Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, on the proposal to amend the Customs Convention on the International Transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention 1975)

The Customs Convention on the International Transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention) of 14 November 1975 was approved on behalf of the European Economic Community by way of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2112/78. The Convention entered into force in the European Union on 20 June 1983.

The TIR Convention, which is administered by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), has established a customs transit procedure for the international movement of goods by road. The Convention enables goods, which are under customs and tax suspension, to cross international borders with a minimum of intervention en route by the customs authorities. By easing traditional impediments to the international movement of goods, the TIR system encourages the development of international trade. By reducing delays in transit, it enables significant economies to be made in transport costs. The most important advantage of the system is the fact that the TIR Convention provides, through its international guarantee chain, relatively simple access to the required guarantees.

The purpose of the proposed Decision is for the European Union to adopt the latest amendments to the TIR Convention agreed by the UNECE Working Party on Customs Questions Affecting Transport and further adopted by the Administrative Committee for the TIR Convention, subject to completion of the EU's internal procedures.

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EUR-Lex: COM(2014)491: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:491:FIN

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