Considerations on COM(2015)512 - EU position within the Committee for the TIR Convention on the proposal to amend the Customs Convention on the international transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets

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dossier COM(2015)512 - EU position within the Committee for the TIR Convention on the proposal to amend the Customs Convention on the international ...
document COM(2015)512 EN
date October 20, 2015
 
(1) 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2112/78 1 and entered into force in the Community on 20 June 1983 2 .

(2) A consolidated version of the TIR Convention was published as an Annex to Council Decision 2009/477/EC 3 , according to which the Commission is to publish future amendments to the TIR Convention in the Official Journal of the European Union indicating their date of entry into force.

(3) Following the discussion of the TIR Executive Board on the correct application of Article 42 bis of the TIR Convention, the TIR Executive Board transmitted to the Administrative Committee for the TIR Convention a proposal for a new Explanatory Note to Article 42 bis that would clarify the procedure of communication between the TIR Executive Board and the Contracting Parties on national control measures that may affect the application of the TIR Convention or the functioning of the TIR system. The guidelines for communicating and introducing new control measures were adopted at the 61st session of the Administrative Committee for the TIR Convention and will be included in Chapter 5 of the TIR Handbook.

(4) The Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe proposed to the Administrative Committee for the TIR Convention an amendment introducing a new transport technique for vehicles and containers which will improve the effectiveness and efficiency of road transport. According to the Administrative Committee, the new design of vehicles and containers with a sheeted sliding roof or sliding sheets is customs secure and can be incorporated into Annexes 2 and 7 to the TIR Convention.

(5) All Member States of the Union expressed their positive opinion as regards the proposed amendments within the Customs Legislation Committee (Co-ordination Geneva).

(6) The next session of the Administrative Committee for the TIR Convention, during which the proposed amendments are to be presented for adoption, is scheduled for October 2015.

(7) The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the Administrative Committee for the TIR Convention should therefore be based on the draft amendments attached to this Decision.