ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORTS REGIONAL TIR

ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORTS

REGIONAL TIR SEMINAR Sofia, 11 and 12 May 2006 APPLICATION OF TIR CONVENTION IN THE BALKAN REGION Issues and scope for improvements - ARTRI’s point of view - Presentation: Cristian Şerban – Deputy Secretary General, ARTRI

TIR Regime in Romania New horizons along the strong ones ü Romania is a signing party of the T. I. R. Convention (1975) since 1979. ü Two national guaranteeing associations: (ARTRI and UNTRR) - ARTRI (Romanian Association for International Road Transports): national guaranteeing association for the TIR Carnets issued to its TIR Holders + all TIR Carnets used on Romanian territory by foreign TIR Holders. - UNTRR (National Union of Romanian Road Transporters): guaranteeing association for the TIR Carnets issued to its TIR Holders

TIR Carnets issued for Romania New horizons along the strong ones Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 TOTAL TIR Carnets 363. 800 462. 600 472. 900 486. 300 514. 700 2. 300 600. 000 500. 000 400. 000 300. 000 200. 000 100. 000 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Safe. TIR data transmission New horizons along the strong ones ü Memorandum of Understanding agreed between ARTRI, IRU and Romanian Customs, regarding the transmission of Safe. TIR data ü Constant increasing of the accuracy and volume of transmitted Safe. TIR data ü Decreasing of the average transmission period for Safe. TIR data (from 56 days to 5 days):

Safe. TIR data transmission New horizons along the strong ones Year 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Average transmission period (days) 56 29 7 5 5 Average Safe. TIR data transmission period (days) 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

TIR Regime in Romania New horizons along the strong ones Excelent public-private partnership developed between the Romanian guaranteeing associations and the Romanian Customs: (2001): ü Memorandum of Understanding signed by ARTRI, IRU and Romanian Customs, regarding the transmission of Safe. TIR data (2003): ü “National Program of Customs Frauds Prevention in the International Road Transports” (2005): ü “TIR Green Lanes”: - Traffic fluidisation through border customs points between ROMANIA-BULGARIA and ROMANIA-HUNGARY) - Drastical decreasing of the waiting times in border (to only 10 minutes). ü Optimisation of Safe. TIR data transmission and TIR Admission procedures.

Current issues New horizons along the strong ones ü 19 EUR “TIR Carnet processing tax” illegally claimed in Hungarian Customs Offices of border ü 10 EUR “disinfection tax” established between Romania and Bulgaria ü Weighting problems (both in Romania and Bulgaria) ü (Non-)application of the TIR Convention in regions like Kosovo, Transnistria and Serbia-Montenegro. ü Isolated problems with foreign TIR Holders transiting Romania (few Turkish trucks not approved correctly)

Future developments New horizons along the strong ones ü further improvement of the actual public-private partnership established between national guaranteeing associations, IRU and Romanian National Customs Authority. ü role of the TIR Carnet, as a border crossing facilitation instrument, as well as the local importance of the application of TIR Convention will diminish (IF Romania and Bulgaria will join the EU in 2007).

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