Syllabus of the Subject: Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA).
Introduction to the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA);
The TRACECA Corridor as the
Silk Road of the XXI century;
Member countries of the Corridor: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan;
Main features of the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA);
Main agreements related to the TRACECA Corridor:
Basic Multilateral Agreement on International Transport for the Development of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corridor ”(MLA TRACECA);
Baku Initiative;
TRACECA Multimodal Transport Development Agreement.
Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA).
The International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
comprises a complex multimodal transport system of thirteen countries in Europe and Eurasia: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Note: Turkmenistan is not a member of TRACECA, but has requested the access.
The corridor begins in Eastern Europe (Moldova, Romania, Ukraine);
Cross Turkey;
There is a route that goes through the Black Sea to the ports of
Poti and Georgia, through the transport network of the Southern Caucasus;
The southern Caucasus has a road connection with Turkey;
From Azerbaijan, through the Caspian ferries (Baku - Turkmenbashi,
Baku - Aktau), the TRACECA route reaches the railway networks of the states
of Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan in Central Asia;
The transport networks of these states are connected with Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan;
From these three countries it is possible to reach the borders with
China and Afghanistan.
The Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) is an essential part of the foreign trade between Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.
TRACECA's legal framework is defined by the "Basic Multilateral
Agreement on International Transport for the Development of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia Corridor" (MLA TRACECA, 1998) whose objectives are:
Facilitate access to regional markets by developing road, air, rail and maritime transport;
Facilitate the international transport of goods;
Guarantee the safety of transport, products and protection of the environment;
Harmonize transport policies and legal frameworks related to transport
in the TRACECA region.
The International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA) is a complex multimodal transport system in the countries of the region, whose
objective is to develop economic and commercial relations as well as transport links between the members
countries.
This corridor seeks the reactivation of one of the most famous historical
routes: the Silk Road.
The EU supports the development of the International Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA), although it is not part
of the Agreement.
Countries in the area of influence of the Transport Corridor
Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA):
Afghanistan;
China;
Russia;
Belarus;
Bulgaria;
Syria;
Iraq;
Pakistan;
Mongolia;
Turkmenistan.
Asian regional economic communities related to the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA).
CAREC:
Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia,
Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Iran is
an observer country;
As an EU member is a beneficiary of the EU trade agreements with Moldova, Colombia, Ukraine, Mexico, Georgia, South Korea, the ASEAN, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon...
Trade Agreements of Ukraine: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Kyrgyz Republic, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Iran
Trade Agreements of Iran:
Algeria, Armenia, Syria, Venezuela, Pakistan.
Turkey
Trade Agreements with the EFTA, Israel, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tunisia, Morocco, Palestine, Syria (pending), Egypt, Jordan, Georgia, Lebanon, Montenegro, Serbia, Chile, Mauritius, South Korea, and Albania.
Islamic Trade Preferential System (OCI-TPS);
GSP.
Main Euro-Asian institutions related to the Corridor