The first volume of newsletter from Border Crossing Facilitation, Transport, UNECE

First eTIR transport takes place between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan paving the way to a digital era in international transport and transit

TIR Executive Board (TIRExB) Workshop on Intermodal aspects of the TIR Convention Monday, 17 October 2022 14:30 - 17:30 Geneva, Switzerland

Workshop on the Conformance tests on interconnections with the eTIR international System Friday, 7 October 2022 10:00 - 13:00 Geneva, Switzerland

eTIR - Project d'Interconnexion - SINDA (Tunisian customs system) / eTIR International System

Training Workshop on TIR/ eTIR and CMR /eCMR of the OIC African Countries 28 - 29 June 2022 Casablanca, Morocco

The meeting was attended by delegations of Kyrgyzstan (2 delegates), IRU (2 delegates) and the TIR secretariat.

After a brief tour de table, ECE presented a project overview and answered various questions. The participants agreed on the follow-up actions below:

The new legal framework for the full digitalisation of the TIR system (the so-called eTIR) enters into force today, opening eTIR to 77 countries across five continents.

This landmark change will allow for completely paperless cross-border transit of goods, under the customs guarantee of the TIR system.