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The TIR system is an international Customs transit system for goods carried by road. It is based on 6 essential principles – the 6 pillars of the TIR system.

The TIR system has been devised to facilitate to the maximum extent the international movement of goods under Customs seals. The system provides transit countries with the required guarantees to cover the Customs duties and taxes at risk. A balance is struck between the responsibilities of the Customs authorities and those of the international trading community.

The TIR system offers the following benefits to the different stakeholders involved in the international movement of goods:

Facilitation of transport and trade

reduces transport costs by reducing formalities and delays in transit;
facilitates transit movements by the application of standardized controls and documentation; and

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A TIR transport is an international transport of goods operation (transit operation across one or more borders) of goods, only a part of which has to be made by road. A TIR transport may take place between a Customs office of departure of Countries with which a TIR transit operation can be established and a Customs office of destination of another such country.

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In order to ensure the security of the TIR System, electronic controls were created to run in parallel with the security elements already specified in the TIR Convention. At the beginning of the 1990s, geopolitical changes, tremendous increase in trade volumes and the number of road hauliers performing TIR transports caused an increase in the risk of organized crime. Access to the TIR System was therefore strictly controlled, and the Administrative Committee for the TIR Convention adopted a Recommendation on 20 October 1995 which set out an electronic control system for TIR Carnets. This control system was included in the TIR Convention as Annex 10 on 12 August 2006, and is commonly referred to as the SafeTIR system.

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Contracting Parties	Countries with which a TIR transit operation can be established: as of 4 February 2008 ^*^/	National Associations
Afghanistan	-	-
Albania	Albania	ANALTIR
Algeria	-	-
Armenia	Armenia	AIRCA
Austria	Austria	AIS
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	ABADA
Belarus	Belarus	BAMAP
Belgium	Belgium	FEBETRA
Bosnia and Herzgovina	-	-
Bulgaria	Bulgaria	AEBTRI
Canada	-	-
Chile	-	-
Croatia	Croatia	TRANSPORTKOMERC
Cyprus	Cyprus	TDA
Czech Republic	Czech Republic	CESMAD BOHEMIA

Subject: Introduction of the HS code of goods in the TIR carnet The Administrative Committee for the TIR Convention, 1975 adopted on 31 January 2008 a Recommendation on the introduction of the HS code of goods in the TIR carnet which is reproduced in Annex.The Community and its Member States support the Recommendation of the TIR Administrative Committee: "that TIR Carnet holders or any other persons filling-in the TIR Carnet on their behalf are to indicate the HS code of the goods under box 10 of the goods manifest on the voucher not for Customs use (yellow page) of the TIR Carnet, in addition to a plain language description of the goods".The introduction of the HS code of goods is considered to help identify goods posing a security or financial risk and facilitate the movement of other goods and electronic data processing.

ADRStands for European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road. The UNECE is also responsible through the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), for the harmonization of all provisions governing the transport of dangerous goods at the world level and for all modes of transport. Approval plateAffixed by the beneficiary of the approval certificate issued by the competent national authority responsible for granting approval to certify that an unlimited series of containers meet the requirements set out in the TIR Convention, 1975 to be used for the transport of goods under Customs seal.

With over 50 countries using the procedure, the TIR system is the only truly international Customs transit system currently available. In common with other Customs transit procedures, the TIR procedure enables goods to move under Customs control across international borders without the payment of the duties and taxes that would normally be due at importation (or exportation). A condition of the TIR procedure is that the movement of the goods must include transport by road.Goods move from a Customs office of departure in one country to a Customs office of destination in another country under cover of an internationally accepted Customs transit document, the TIR carnet, which also provides a financial guarantee for the payment of the suspended duties and taxes. The guarantee system is managed by an international organization, which is currently the International Road Transport Union.

TIR - System - Countries with which a TIR transit operation can be established

Contracting Parties	Countries with which a TIR transit operation can be established: as of 4 February 2008 ^*^/	National Associations
Afghanistan	-	-
Albania	Albania	ANALTIR
Algeria	-	-
Armenia	Armenia	AIRCA
Austria	Austria	AIS
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	ABADA
Belarus	Belarus	BAMAP
Belgium	Belgium	FEBETRA
Bosnia and Herzgovina	-	-
Bulgaria	Bulgaria	AEBTRI
Canada	-	-
Chile	-	-
Croatia	Croatia	TRANSPORTKOMERC
Cyprus	Cyprus	TDA
Czech Republic	Czech Republic	CESMAD BOHEMIA
Denmark	Denmark	DTL
Estonia	Estonia	ERAA
Finland	Finland	SKAL
France	France	AFTRI
Georgia	Georgia	GIRCA
Germany	Germany	BGL; AIST
Greece	Greece	OFAE
Hungary	Hungary	ATRH
Indonesia	-	-
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	ICCIM
Ireland	Ireland	IRHA
Israel	Israel	IRTB
Italy	Italy	UICCIAA
Jordan	Jordan	RACJ
Kazakstan	Kazakstan	KAZATO
Kuwait	Kuwait	KATC
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	KYRGYZ AIA
Latvia	Latvia	LA
Lebanon	Lebanon	CCIAB
Liberia	-	-
Lithuania	Lithuania	LINAVA
Luxembourg	Luxembourg	FEBETRA
Malta	Malta	ATTO
Moldova	Moldova	AITA
Mongolia	Mongolia	NARTAM
Montenegro	Montenegro	PKCG
Morocco	Morocco	AMTRI
Netherlands	Netherlands	TLN; KNV; EVO
Norway	Norway	NLF
Poland	Poland	ZMPD
Portugal	Portugal	ANTRAM
Republic of Korea	-	-
Romania	Romania	UNTRR; ARTRI
Russian Federation	Russian Federation	ASMAP
Serbia	Serbia	SCC-ATT
Slovakia	Slovakia	CESMAD SLOVAKIA
Slovenia	Slovenia	GIZ INTERTRANSPORT
Spain	Spain	ASTIC
Sweden	Sweden	SA
Switzerland	Switzerland	ASTAG
Syrian Arab Republic	Syrian Arab Republic	SNC ICC
Tajikistan	Tajikistan	ABBAT
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	AMERIT
Tunisia	Tunisia	CCIT
Turkey	Turkey	TOBB
turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	THADA
Ukraine	Ukraine	AIRCU
United Arab Emirates	-	-
United Kingdom	United Kingdom	RHA; FTA
United States of America	-	-
Uruguay	-	-
Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	AIRCUZ
European Economic Community

ADR

Stands for European Agreement concerning the international carriage of dangerous goods by road. The UNECE is also responsible through the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), for the harmonization of all provisions governing the transport of dangerous goods at the world level and for all modes of transport.

Approval plate

Affixed by the beneficiary of the approval certificate issued by the competent national authority responsible for granting approval to certify that an unlimited series of containers meet the requirements set out in the TIR Convention, 1975 to be used for the transport of goods under Customs seal.

ATA carnets

Are Customs documents for the temporary importation of certain goods (commercial samples and advertising films, goods for international exhibitions, certain types of professional equipment) where there is a clear intention that they will be re-exported in the same condition in which they were imported? The ATA carnets replace normal import and export procedures for qualifying goods subject to a sufficient guarantee or cash deposit being lodged with the issuer of the carnet to cover any possible Customs claims in the event of misuse of the document. The scheme is administered by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) based in Paris which authorizes national Chambers of Commerce to issue the documents on its behalf.

With over 50 countries using the procedure, the TIR system is the only truly international Customs transit system currently available. In common with other Customs transit procedures, the TIR procedure enables goods to move under Customs control across international borders without the payment of the duties and taxes that would normally be due at importation (or exportation). A condition of the TIR procedure is that the movement of the goods must include transport by road.

Goods move from a Customs office of departure in one country to a Customs office of destination in another country under cover of an internationally accepted Customs transit document, the TIR carnet, which also provides a financial guarantee for the payment of the suspended duties and taxes. The guarantee system is managed by an international organization, which is currently the International Road Transport Union.

Although each Member State is a Contracting Party to the TIR Convention, the European Community is considered to be a single territory for the purposes of the TIR procedure. This means TIR can only be used in the European Community where the movement either starts or ends in a third country, or where the goods move between two or more Member States via the territory of a third country.