Implementation of the TIR Convention, 1975: challenges and opportunities

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This workshop has a series of objectives, inspired by the history of the TIR system but also from the opportunities that exist for the future. These objectives could be summarized as follows:

• Assist newcomers to the system (new contracting parties) to better understand the services and potentials of the TIR system, in order to be able to use the full potential that the system brings, leading to really facilitated border crossing procedures in their regions.
• Make the countries that have not yet acceded to the TIR Convention aware of the benefits and multiple advantages that the TIR system brings for both customs authorities and the private sector, further promoting and working on their accession to the TIR Convention in the near future.
• Share experience and knowledge with the contracting parties that are using the TIR system in full and that are taking advantage of all its benefits for border crossing facilitation.
• Share experience and knowledge with those contracting parties that are mainly using another system for their border crossing operations, such as the countries of the European Union, on how to further improve cooperation among the systems and what the TIR system can learn from their regional integration efforts.
• Exchange views about the future of the TIR system, ensuring that it is continuously adapted to new transport and border crossing requirements, challenges and business requests, making it ready to serve customs authorities and the private sector for the years to come.