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Transports Internationaux Routiers’ (TIR)
Why is it in the news?
- The first shipment under the United Nations ‘Transports Internationaux Routiers’ (TIR) convention arrived in India from Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar Port.
- The consignments arrived at port of Nhava Sheva, Mumbai and Mundra.
Transports Internationaux Routiers’ (TIR) convention:
- The Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) was drafted in 1975.
- It replaces the original Transport Internationaux Routier (TIR) Convention from 1959 and came into force on 20 March 1978.
- It is a transit system which operates under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
- To date, it has 76 Contracting Parties, including the European Union.
- It covers the whole of Europe and reaches out to North Africa and the Near and Middle East.
- India had joined the UN-TIR Convention on June 15, 2017.
Objectives:
- To facilitate international transit through a simplified Customs transit procedures and an international guarantee system.
- The underpinning of the so-called TIR system are a common customs document, the TIR carnet, a common guarantee system, the mutual recognition of customs controls and secured vehicle containers.
- Usage of the TIR system is limited to authorized operators.
Benefits:
- An international transit operation under the TIR system does not require national customs documents and a national guarantee.
- Because of the securisation of the containers, the goods are also not subject to physical inspection.
- As a consequence the advantages are less delays at border crossings and for the overall transit operation.
Source
The Hindu, UNECE.