 TIR Convention, International road transport
Syllabus of the Subject - Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of the TIR Carnets
- Introduction to the TIR Convention
- The role of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in the TIR Convention
- Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of the TIR Carnets
- How to fill in a TIR Carnet
Sample of the Subject - TIR Convention, International road transport

Description of the Subject - TIR Convention,
International road transport
The TIR Convention (Transports Internationaux Routiers, in French)
allows transporting goods through several countries (transit country)
through the containers or cargo compartments previously sealed and controlled by
customs with a single
document (TIR Carnet).
The TIR Convention is practically global.
The main advantages of the TIR Convention are:
-
Customs, documentary or inspection procedures reduction,
which implies significant savings in time (up to 38%) and costs
(up to 80%), both for the carriers, customs and therefore for the end
customer
- It is estimated that 34,000 logistics companies use the TIR
system
- Number of countries adhering to the TIR Convention: 70
- The TIR is carried out with a single document: the TIR Carnet
- Allows the electronic tracking
- Restricted to the TIR Authorised Consignors and Consignees
- Insurance: maximum protection of € 100,000 for each logistics operation
- TIR Identification: blue square lorry plate

The TIR Convention was created by the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in 1949
- 1975: new TIR Convention (adapted for the intermodal transport)
The BIC Code (International Identification Codes
of Container Owners) is accepted in the TIR Convention- Customs Convention on Containers (CCC)
- International Convention for Safe Containers
- Convention Relating to Temporary Admission

- International Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport
- Road-Rail Combined Transport

New Silk Road
- Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
- Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
- China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor
- Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
- Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
- Almaty-Bishkek Economic Corridor
- Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor
- China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor
- International Transport and Transit Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
- Trans-Siberian Railway (Russia, Mongolia, China, North Korea)
- International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Russia)
- Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Transport Corridor (Lapis Lazuli)
- Trans-Caspian Trade and Transit Corridor (Central Corridor)
- East-West Economic Corridor (Myanmar-Thailand-Laos-Vietnam)
- Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran Transport Corridor (KTAI
-ECO)
- Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul Rail and Road Corridor (ITI-ECO)
- Nanning-Singapore Economic Corridor
Trans-European Transport Network Corridors
- Atlantic Transport Corridor
- Baltic-Adriatic Transport Corridor
- North Sea-Baltic Transport Corridor
- North Sea-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Eastern Europe-Eastern Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Scandinavian-Mediterranean Transport Corridor
- Rhine-Alpine Transport Corridor
- Rhine-Danube Transport Corridor
- Strasbourg-Danube Transport Corridor
- Pan-European Corridor II
-
Pan-European Corridor IX
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