1. World Customs Forum Istanbul, 06 – 07 October 2010
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2. Multilateral instruments ensuring a harmonised flow of information and data in trade and transport logistics in a PPP environment
Istanbul, 06 – 07 October 2010
Jean Acri Special TIR Advisor
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3. National Associations from 8 founding countries
The IRU in 2010
Created 1948
National Associations from 8 founding countries
Members 74 Countries
Belgium
Denmark
France
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden UK
Switzerland

4. BACKGROUND 2005: WCO SAFE Framework of Standards AEO
Advance Cargo Information
EU revised Customs Code NCTS; NCTS/TIR
EU modernised Customs Code ENS/EXS
Customs Union Belarus-Russia-Kazakhstan Electronic Customs declaration
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5. High level of harmonisation for Customs to Customs communication
CUSTOMS BENEFITS
Customs Benefits
For example: EU: Minimum Common Core for NCTS
MCC
High level of harmonisation for Customs to Customs communication
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6. TRANSPORT INDUSTRY BENEFITS?
Trade and international road transport benefits
For ex: EU: 27 different national systems and requirements
No harmonisation of B2C
- data requirement
- communication protocols
- Interface
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7. Additional procedure at borders Border waiting times Unjustified costs
Results:
Additional procedure at borders
Border waiting times
Unjustified costs
Additional risk exposure
Role of information and data for trade is crucial for efficiency
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8. Will 21st century be the century of bilateralism?
20th Century: international community builds on international conventions
Will 21st century be the century of bilateralism?
Pragmatism still pleads for global multilateral solutions
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9. Global multilateral solutions
Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods, 1982
Art.3.2 Annex 8
Move away controls from borders
Special transport >> special treatment: speed, lane, advance notification
Perishable cargo, live animals
+ Transit under TIR
+ Single Window, risk management, modern control equipment,
+ pre-notification, linking up customs transit systems
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10. Global multilateral solutions
TIR Convention 57 Contracting Parties
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11. IRU – FCS Real Time SafeTIR
The status of the TIR Carnet
GNIVTs Moscow
SafeTIR data
IRU Geneva
What is the status of the TIR Carnet?
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12. IRU TIR Electronic Pre-Declarations
- TIR Single Window Concept
- Free-of-charge for TIR Holders
- Interface in 13 languages
E TIR data
Customs
Validation OK
TIR Customs Declaration
Goods Released for Transit
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13. ASYCUDA WORLD TIR IRU - UNCTAD
IRU and UNCTAD signed a Memorandum of Understanding (27 April 2010) outlining areas of future cooperation between the two partner organisations
ASYCUDA WORLD TIR
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14. Public Private Partnership
Role of information and data for trade is crucial for efficiency
Public Private Partnership
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