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TIR Executive Board (TIRExB) Friends of the Chair meeting on transforming the middle corridor to an eTIR corridor

TIRExB Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 21-22 June 2023

 

 

Wednesday 21 June 2023

Making the middle corridor an eTIR Corridor: Customs authorities’ session 

Opening remarks

09:30-10:30

Mr. Rustam KABULOV, Customs authority of Uzbekistan

Mr. Marco CIAMPI, Chair of TIRExB

Mr. Michael RATHJE, European Commission DG Taxation and Customs Union

Mr. Asset ASSAVBAYEV, Secretary General of TRACECA

Mr. Kadir BASBOGA, Islamic Development Bank

Mrs. Tatiana REY-BELLET, IRU

Why it is important that the middle corridor becomes an eTIR corridor

10:30-11:30

Mrs. Caroline ZUIDGEEST, Mr. Hugo MAYER, members of TIREXB

Mr. Konstantinos ALEXOPOULOS, TIR Secretary, UNECE

Mrs. Tatiana REY-BELLET, IRU

Coffee Break (11:30 – 11:45)

11:45-12:25

Mr. Asset ASSAVBAYEV, Secretary General of TRACECA

Mr. Michael RATHJE, European Commission DG Taxation and Customs Union

Customs authorities sharing their experiences in interconnecting their customs system to the eTIR international system

12:25-13:30

Mr. Elyor KHAKIMOV, Customs authority of Uzbekistan

Mrs. Saadia SHEERAZ, Customs authority of Pakistan

Lunch Break (13:30 – 14:30)

Presentations by customs authorities which have not yet undertaken an interconnection project

14:30-16:00

Mr. Alexandr KURBAT, Customs authority of Kazakhstan

Mr. Emirlan ASLAMOV, Customs authority of Kyrgyzstan

Questions and answers

Coffee Break (16:00 – 16:20)

Next steps – Discussion of the road map

16:20-17:00

Agree on next steps and the road map which will ensure interconnection of all national customs systems in the region to the eTIR international system

 

Thursday 22 June 2023

Making the middle corridor an eTIR Corridor:

Customs authorities and national road transport associations’ session

TIRExB tools for national associations / Private sector /  Challenges and opportunities from the implementation of eTIR

9:30-11:00

Mr. Anil SENMANAV, TIRExB member from Türkiye

Mr. Pierre Jean LABORIE, TIRExB member from the European Commission

Mr. Jonathan VALDES, TIR Secretariat  

Mrs. Tatiana REY-BELLET, IRU

Coffee Break (11:00 – 11:15)

National associations Perspectives on eTIR

11:15-12:45

Mr. Dmitry CHUBENKO, National association of Uzbekistan

Mr. Behnam FARAMARZIAN, National association of the Islamic republic of Iran

Mr. Vitaliy POPLAVSKIY, National association of Kazakhstan

Mr. Beknazar MAMYTOV, National association of Kyrgyzstan

Mr. Salim GHANI, National association of Pakistan

Mr. Mahmadaly SHOKIROV, National association of Tajikistan

Mr. Resul ARTYKOV, National association of Turkmenistan

12:30-13:15

Questions and answers 

Lunch Break (13:15 – 14:30)

Conclusions and recommendations

14:30-15:30

Mr. Marco CIAMPI, Chair of TIRExB

Mr. Michael RATHJE, European Commission DG Taxation and Customs Union

Mr. Asset ASSAVBAYEV, Secretary General of TRACECA

Mr. Elyor KHAKIMOV, Customs authority of Uzbekistan

Mr. Kadir BASBOGA, Islamic Development Bank

Mrs. Tatiana REY-BELLET, IRU

Mr. Konstantinos ALEXOPOULOS, TIR Secretary UN ECE