without much burden?How to move goods through borders without much burden?

55 years of multilateralism  UN Trade and Road Transport facilitation Conventions: Transport contract: 1.Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR), 1956 Customs: 2.Customs Convention on Containers, Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles, TIR Convention, International Convention on the Harmonisation of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012Page 4

55 years of multilateralism Road safety: 6.Convention on Road Traffic, Convention on Road Signs and Signals, 1968 Special transports: 8.Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be used for such Carriage (ATP), Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR), 1957  GATT: Freedom of Transit, Article 5 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012Page 5

Facilitation (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012Page 6 Documents Procedures Mutual multilateral recognition harmonised

Regional initiatives  Regional systems and legislations: Access to profession Customs: internal transit Customs: internal transit But limited geographical scope No universal coverage Lack of mutual recognition outside the scope (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012Page 7

9/11 Worldwide Security Requirements changed forever Page 8(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

WCO SAFE requirements   Page 9(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012 First edition: 2007 Revised version: 2011

The four core elements of WCO SAFE are: Provision of Advanced Cargo Information Pre- departure examination Risk Management to security and safety Benefits For Trade WCO SAFE and AEO requirements Page 10(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012 Authorised economic operator AEO

WCO SAFE   Page 11(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012 WCO: No regulatory power WCO: No regulatory power Standards: No compulsory implementation Standards: No compulsory implementation No obligation for States Voluntary implementation Implementation: National level No multilateral mutual recognition Bilateral Agreements

 Bilateralism: -Thousands of bilateral Agreements to be signed and implemented -Artificial impediment to free trade -Jeopardises or limits harmonised implementation of multilateral conventions Balancing trade and road transport facilitation and security: Fantasy or reality? (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012Page 12

Solutions Facilitate and secure Border Crossings  Harmonisation  Mutual recognition International Conventions to facilitate trade and road transport International Conventions to facilitate trade and road transport Page 13(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

WCO SAFE and UN Conventions   Page 14(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

The four core elements of WCO SAFE are: Provision of Advanced Cargo Information Pre- departure examination 1 Mutual recognition & Controlled Access 2 3 Risk Management to security and safety 4 Benefits For Trade Communication Platform between AEO & Authorities Risk Management in TIR Convention (e.g. Annex 10) 3 4 Electronic Pre- declaration 2 1 WCO SAFE and AEO requirements can be fully satisfied by the TIR Convention Page 15(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

Conclusions Balancing trade and road transport facilitation and security can become reality if UN Trade and Road Transport Facilitation Conventions are used as implementing tools of the WCO SAFE Framework of Standards: 1.Easy to implement 2.Avoids thousands of bilateral Agreements 3.Ensures required security level (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012Page 16

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