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NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE BENEFITS OF THE TIR CONVENTION TO FACILITATE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE ARAB WORLD WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE IDB-AULT-IRU JOINT PROJECT Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 12 November 2013 Slide 2 SESSION I BORDER CROSSING FACILITATION AND TIR PRINCIPLES: 4. TIR Risk Management Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 12 November 2013 Jean Acri Special TIRAdvisor Patrick Philipp Head IRU Training Slide 3 Transports Internationaux Routiers Managed by the IRU since 1949 Securing and facilitating trade and international road transport Page 3 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 4 TIR Convention and WCO SAFE Page 4 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 5 CUTE- Wise TIR in operation Risk Management & Traceability Customs Holder IRU dBase IRU Control TIR Carnet Life Cycle Electronic TIR data Issuing Association Holder Driver Issuing Association SafeTIR StorageIRU Archive Page 5 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 6 RISK MANAGEMENT: SafeTIR To confirm at any time and in real-time the validity of the Customs stamp (at destination) on the TIR counterfoil (souche) Why SafeTIR? Page 6 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 7 RISK MANAGEMENT: SafeTIR IRU Database Real Time Capture & Transmission of SafeTIR data Page 7 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 8 SafeTIR Annex 10 Direct data transmission by Customs on each termination of a TIR operation if goods are unloaded or pass to a different Customs regime Database, computer network Dedicated software to permit on-line control of the status of each TIR Carnet SafeTIR is a Risk Management System for TIR Carnets composed of: International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 8 Slide 9 SafeTIR Objectives 1 To provide a database of terminated TIR Carnets (CUTE-Wise)To provide a database of terminated TIR Carnets (CUTE-Wise) 2 To enable early detection of fraud To provide the list of invalid TIR carnets (CUTE-Wise, RTS)To enable early detection of fraud To provide the list of invalid TIR carnets (CUTE-Wise, RTS) 3 To instil trust in the TIR SystemTo instil trust in the TIR System Page 9 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 10 Software CUTE-Wise TIR CUTE Web RTS Computer network IRU database over 12 Million TIR termination records Reconciliation procedure SafeTIR System Components Page 10 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 11 Implications of SafeTIR for the TIR Holder and Customs = TIR Holder can receive more TIR Carnets, within his quota Page 11 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 12 Implications of SafeTIR for the TIR Holder and Customs Reconciliation Procedure Page 12 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 13 Reconciliation Request Enquiry Suspension of Issuance to the Holder TIR Carnet quota blocked in case of Notification of non discharge Page 13 Implications of SafeTIR for the TIR Holder and Customs International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 14 The Principle of Annex 10 SafeTIR Control System for TIR Carnets : Annex 10 to the TIR Convention since 12 August 2006 Customs Authorities Associations a) a)TIR Carnet reference number b) b)Date and record number in the customs ledger c) c)Name or number of Customs office of destination d) d)Date and reference number of the termination (if different from b) e) e)Partial or Final termination f) f)Termination with or without reservation g) g)Page number h) h)Other information or documents (optional) VPN CUSTOMS IRU Database CUTE-Wise AskTIR VPN CUTEPad A D C B Page 14 TIR CuteWeb RTS AskTIRWeb International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 15 Real Time SafeTIR (RTS) The current status and the validity of the TIR Carnet are guaranteed by the constantly updated information Automatic transmission of SafeTIR data to the IRU Possibility of automation of SafeTIR data reconciliation Reunites the private entreprises and the Customs in order to facilitate and to ameliorate the safety in the international trade Page 15 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 16 Page 16 Moscow IRU Geneva SafeTIR data SafeTIR Real Time project: The Association can issue in security The Customs can take the TIR Carnet in charge in security knowing that the Association has issued it in security What is the status of the TIR Carnet ? The status of the TIR Carnet is : Valid (with the following details: Holder ID, validity date, Issuing Association name) Invalid Not issued/False/other situations SafeTIR Real Time in the Russian Federation International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 17 RTS Geographical scope in 2013 E S T O N I A L A T V I A L I T H U A N I A B E L A R U S P O L A N D S L O V A K I A U K R A I N E M O L D O V A R O M A N I A H U N G A R Y B U L G A R I A T U R K E Y G R E E C E A Z E R B A I J A N G E O R G I A ARMENIA T U R K M E N I S T A N U Z B E K I S T A N T A J I K I S T A N K I R G I S T A N K A Z A K H S T A N R U S S I A N F E D E R A T I O N F I N L A N D Russian Fed. A F G H A N I S T A N I R A N S Y R I A N A R A B P E O P L E S R E P U B L I C O F C H I N A CYPRUS A Z E R B. S W E D E N N O R W A Y D E N M A R K G E R M A N Y NETHERLANDS B E L G I U M U N I T E D I R E L A N D S P A I N PORTUGAL I T A L Y S W I T Z E R L A N D A U S T R I A K I N G D O M L U X. SLOVENIA C R O A T I A BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA ALBANIA MKD F R A N C E M O R O C C O T U N I S I A C Z E C H R E P U B L I C R E P U B L I C L E B A N O N I S R A E L J O R D A N SERBI ASERBI A 17 RTS countries: Azerbaijan Bosnia- Herzegovina Bulgaria France Georgia Kazakhstan Morocco Russia Turkey Ukraine Moldova Serbia Uzbekistan New in 2013 Belgium Finland Kyrgyzstan Latvia IRU TIR-RTS Operational Finalisation stage Development and testing stage Development and testing stage Discussion and Preparation stage Page 17 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 18 Reconciliation Procedure A request for reconciliation is generated after: Claim or suspicion of fraud and irregularities in the use of a TIR Carnet SafeTIR data is not accepted by IRU database Discrepancy between the counterfoil and the SafeTIR data Lack of any SafeTIR data The reconciliation procedure is used for: Confirmation, correction or completion of the SafeTIR information Annex 10 requirement Page 18 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 19 SafeTIR application: RTS Benefits For the Guarantee chain: An effective risk management tool Data on the termination of TIR operations are available to the associations in real-time Simplifies the SafeTIR reconciliation procedure Allows to efficiently identify the infringements For Customs: Thanks to the IT solutions, facilitates the work of customs officers Automatic electronic entry and exchange of SafeTIR data Confirmation in real-time of the TIR Carnet validity An effective risk management tool Simplifies the SafeTIR reconciliation procedure Allows to efficiently identify the infringements Page 19 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 20 SafeTIR application: RTS Brochure Explains the advantages and the benefits Page 20 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 21 Reconciliation Procedure Who generates the request for reconciliation : The IRU, on receipt of the SafeTIR dataThe IRU, on receipt of the SafeTIR data The issuing Association, on checking the TIR CarnetThe issuing Association, on checking the TIR Carnet WHERE is the request for reconciliation forwarded: IRU National association Customs Customs National association IRU Page 21 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 22 SafeTIR Transmission Transmission Objective: 100% in 24 hours Page 22 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 23 TIR-EPD Portal for TIR Carnet holders 11001101001101011100110100110101 10110110010101011011011001010101 1101011010 1010110101 1101111011 0010100101 1101111011 1110111101 1101011010 1101111011 0101101011 1101111011 1010110101 1100111001 0010100101 1100111001 1110111101 1101011010 11001101001101011100110100110101 10110110010101011011011001010101 1101011010 1010110101 11011110010101011101111001010101 00101110010101010010111001010101 1101111011 11101110010101011110111001010101 11010110010101011101011001010101 1100110100110111001101001101 101101100101010101101100101010 11010 1101011010 11010 1010010100 1101011010 110100100111010110100100111010 0010001011101000100010111010 1101011010 1110011100 1101111011 1101211012 11001101001101100110100110 101101100101010101101100101010 11010 1101011010 11010 1010010100 1101011010 11010 0101011010 01010 00100 1010100100 10101 11010 0010111010 00101 11100 1101011100 11010 101101100101010101101100101010 11001101001101100110100110 1100110100110111001101001101 101101100101010101101100101010 11010 1101011010 11010 1010010100 1101011010 110100100111010110100100111010 0010001011101000100010111010 11010 1110111010 11101 11100 1010111100 10101 1101111011 0011100111 1101111011 1101011010 TIR Electronic Pre- Declaration Connecting Business and Customs for facilitating and securing international trade International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 23 Slide 24 Electronic advance cargo info submission single window concept Benefits: this exchange of advance information facilitates pre-arrival risk analysis and makes border crossings simpler, more secure and faster Customs authorities confirm reception of the message, validate the guarantee and release the cargo for transit 2 Traders & Carriers submit free-of-charge electronic pre-declarations to Customs authorities in different countries 1 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 24 Slide 25 TIR-EPD Geographic Extension as per September 2013 Now 25 countries in operation 2 countries recently added: Kazakhstan Afghanistan 2 countries in pilots/ready to go live: Italy Macedonia 2 countries in implementation stage: Croatia Kyrgyzstan SERBIASERBIA 25 TIR-EPD operational countries represent - -- 93% of TIR Carnets issued - -- 89% of TIR termination International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 25 Slide 26 IRU TIR-EPD: Advantages Page 26 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 27 Indispensable Risk Management tool for Associations and Customs Facilitation of Control procedures for Associations and Customs Facilitation of border crossing procedures The SafeTIR system and TIR- EPD SafeTIR = Risk Management = Co-operation = Fraud prevention = Early detection of irregularities Page 27 International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Slide 28 www.iru.org International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2013 Page 28