Trade and Transport Facilitation WTO Public Forum Geneva
Trade and Transport Facilitation WTO Public Forum Geneva, 25 September 2008 Eva Molnar Transport Division United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNECE – Transport Division 1
You can accelerate TTF improvements Continue the current path • Instruments in place • Investment plans in place • Progressive improvement UNECE – Transport Division Big Bang change • Seamless border crossings, efficient transit • Real-time procedures thanks to e-docs • High quality services in logistics centers along the whole route 2
The basis we can build on: • Customs transit regimes – TIR – e-TIR • Regulatory framework for transport service contracts – CMR – e-CMR • Harmonization Convention – simplified frontier controls, plus • Measuring the B/C performance • And other tools UNECE – Transport Division 3
Transit value of Land-locked Countries will diminish if TTF improvements are delayed, UNECE – Transport Division 6
… as new routes open up! UNECE – Transport Division 7
Conclusion 1. UNECE leads the way in TTF – To simplified procedures, – To optimized electronic environment, – To strengthened cooperation among countries and ngo-s 2. UNECE in strategic partnership partner with WTO and with You All! UNECE – Transport Division 9
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