IMP COMVIISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 498 final 
Brussels. 20 October 1993 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION! 
concerning the conclusion of the 
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of 
Private Road Vehicles (New York, 1954) 
and the Customs Convention on the Temporary 
Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 
(Geneva, 1956) 
(presented by the Commission) 
SSs 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. The two proposals for Council Decisions appended provide for the 
Council to approve, first, the Customs Convention on the Temporary 
Importation of Private Road Vehicles adopted by the United Nations 
on 5 June 1954 in New York and, second, the Customs Convention on 
the Temporary importation of Commercial Road Vehicles adopted on 18 
May 1956. 
2. The purpose of the Conventions is to lay down the conditions and 
procedures for entering road vehicles intended for private and for 
commercial use respectively under the temporary importation 
procedure. The Conventions establish international documents 
intended to take the place of national papers relating to temporary 
importation and provision of security. 
3. All Member States are Contracting Parties to the 1956 and, except 
for Greece, the 1954 Convention. Negotiations held at the ECE 
headquarters in Geneva have culminated in a revision of the texts of 
both international instruments to allow, inter alia, regional 
economic integration organizations to become Contracting Parties. 
The amendments concerned entered into force on 30 October 1992. The 
Community as such may therefore now apply to become a Contracting 
Party to the Conventions. 
4. It would appear that the Community has sole jurisdiction in most 
matters covered by the Conventions but that the Member States also 
have jurisdiction in some areas. Once the Community has acceded, 
the Commission will first consult the Member States and then 
communicate the subdivision of powers to the Secretary-General of 
the United Nat ions. 
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5. Given that the aim of the Conventions is to facilitate the movement 
of the vehicles they cover, the Conventions (each comprising a body 
and four Annexes) directly affect the functioning of the customs 
union and, therefore, the implementation of the Community's 
commercial policy. 
6. The Commission has made a detailed comparison of the provisions of 
the Conventions and Community law. The results show clearly that 
there is no difference between the Community provisions and the 
measures laid down in the international texts. 
7. It should be pointed out that the 1990 Istanbul Convention on 
Temporary Admission - drawn up under the auspices of the Customs 
Cooperation Council and signed by the Community and the 
Member States who were ready to lodge their ratification instruments 
when the Community decided to conclude on 15 March 1993 - contains 
provisions similar to those of the above 1954 and 1956 Conventions. 
It is also intended that, in relations between the Contracting 
Parties to the Istanbul Convention, the latter should be substituted 
for the above Conventions at a future date. To cover the interim 
period, it would be appropriate to accept the Recommendation of 25 
June 1992 of the Customs Cooperation Council on the CPD carnet and 
the United Nations Resolutions on the applicability of the carnets 
de passages en douane and CPD carnets, all three of which are 
intended to simplify the conditions of use of the three 
international texts. 
8. It would therefore seem possible to conclude the Customs Conventions 
on the Temporary Importation of Private and Commercial Road Vehicles 
without entering any reservations. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
on the conclusion of the Customs Convention 
on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles 
(New York, 1954) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community 
and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
whereas the Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road 
Vehicles, negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations and adopted 
in New York on 4 June 1954, covers temporary import conditions and 
procedures for private road vehicles in the customs territories of the 
Community and third countries and is a customs agreement which could help 
expand international trade; 
whereas under Article 34(1)(bis) this Convention is open to accession by 
regional economic intégrât ion organizations, 
whereas moreover, all the Member States of the Community except Greece 
are Contracting Parties to this Convention; 
whereas if the Community is to become a Contracting Party it must deposit 
an accession instrument with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 
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whereas, the current version of the Community provisions on the temporary 
importation of road vehicles for private use complies with those of the 
said Convention and there is therefore no need to enter any reservations 
with regard to the Convention. 
whereas, it would be appropriate to accept at the same time the 
Recommendation of 25 June 1992 of the Customs Cooperation Council on the 
CPD carnet, insofar as it concerns private road vehicles, and the United 
Nations Resolution of 2 July 1993 on the applicability of carnets de 
passages en douane and CPD carnets-, 
whereas it is appropriate for the Community to become a Contracting Party 
to the Convent ion, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
1. The Customs Convention on the importation of private road vehicles 
is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the 
Convention is attached as Annex I to this Decision. 
2. The Customs Cooperation Council Recommendation of 25 June 1992 on 
the CPD carnet, insofar as it applies to private road vehicles, and 
the United Nations Resolution of 2 July 1993 on the applicability of 
carnets de passages en douane and CPD carnets are hereby accepted by 
the Community, subject to the conditions set out in Annex II to this 
Decision. 
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Art icle 2 
1. The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the 
person empowered to deposit the instrument of accession to the 
Convention referred to in Article 1. 
2. The person so designated shall also notify the Secretary General of 
the Customs Cooperation Council of the acceptance of the Customs 
Cooperation Council Recommendation and the Secretary-General of the 
United Nations of the acceptance of the United Nations Resolution. 
3. The Commission is hereby authorized to transmit to the Secretary-
General of the United Nations the information provided for in 
Article 34(1)(bis) of the Convention, after first consulting the 
Member States and depositing the instrument of accession referred to 
Art icle 1. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Counci I 
The President 
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Annex 
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation 
of Private Road Vehicles (1954) 
THE CONTRACTING PARTIES, 
DESIRING to facilitate the development of international touring, 
HAVING REGARD to the aims of the Convention on Road Traffic, adopted by 
the United Nations Conference on Road and Motor Transport held at Geneva 
from 23 August to 19 September 1949 and opened for signature at Geneva on 
19 September 1949, 
HAVE DECIDED to conclude a Convention and have agreed upon the following 
provisions: 
CHAPTER I 
Definitions 
Article 1 
For the purpose of this Convention 
(a) The term "import duties and import taxes" shall mean customs duties 
and ail other duties, taxes, fees and other charges which are 
collected on, or in connection with, the import of goods mentioned 
in this Convention, but not including fees and charges limited in 
amount to the approximate costs of services rendered; 
(b) The term "vehicles" shall, unless the context otherwise requires, 
mean all road motor vehicles (including cycles with engines) and 
trailers (whether imported with the vehicle or separately), together 
with their component parts, and normal accessories and equipment, 
when imported with the vehicle; 
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(c) The term "private use" shall exclude the transport of persons for 
remuneration, reward or other consideration and the industrial or 
commercial transport of goods with or without remunerations; 
(d) The term "temporary importation papers" shall include the Customs 
document showing the guarantee or deposit of import duties and 
import taxes; 
(e) The term "persons" shall mean both natural and legal persons; 
(f) The term "issuing association" shall mean an association authorized 
to issue temporary importation papers; 
(g) The term "guaranteeing association" shall mean an association 
approved by the Customs authorities of a Contracting Party to act as 
surety for persons using temporary importation papers; 
(h) The term "international organization" shall mean an organization to 
which national associations are affiliated which are entitled to 
issue and to guarantee temporary importation papers; 
(i) The term "Contracting Party" shall mean a State or regional economic 
integration organization, Party to this Convention; 
(j) The term "regional economic integration organization" shall mean an 
organization constituted by and composed of States as referred to in 
article 33, paragraph 1 of this Convention, which has competence to 
adopt its own legislation that is binding on its Member States, in 
respect of matters governed by this Convention, and has competence 
to decide, in accordance with its internal procedures, to accede to 
this Convent ion. 
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CHAPTER I I 
importation without payment of import duties and import taxes 
and free of import prohibitions and restrictions 
Art icle 2 
1. Each of the Contracting Parties hall grant temporary admission 
without payment of import duties and import taxes and free of import 
prohibitions and restrictions, subject to re-exportation and to the 
other conditions laid down in this Convention, to vehicles owned by 
persons normally resident outside its territory which are imported 
and utilized, for their private use on the occasion of a temporary 
visit, either by the owners of the vehicles or by other persons 
normally resident outside its territory. 
2. The Contracting Parties may under the conditions set out in this 
Convention prescribe that such vehicles shall be covered by 
temporary importation papers guaranteeing payment of import duties 
and import taxes or an equivalent sum subject to the special 
provisions of article 27, paragraph 4, should the vehicles covered 
by temporary importation papers not be re-exported within the 
prescribed time limit. 
Article 3 
The fuel contained in the ordinary supply tanks of vehicles temporarily 
imported shall be admitted without payment of import duties and import 
taxes and free of import prohibitions and restrictions, it being under­
stood that the ordinary tank is that designed by the maker for the type 
of vehicle concerned. 
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Art icle 4 
1. Component parts imported for the repair of a particular vehicle 
already temporarily imported shall be admitted temporarily without 
payment of import duties and import taxes and free of import 
prohibitions and restrictions. Contracting Parties may require these 
parts to be covered by temporary importation papers. 
2. Replaced parts which are not re-exported shall be liable to import 
duties and import taxes except where, in conformity with regulations 
of the country concerned, they may be abandoned free of all expense 
to the Exchequer or destroyed, under official supervision, at the 
expense of the parties concerned. 
Art icle 5 
Temporary importation papers and international circulation papers 
intended to be issued to persons residing in the country into which the 
papers are imported who wish to enter other countries and which are sent 
to the authorized touring associations by the corresponding foreign 
associations, by international organizations or by the Customs 
authorities of the Contracting Parties shall be admitted without payment 
of import duties and import taxes and free of import prohibitions and 
restrlet ions. 
3) 
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CHAPTER I I I 
Issue of temporary importation papers 
Art icle 6 
1. Subject to such guarantees and under such conditions as it may 
determine, each Contracting Party may authorize associations, such 
as those affiliated to an international organization, to issue 
either directly or through corresponding associations the temporary 
importation papers covered by this Convention. 
2. Temporary importation papers may be valid for a single country or 
Customs territory, or for several countries or Customs territories. 
3. The period of validity of these papers shall not exceed a year from 
the date of issue. 
Art icle 7 
1. Temporary importation papers valid for the territories of all or 
several of the Contracting Parties shall be known as carnets de 
passages en douane and shall conform to the standard form contained 
in Annex 1 of this Convention. 
2. If a carnet de passages en douane is not valid for one or several 
territories, the issuing association shall indicate the fact on the 
cover and on the importation vouchers of the carnet. 
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3. Temporary importation papers valid only for the territory of a 
single Contracting Party may conform to the standard form contained 
in Annex 2 of this Convention. Contracting Parties may also use 
other documents, in accordance with their legislation or 
régulât ions. 
4. The period of validity of temporary importation papers, other than 
those issued by authorized associations as provided for in article 
6, shall be laid down by each Contracting Party in accordance with 
its legislation or regulations. 
5. Each Contracting Party shall, upon request, supply the other 
Contracting Parties with models of temporary importation papers 
valid for its territory, other than those appearing in the annexes 
to this Convent ion. 
CHAPTER IV 
Particulars on temporary importation papers 
Art icle 8 
Temporary importation papers issued by authorized associations shall be 
made out in the name of the persons who own the vehicles temporarily 
imported or who have the possession or control of them provided that, if 
the vehicle has been hired, the papers shall be made out in the name of 
the hirer. 
Art icle 9 
1. The weight to be declared on temporary importation papers is the net 
weight of the vehicles. It shall be expressed in the metric system. 
In the case of papers valid for one country only, the Customs 
authorities of that country may prescribe the use of another system. 
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2. The value to be declared on temporary importation papers valid for 
one country only shall be expressed in the currency of that country. 
The value to be declared on a carnet de passages en douane shall be 
expressed in the currency of the country where the carnet is issued. 
3. The article and too I-kit which form the normal equipment of vehicles 
need not be specially declared on the temporary importation papers. 
4. When the Customs authorities so require, parts (such as wheels, 
tyres, and inner tubes) and accessories not considered as 
constituting the normal equipment of the vehicle (such as radio 
sets, trailers not declared on a separate document, or luggage 
carriers) shall be declared on the temporary importation papers with 
the necessary particulars (such as weight and value) and shall be 
produced on exit from the country visited. 
Article 10 
Any particulars inserted on temporary importation papers by the issuing 
association may be altered only with the approval of the issuing or 
guaranteeing association. No alteration to the papers may be made after 
they have been passed by the Customs authorities of the country of 
importation except with the consent of those authorities. 
Article 11 
Vehicles admitted under the cover of temporary importation papers 
may be used, for their private use, by third persons duly authorized 
by the holders of the papers, provided that those third persons 
normally reside outside the country of importation, and also fulfil 
the other conditions laid down in this Convention. The Customs 
authorities of the Contracting Parties have the right to require 
evidence that such 
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persons have been duly authorized by the holders of the papers and 
fulfil the aforesaid conditions. If this evidence does not appear 
sufficient, the Customs authorities may refuse use of the vehicle in 
their country under cover of the papers. In the case of vehicles 
which have been hired, each Contracting Party may, in the case of 
fear of abuse, require that the holder of the temporary importation 
paper be present at the time of importation of the vehicle. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the 
Customs authorities of the Contracting Parties may permit, in 
special circumstances and under conditions of which they shall be 
sole Judges, a vehicle circulating under cover of temporary 
importation papers to be driven by a person who is normally resident 
in the country of importation, in particular when the driver drives 
the vehicle on behalf of or under instructions from the holder of 
the temporary importation papers. 
CHAPTER V 
Conditions of temporary importation 
Article 12 
1. The vehicles mentioned in the temporary importation papers shall be 
re-exported in the same general state, except for wear and tear, 
within the period of validity of such papers. In the case of 
vehicles which have been hired, the Customs authorities of the 
Contracting Parties shall have the right to require the re­
exportation of the vehicle as soon as the hirer has left the country 
of temporary importation. 
2. Evidence of re-exportation shall be provided by the exit visa 
properly appended to the temporary importation papers by the Customs 
authorities of the country into which the vehicles were temporarily 
imported. 
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Art icle 13 
1. Notwithstanding the requirement of re-exportation laid down in 
article 12, the re-exportation of badly damaged vehicles shall not 
be required, in the case of duly authenticated accidents, provided 
that the vehicles: 
(a) are subjected to the import duties and import taxes to which 
they are Iiable; or 
(b) are abandoned free of all expenses to the Exchequer of the 
country into which they were imported temporarily, in which 
case the holder of the temporary importation papers shall be 
exempt from import duties and import taxes; or 
(c) are destroyed, under official supervision, at the expense of 
the parties concerned, any salvaged parts and materials being 
subjected to the import duties and import taxes to which they 
are Iiable 
as the Customs authorities may require. 
2. When a vehicle temporarily admitted cannot be re-exported as a 
result of a seizure, other than a seizure made at the suit of 
private persons, the requirement of re-exportation within the period 
of validity of the temporary importation papers shall be suspended 
for the duration of the seizure. 
3. The Customs authorities shall notify, so far as possible, to the 
guaranteeing association, seizures made by or on behalf of these 
Customs authorities of vehicles admitted under cover of temporary 
importation papers guaranteed by that association and shall advise 
it of the measures they intend to take. 
4. When the vehicle or the object listed in the papers are either lost 
or stolen during the course of the seizure other than a seizure made 
at the suit of private persons, no import duties and import taxes 
can be levied against the holder of the temporary importation 
papers, who should submit evidence of seizure to the Customs 
author it ies. 
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Article 14 
Vehicles imported into the territory of one of the Contracting Parties 
under cover of temporary importation papers may not be used even 
incidentally for transport against payment, reward or other consideration 
between points within the frontiers of that territory. 
Art icle 15 
Persons entitled to temporary importation facilities may, during the 
period of validity of temporary importation papers, import the vehicles 
covered by those papers as often as necessary, on condition that they 
have each passage (entry and exit) established by a visa of the Customs 
officers concerned if the Customs authorities so require. Temporary 
importation papers may be made valid for a single journey only. 
Article 16 
When temporary importation papers without detachable vouchers for each 
passage are used, the visas given by the Customs officers between the 
first entry and the final exit are provisional. Nevertheless, when the 
last visa is a provisional exit visa, it will be admitted as proof of the 
re-exportation of the vehicle or component parts temporarily imported. 
Article 17 
When temporary importation papers with a detachable voucher for each 
passage are used, each entry implies the passing of the document by the 
Customs, and each subsequent exit constitutes its final discharge, except 
as provided in article 18. 
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Article 18 
When the Customs authorities of a country have finally and 
unconditionally discharged temporary importation papers they can no 
longer claim from the guaranteeing association payment of import duties 
and import taxes, unless the certificate of discharge was obtained 
improperly or fraudently. 
Article 19 
Visas on temporary importation papers used under the conditions laid down 
in this Convention shall not be subject to the payment of charges for 
Customs attendance during the authorized hours for Customs offices and 
posts. 
CHAPTER VI 
Extension of validity and renewal 
of temporary importation papers 
Article 20 
The lack of proof of re-exportation within the time allowed of vehicles 
temporarily imported shall be disregarded when the vehicles are presented 
to the Customs authorities for re-exportation within fourteen days from 
the expiry of the temporary entry deadline for the vehicles and 
satisfactory explanations of the delay are given. 
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Article 21 
Each of the Contracting Parties shall recognize as valid extensions of 
validity of carnets de passages en douane granted by another Contracting 
Party in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex 3 of this 
Convent ion. 
Article 22 
Requests for extension of validity of temporary importation papers 
shall be presented to the competent Customs authorities before the 
expiry of the period of validity of these papers, unless this is 
rendered impossible by force majeure. If the temporary importation 
paper has been issued by an authorized association, the request for 
extension shall be made by the association which guarantees the 
papers. 
Extensions of time necessary for the re-exportation of vehicles or 
component parts imported temporarily shall be granted when the 
persons concerned can establish to the satisfaction of the Customs 
authorities that they are prevented by force majeure from re-
exporting the said vehicles or component parts within the time 
a I lowed. 
The validity of temporary importation papers can only be extended 
once for not more than one year. After this period, a new carnet 
must be issued and delivered in replacement of the former carnet. 
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Art icle 23 
Each of the Contracting Parties shall, unless the conditions of temporary 
admission are no longer satisfied, authorize, subject to whatever 
measures of control they may consider necessary, the renewal of temporary 
importation papers issued by the authorized associations and relating to 
vehicles or component parts temporarily imported into its territory. 
Requests for renewal shall be presented by the guaranteeing association. 
CHAPTER VI I 
Regularization of temporary importation papers 
Article 24 
If temporary importation papers have not been regularly discharged, 
the Customs authorities of the country of importation shall (whether 
the papers have expired or not) accept as evidence of re-exportation 
of the vehicle or component parts the presentation of a certificate 
based on the standard form shown in Annex 4 of this Convention 
issued by an official authority (consul, Customs, police, mayor, 
judicial officer, etc.), attesting the facts that the vehicle or 
component parts in question have been presented to it and are 
outside the country of importation. As an alternative they shall 
accept any other valid documentary evidence that the vehicle or 
component parts are outside the country of temporary importation. In 
the case of papers, other than the carnets de passages en douane, 
which have not expired, the papers shall be produced at the same 
time as the evidence referred to above. In the case of carnets the 
Customs authorities shall accept, as evidence of re-exportation of 
the vehicles or component parts, the visas entered thereon by the 
Customs authorities of countries subsequently visited. 
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2. In the case of destruction, loss or theft of a temporary importation 
paper not regularly discharged but relating to a vehicle or 
component parts which have been re-exported, the Customs authorities 
of the country of importation shall accept as proof of re­
exportation the presentation of a certificate based on the standard 
form shown in Annex 4 of this Convention issued by an official 
authority (consul, Customs, police, mayor, judicial officer, etc.), 
attesting the facts that the vehicle or component parts in question 
have been presented to it and are outside the country of importation 
after the date of expiry of the paper. As an alternative they shall 
accept any other valid documentary evidence that the vehicle or 
component parts are outside the country of temporary importation. 
3. In the case of destructions, loss or theft of a carnet de passages 
en douane while the vehicle or component parts to which it refers 
are in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, the Customs 
authorities of that Party shall, at the request of the association 
concerned, accept a replacement document, the validity of which 
expires on the date of expiration of validity of the carnet which it 
replaces. This acceptance will annul the previous acceptance of the 
carnet destroyed, lost or stolen. In case of the misuse of a carnet 
after cancellation by the Customs authorities and the issuing 
association, the latter cannot be held responsible for import duties 
and import taxes payable. If, instead of a replacement document, an 
export licence or similar document is issued for the re-exportation 
of the vehicle or component parts, the exit visa on this licence or 
document shall be considered as sufficient proof of re-exportation. 
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4. If the vehicle is stolen after having been re-exported from the 
country of temporary importation, without the exit having been 
regularly endorsed on the temporary importation papers and in the 
absence of entry visas on the papers entered thereon by the Customs 
authorities of countries subsequently visited, the papers may never­
theless be regularized provided that the guaranteeing association 
furnishes the papers together with such evidence of theft as may be 
considered sufficient. If the temporary importation papers have not 
expired, the Customs authorities may require their surrender. 
Article 25 
In the case referred to in Article 24, the Customs authorities shall have 
the right to charge a regularization fee. 
Art icle 25 bis 
The competent Customs authorities shall not require payment of import 
duties and import taxes where it is proved to their satisfaction that a 
vehicle imported under cover of temporary importation papers can no 
longer be re-exported because it has been destroyed or irrecoverably lost 
for reasons of force majeure. 
Art icle 26 
Customs authorities shall not have the right to require from the 
guaranteeing association payment of import duties and import taxes on 
vehicles or component parts temporarily imported when the non-discharge 
of the temporary importation papers has not been notified to the 
guaranteeing association within a year of the date of expiry of the 
validity of those papers. The Customs authorities shall provide the 
guaranteeing associations with details of the amount of import duties and 
import taxes within one year from the notification of the non-discharge. 
The guaranteeing associations' liability for these sums shall cease if 
such information is not furnished within this one-year-period. 
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Article 27 
1. The guaranteeing associations shall have a period of one year from 
the date of notification of the non-discharge of temporary 
importation papers in which to furnish proof of the re-exportation 
of the vehicles or component parts in question under the conditions 
laid down in this Convention. Nevertheless, this period can come 
into force only as of the date of expiry of the temporary 
importation papers. If the Customs authorities contest the validity 
of the proof provided they must so inform the guarantor within a 
period not exceeding one year. 
2. If such proof is not furnished within the time limit allowed, the 
guaranteeing association shall deposit or pay provisionally within a 
maximum period of three months the import duties and import taxes 
payable. This deposit or payment shall become final after a period 
of one year from the date of the deposit or provisional payment. 
During the latter period, the guaranteeing association may still 
avail itself of the facilities provided by the preceding paragraph 
with a view to repayment of the sums deposited or paid. 
3. For countries whose regulations do not provide for the deposit or 
provisional payment of import duties, payments made in conformity 
with the provisions of the preceding paragraph will be regarded as 
final, it being understood that the sums paid may be refunded when 
the conditions laid down in this article are fulfilled. 
4. In the case of the non-discharge of temporary importation papers, 
the guaranteeing association shall not be required to pay a sum 
greater than the total of the import duties and import taxes 
applicable to the vehicles or component parts not re-exported, 
together with interest if applicable. 
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Art icle 28 
In the event of fraud, contravention or abuse the Contracting Parties 
shall, notwithstanding the provisions of this Convention, be free to take 
proceedings, against persons using temporary importation papers, for the 
recovery of the import duties and import taxes and also for the 
imposition of any penalties to which such persons have rendered 
themselves liable. In such cases, the guaranteeing associations shall 
lend their assistance to the Customs authorities. 
CHAPTER VI I I 
M i see 11aneous prov i s i ons 
Art icle 29 
The Contracting Parties shall endeavour not to introduce Customs 
procedures which might have the effect of impeding the development of 
international touring. 
Article 30 
In order to expedite customs procedures contiguous Contracting Parties 
shall endeavour to place their respective Customs posts close together 
and to keep them open during the same hours. 
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Article 31 
Any breach of the provisions of this Convention, any substitution, false 
declaration or act having the effect of causing a person or an article 
improperly to benefit from the system of importation laid down in this 
Convention, may render the offender liable in the country where the 
offence was committed to the penalties prescribed by the laws of that 
country. 
Article 32 
Nothing in this Convention shall prevent Contracting Parties which form a 
customs or economic union from enacting special provisions applicable to 
residents of the States forming that union. 
Art icle 32 bis 
This Convention shall not prevent the application of greater facilities 
which Contracting Parties grant or may wish to grant, either by 
unilateral provisions or in virtue of bilateral or multilateral 
agreements, provided that such facilities do not impede the application 
of the provisions of this Convention. The Contracting Parties are 
recommended to waive the request for temporary importation papers and 
guarantees. 
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CHAPTER IX 
Final provisions 
Article 33 
1. This Convention shall be open for signature until 31 December 1954 
on behalf of any Member State of the United Nations and any other 
State invited to attend the United Nations Conference on Customs 
Formalities for the Temporary Importation of Private Road Motor 
Vehicles and for Tourism held in New York in May and June 1954, 
hereinafter referred to as the Conference. 
2. This Convention shall be subject to ratification and the instruments 
of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the 
United Nat ions. 
Article 34 
1. From 1 January 1955 this Convention shall be open for accession by 
any State referred to in paragraph 1 of article 33 and any other 
State so invited by the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations. It shall also be open for accession on behalf of any Trust 
Territory of which the United Nations is the Administering 
Author ity. 
Ibis Any regional eocnomic integration organization may become, in 
accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, a Contracting Party to 
this Convention. Such organization which has acceded to this 
Convention shall inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations 
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of its competence and any subsequent changes thereto, with respect 
to the matters governed by this Convention. The organization and its 
Member States may, without however any derogation from the 
obligations under this Convention, decide on their respective 
responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under this 
Convent ion. 
2. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of 
accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 
Art icle 35 
1. This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day 
following the date of the deposit of the fifteenth instrument of 
ratification or accession either without reservation or with 
reservations accepted in accordance with article 39. 
2. For each State or regional economic integration organization 
ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the date of the 
deposit of the fifteenth instrument of ratification or accession in 
accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Convention shall enter 
into force on the ninetieth day following the date of the deposit by 
such State or regional economic integration organization of its 
instrument of ratification or accession either without reservation 
or with reservations accepted in accordance with article 39. 
Article 36 
1. After this Convention has been in force for three years, any 
Contracting Party may denounce it by so notifying the Secretary-
General of the United Nations. 
2. Denunciation shall take effect fifteen months after the date of 
receipt by the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the 
notification of denunciation. 
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Article 37 
This Convention shall cease to have effect if, for any period of twelve 
consecutive months after its entry into force, the number of Contracting 
Parties is less than eight. 
Article 38 
1. Any State may, at the time of the deposit of its instrument of 
ratification or accession or at any time thereafter, declare by 
notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United 
Nations that this Convention shall extend to all or any of the 
territories for the international relations of which it is 
responsible. The Convention shall extend to the territories named in 
the notification as from the ninetieth day after its receipt by the 
Secretary-General if the notification is not accompanied by a 
reservation, or from the ninetieth day after the notification has 
taken effect in accordance with article 39, or on the date on which 
the Convention enters into force for the State concerned, whichever 
is the later. 
2. Any State which has made a declaration under the preceding paragraph 
extending this convention to any territory for whose international 
relations it is responsible may denounce the Convention separately 
in respect of that territory in accordance with the provisions of 
article 36. 
Article 39 
1. Reservations to this Convention made before the signing of the Final 
Act shall be admissible if they have been accepted by a majority of 
the members of the Conference and recorded in the Final Act. 
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2. Reservations made after the signing of the Final Act shall not be 
admitted if objection is expressed by one-third of the Signatory 
States or of the Contracting Parties as hereinafter provided. 
3. The text of any reservation submitted to the the Secretary-General 
of the United Nations by a State or a regional economic integration 
organization at the time of the signature, the deposit of an 
instrument of ratification or accession or of any notification under 
article 38 shall be circulated by the Secretary-General to all 
Contracting Parties which have at that time signed, ratified or 
acceded to the Convention. If one-third of these Contracting Parties 
expresses an objection within ninety days from the date of 
circulation, the reservation shall not be accepted. The Secretary-
General shall notify all Contracting Parties referred to in this 
paragraph of any objection received by him as well as of the 
acceptance or rejection of the reservation. 
4. An objection by a State which has signed but not ratified the 
Convention shall cease to have effect if, within a period of nine 
months from the date of making its objection, the objecting State 
has not ratified the Convention. If, as the result of an objection 
ceasing to have effect, a reservation is accepted by application of 
the preceding paragraph, the Secretary-General shall so inform the 
Contracting Parties referred to in that paragraph. The text of any 
reservation shall not be circulated to any signatory State under the 
preceding paragraph if that State has not ratified the Convention 
within three years following the date of signature on its behalf. 
5. The Contracting Party submitting the reservation may, within a 
period of twelve months from the date of the notification by the 
Secretary-General referred to in paragraph 3 that a reservation has 
been rejected in accordance with the procedure provided for in that 
paragraph, withdraw the reservation, in which case the instrument of 
ratification or accession or the notification under article 38 as 
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the case may be shall take effect with respect to such Contracting 
Party as from the date of the withdrawal. Pending such withdrawal, 
the instrument or the notification as the case may be, shall not 
have effect, unless, by application of the provisions of paragraph 
4, the reservation is subsequently accepted. 
6. Reservations accepted in accordance with this article may be 
withdrawn at any time by notification to the Secretary-General. 
7. No Contracting Party shall be required to extend to a Contracting 
Party making a reservation the benefit of the provisions to which 
such reservation applies. Any Contracting Party availing itself of 
this right shall notify the Secretary-General accordingly and the 
latter shall communicate this decision to all signatory States and 
Contracting Parties. 
Art icle 40 
1. Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the 
interpretation or application of this Convention shall so far as 
possible be settled by negotiation between them. 
2. Any dispute which is not settled by negotiation shall be submitted 
to arbitration if any one of the Contracting Parties in dispute so 
requests and shall be referred accordingly to one or more 
arbitrators selected by agreement between the Parties in dispute. If 
within three months from the date of request for arbitration the 
Parties in dispute are unable to agree on the selection of an 
arbitrator or arbitrators, any of those Contracting Parties may 
request the President of the International Court of Justice to 
nominate a single arbitrator to whom the dispute shall be referred 
for decision. 
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3. The decision of the arbitrator or arbitrators appointed under the 
preceding paragraph shall be binding on the Contracting Parties 
concerned. 
Art icle 41 
1. After this Convention has been in force for three years, any 
Contracting Party may, by notification to the Secretary-General of 
the United Nations, request that a conference be convened for the 
purpose of reviewing the Convention. The Secretary-General shall 
notify all Contracting Parties of the request and a review 
conference shall be convened by the Secretary-General if, within a 
period of four months following the date of notification by the 
Secretary-General, not less than one-half of the Contracting Parties 
notify him of their concurrence with the request. 
2. If a conference Is convened in accordance with the preceding 
paragraph, the Secretary-General shall notify all Contracting 
Parties and invite them to submit within a period of three months 
such proposals as they may wish the conference to consider. The 
Secretary-General shall circulate to all Contracting Parties the 
provisional agenda for the conference together with the texts of 
such proposals at least three months before the date on which the 
conference is to meet. 
3. The Secretary-General shall invite to any conference convened in 
accordance with this article all Contracting Parties and all other 
States Members of the United Nations or of any of the specialized 
agencies. 
Art icle 42 
Any Contracting Party may propose one or more amendments to this 
Convention. The text of any proposed amendment shall be transmitted 
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations who shall circulate 
it to all Contracting Parties. 
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Any proposed amendment circulated in accordance with the preceding 
paragraph shall be deemed to be accepted if no Contracting Party 
expresses an objection within a period of six months following the 
date of circulation of the proposed amendment by the Secretary-
General. Regional economic integration organizations which are 
Contracting Parties to this Convention, for the matters within their 
competence, shall exercise their right to express an objection. In 
such case the Member States of the said organizations, which are 
Contracting Parties to this Convention, shall not be entitled to 
exercise individually such right. 
The Secretary-General shall notify as soon as possible all 
Contracting Parties whether an objection to the proposed amendment 
has been expressed, and if no such objection has been expressed, the 
amendment shall enter into force for all Contracting Parties three 
months after the expiration of the period of six months referred to 
in the preceding paragraph. 
Art icle 43 
The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify all Contracting 
Parties and all Member States of the United Nations of the following: 
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions, received in accordance 
with articles 33 and 34; 
(a) bis Information on the competence of regional economic integration 
organizations and any subsequent changes hereto in accordance 
with article 34, paragraph 1 bis; 
(b) The date upon which this Convention shall enter into force in 
accordance with Article 35; 
(c) Denunciations received in accordance with article 36; 
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(d) The abrogation of this Convention in accordance with article 37; 
(e) Notifications received under article 38; 
(f) Entry into force of any amendment in accordance with article 42. 
Art icle 44 
The original of this Convention shall be deposited with the Secretary-
General of the United Nations who shall transmit certified copies thereof 
to all Contracting Parties and all Member States of the United Nations. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have 
signed this Convention. 
DONE at New York this fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and 
fifty-four, in a single copy in the English, French and Spanish 
languages, each text being equally authentic. 
The Secretary-General is requested to prepare an authoritative 
translation of this Convention in the Chinese and Russian languages and 
to add the Chinese and Russian texts to the English, French and Spanish 
texts when transmitting certified copies thereof to the States in 
accordance with article 44 of this Convention. 
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Annexes 
Annex 1 : CPD carnet 
Annex 2 : Triptych 
Annex 3 : Extension of validity of the CPD 
Annex 4 : Model certificate for the adjustment of undischarged, 
destroyed, lost or stolen temporary importation papers 
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Annex 1 / Annexe 1 
MOOEL OF CARNET DE PASSAGES EN DOUANE 
MOOELE DE CARNET CARNET DE PASSAGES EN DOUANE 
The carnet is issued in English and French 
The dimensions of the cornet are 21 x 29,7 cm. 
The issuing association shall insert its name on each voucher ond shall include the initials of the International orgonizotion to which It belongs. 
Toutes les mentions imprimées du cornet de passages en douane sont rédigées 
en français et en onglai's. 
Les dimensions sont de 21 x 29,7 cm. 
L'association qui délivre le Carnet doit faire figurer son nom sur chocun des volets et faire suivre ce nom des initiales de l'organisation 
internationale à laquelle elle est affiliée. 
Holder and oddre*»/Titulalre et adresse/ CPD 
Valid for not more than one year, that Is unt I l/Val idi té n'excédont pas un an, soit jusqu'au/ 
Inclusive/inclus 
Issued by/Délivré par The validity of this carnet Is subject to compliance by the holder during this period with the 
customs laws and regulations of the countries visited / Ce carnet reste valable 
sous réserve que le titulaire ne cesse de remplir, pendant cette période, les conditions prévues 
par les lois et règlements douaniers du pays visité 
Validity extended untIl/Volidité prolongée jusqu'au 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE 
CARNET DE PASSAGES EN DOUANE 
For motor vehicles and trailers / Pour véhicules à moteur et remarques 
This carnet is Issued for the vehicle registered in/ 
Ce cornet est délivré pour le véhicule irrmotriculé en/ Under No./ 
.Sous le n". 
This carnet, which hos been drawn up in occordane with the provisions of the Customs Conventions on the Temporary Importation 
of Private Rood Vehicles (1954) and Commercial Rood Vehicles (1956). may be used in the countries listed 
on the bock cover of this document, under the guarantee of the authorized associations Indicated. 
It Is Issued on condition that the holder re-exports the vehicle within the specified period of validity 
and compiles with the Customs laws and regulations relating to the temporary admission of motor vehicles 
In the countries visited under the guarantee. In each country where the document Is valid. 
of the outhorlzed association affiliated to the undersigned international organization 
ON EXPIRY. THE CARNET MUST BE RETURNED TO THE ASSOCIATION WHICH DELIVERED IT TO THE HOLDER./ 
Ce carnet, que a été élaboré selon les dispositions des Conventions douanières relatives à l'importation temporaire 
des véhicules routies privés (1954) et des véhicules routiers commerciaux (1956), peut être utilisé dans les pays 
qui figurent ou dos de la couverture de ce document, sous la gorontie des associations outorisées indiquées. 
A charge pour le titulaire de réexporter le véhicule dans le délai de validité imparti et de se conformer 
aux lois et règlements douaniers sur l'importation temporaire des véhicules amateur dans les pays visités, 
sous la garantie, dons chaque pays où le document est valable, de I'Associotion ogréée, 
affiliée à l'organisation internationale soussignée. 
A L'EXPIRATION. LE CARNET DOIT ETRE RETOURNE A L'ASSOCIATION OUI L'A DELIVRE 
Issued at/Ml Ivre a/ the/H 19. 
Signature of International Organization/ 
Signature de l'Organisation internationale Signature of Issuing Association/ 
Signature de l'Association émet trice/ Holder's signature/ 
Signature du tltulairi 
13 (*) See reverse «Ide/Voir verso 
(6) 
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<lnslde front cover / Verso de la page o> couverture> 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
23 Registered In/lmrotriculé en 
Year of manufacture/Année de construct Ion 
Net weight of vehIcle(kg)/Pold» net du véhlcule(kg) 
Value of vehlcle/V°'«ur d" véhicule 
Chassis N* DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE / SIGNALEXCNT OU VEHICULE 
under No./sous le N* 
UakeAtarque 
Engine No/Uoteur N* 
Uake/Uarque 
No of cylInders/Nombre de cylindres 
Horsepower/Nb.de chevaux 
Coochwork/Corosscrle 
Type(car. lorry /voiture, camion ) 
Colour/touleur 
Upholstery/Garnitures Intérieures 
No. seats or carrying capacity/Nombre de places ou C.U 
Equlpment/Equipement 
Kadto (moke)/AppareiI radio (marque) 
Spare tyres/Pneus de rechange 
Other particulars/Divers For official use only^our utilisation officielle seulement 
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< Front side of Insert poges / Recto des poges intérleures> 
CARNET DE PASSAGES EN DOUANE - COUNTERFOIL/SOUCHE (1) 
Importation lntoA"«ntrée en 
of the vehicle described in this carnet/du véhicule décrit 
dans ce carnet 
took place on/a eu lieu le 
at the Customs office of/par le bureau de douane de 
Stamp 
Timbre 
Customs officer's signature/ 
Signature de l'ogent de la douane CPO 
No. Valid untIl/Valoble jusqu'où 
Exportation fromAa sortie de 
took place on/a eu lieu le 
at the Customs office of/par le bureau de douane de 
Customs officer's signature/ 
Signature de l'agent de la douane Stamp 
Timbre 
CARNET DE PASSAGES EN DOUANE - EXPORTATION VOUCHER/VOLET DE SORTIE (1) 
Val id untll/Valable jusqu'au/ 
inclusive/inclus 
Issued by/Délivré par 
DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE/S'GN^LEMENT DU VEHICULE 
Registered in/lmnotriculé en under No./sous le n 
Year of manufacture/Année de construction 
Net weight of vehicle(kg)/Poids net du véhicule (kg) 
Value of vehicle/Va leur du véhicule 
Chassis n* 
Make/Marque 
Engine No.Atoteur n' 
UakeAkirque 
No. of cylInders/Nombre de cylindres 
Horsepower/Nb.de chevaux 
Coochwork/Corosser1e 
Type(cor, lorry .../voiture, camion...) 
Colour/Couleur 
Upholstery/Garnitures intérieures 
No. of seats or carrying capacity/Nb. de places ou C.U./ 
Equipment/Equipement 
Radio (make)/ApporelI radio (marque) 
Spare tyre*/Pneus de rechange 
Other particulars/Divers Date of exportât Ion/too*e Customs office of exportation/ 
de sortie Bureau de douane de sortie 
Voucher registered under No./Volet enregistré sous n' 
Stamp 
Timbre 
Customs officer's signature/ 
Signature de l'agent de la douane 
To be returned to the Customs office of importation at/ 
A renvoyer au bureau de douane d'entrée de 
where the carnet was registered under number/ob le carnet a 
été enregistré sous le numéro 
CARNET DE PASSAGES EN OOUANE - IMPORTATION VOUCHER/VOLET D'ENTREE (1) 
Holder (nome, oddre*s)/Tltulaire (nom,adresse) CPO 
No. Valid untll/Valable jusqu'au 
inclusive/inclus 
Issued by/Délivré par 
DESCRIPTION OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT/SIGNALEMENT DU MOYEN DE TRANSPORT 
Registered ln/lmmatr iculé en 
Year of manufacture/Année de construct ion 
Net weight of vehicle(kg)/Poids net du véhicule(kg) 
Value of vehicle/Va leur du véhicule 
Chassis n" under No./sous le n* 
Make/Marque 
Engine No.Auteur n' 
UakeAkirque 
No. of cylInders/Nombre de cylindres 
Horsepower/Nb.de chevaux 
CoochworkA^<"'o«8*r ' • 
Type(cor. lorry .../voiture, camion...) 
ColourA^°ul*ur 
Upholstery/Gornitures intérieures 
No. of seats or carrying capaclty/Nb. de places ou C.U. 
EqulpmentAqulPamer|t 
Radio (make)/ApporeiI rodio (marque) 
Spare tyres^neus de rechange 
Other particulars/Divers Date of Importation/Date Customs office of Importation/ 
d'entrée Bureau de douane d'entrée 
Voucher registered under No.Ao|et enregistré sous n* 
Stamp 
Timbre 
Customs officer's signature/ 
Signature de l'ogent de la douane 
N.B. The Customs officer must fill In the lines Indicated on 
the above exportation voucher/Lo douane d'entrée doit remplir 
le volet de sortie ci-dessus aux lignes indiquées 
< Inside back cover / Intérieur du dos de la couverture > 
The following Information Is provided by the issuing association to motorists. 
L'association que a délivré le present carnet fournit 
les renseignements suivants aux usagers. 
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< Bock cover / Extérieur du dos de la couverture > 
This cornet, which ho* been drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Convention* on the Temporary Importation of Private Road 
Vehicle* (1954) ond Comerclal Rood Vehicle* (1956), may be used In the following countries under the guarantee of the au tor I zed associations 
Indicated:/ 
Ce carnet, qui a été élaboré selon les dispositions des Conventions douanières relatives à l'Importation temporaire des véhicules routiers privés 
(1954) et des véhicule* routiers commerciaux (1956), peut être utilisé dans les pays suivants, sous la garanti* des associations outorisées ci-après: 
(LIST OF COUNTRIES AND AUTHORIZED ASSOCIATIONS) 
(LISTE DES PAYS ET ASSOCIATIONS AUTORISEES) 
I. lUfOXTATIOH VOVCHEK 
TRIPTYCH No. 
IIHMI) e< <r,l*M> 
VALID until. 
Gitaranteed by 
Delivered by - -
HoMer 
Normal residence « , 
or buainraa eddreaa— m 
For a MOTOK VEHICLE driven by Internet 
rnmhuation, electricity, eteam: TRAILER 
Type {car. hi«». lorry, van, tractor, motorcycle 
'with or without aîdccar, cycle with auxiliary 
enrine) 
P.rt,'«ltrtil in under No, 
Chaaala 
nlier <•{ cylindere.. ~\ fbl. {block 
era) 
applicable 
Number of aula or carrylni capacity... 
Snare 
Kxlia 
Other 
Voucher rcfittered under No.... 
I CaMMI \ 
KZJ CuiUmi Ofm't tit—lot 
The Cuitoma Officer aNnuM make t limOar entry In ih» coree. 
aponding acctivn of Voucher* No*. X and S. TEMPORARY 
EXITS AND RE-ENTRIES 
Cuitoma «tamp* and Cuttoma Officer*' iljnaturea 
on temporary etlti and re-entrlea 
^L 
ENTRY EXIT 
_____ ^_ 
ENTRY EXIT 
ENTRT EXIT 
ENTRY ! EXIT ~~ 
ENTRY EXIT 
ENTRY ———————-————-J. HOLDERS COn 
TMt eoueher la to be retained by the holder after harlnt 
Keen Itampad' and alfned by the Cuatome authorities (I) on 
«rat Importation Into .„ , (1) on final re. 
etportatton from „ „ and mutl eubaequenfly be 
returned to:....._ (aaeoclatlon which delivered the document to the holder). 
TRIPTYCH No. yi^sgBÉâ 
for... 
VALID until.... tretftur el vilMhr) 
Guaranteed by 
Delivered by „ 
NormafrV;iden«:::::::::::::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::;:::::::::::::.:\ fc*** 
or buaineia addreaa j •*"*"> 
For a MOTOR VEHICLE driven by Internal 
combuttlbn, eleciricity, itaam: TRAILER 
Type (ca • 'ypt (car, but, lorry, y»nt tractor, motorcf-ele 
with or without atdecar, cycle with auxiliary 
entlnc) 
RefUlered In under No, applicable 
Make.. 
,No 
Make.. 
Colour 
I'phnlitery.., 
Number of • 
Spare tyre* 
Radio (indicate 
Other partlcula tt of «rryint capacity... 
Voucher retiatered under No... 
Ca/lemi O/trr't n'rn«/are 
The Cuatom Officer «hould make a elmilar envy In the t 
apendine, aection of Voucher* No*. I and 2. 
Date nf nrfal re-e*poriai!un „ _ 
At the Citatum» Omet of 
Cmlfml Ofittr'l rirnetfar» 
The Cititomi Officer «hould make I aimilar entry at Oie foot •( 
Voucher No. 2. 3 *3 
5" £. * 
rO 2 
to "• 
In p" 
c _^ 
o 
3* 
a 
P 
5' > 
PI 
X 
TRIPTYCH 
for 
(revelry 1 valtaay) 
No. j—sr—s—---55 
Thle rehkle I* Imported euhlect to the bolder'* oblitation t» 
re-eiport It by the dale «prcincd above and to comply with the 
Cttitom* law* and regulation* relating to the temporary admia-
aion of motor vehicle* in the countries vielted, under the ejuaran. 
tee of - (the guaranteeing eiaodation) In 
virtue of an undertaking, which the latter aaaociation ha* given 
to (the Cuitoma authority).....„_.-..._-.. 
the I» ~ 
5t(nei>re «/ ikt Sttrtltiy 
»/ la< (aereau/iiir «iiertefi'ra...._ _...—..-._......_.-
5tf nature e/ Jte*eVr-..._ -......—.........«.............—..-.:...——•..». i. EXfORTATtOtr VOUCHER 
Thle vouchee to be detached and retained at the Cuetoma Office of etportatlon. to be forwarded to the Cuetoma Office 
of the Arat Importation. 
TRIPTYCH No. ___-^_^ 
•or... 
VALID until.... (rvwiMrr •* v.Mhf) 
(block 
letter») Guaranteed by -
Delivered, by ~.~ 
HoMer * 
Normal reeMenct _..„..., 
or bttatneai addreea._ 
For a MOTOR VEHICLE driven by Internal 
cnmbnatlvn, electricity, «team; TRAILER 
Type (car, btia, lorry, van, tractor, motorcycle 
with or without aideear, cycle with auiiliary 
engine) 
Reglile—l In, 
Chaaal* / Make 
\ No. -
Make .... 
No.- .... 
Number of cylinder*,.. 
florae power—..—, applicable 
under New- ..- -
Spar* tree*,. 
"^ (indie Number of aeata or carrying capacity—..,..,. 
Radio (indicate make) ..... 
Other panleiilar*..—...—..—.... 
Net wrltht of vehkle In kg..., 
Value of vehicle 
Voucher regiateritrl under No— 
/ Cwue— ^ Cnlhmi OJlttt'l rtgnûtwH 
The Cuetoma Officer «houM make a eimllar entry in the corn* 
«ponding tection of Voucher* No*. I and i. 
Oat* of final re-c«portatlon...__ 
At the Cuttoma Office of. 
Carient Ojlttr'i Wens/are 
The Citetomi Officer «hould make a «Imflar entry at the foot of 
Voucher No. J. < 
Annexe 3 tffr 
Annex 3 
PROLONGATION DE LA VALIDITE DU CARNET DE EXTENSION OF VALIDITY OF THE "CARNET DE PASSAGES EN 
PASSAGES EN DOUANE DOUANES" 
La formule de prolongation de validité doit 
être conforme au modèle figurant dans la 
présente annexe. 
La formule est libellée en anglais ou en 
français. Les mentions qu'elle contient 
peuvent être répétées en un autre langue. The stamp for extension of validity shall 
conform to the model contained in the present 
annex. 
The stamp shall be drawn up in English and in 
French. The inscribed wording may be repeated in 
another language. 
2. La personne qui demande la prolongation et 
l'association garante qui s'occupe de cette 
demande se conforment à la procédure indiquée 
ci-après: 
a) Dès que le titulaire d'un carnet de passages 
en douane s'aperçoit qu'il est contraint de 
demander une prolongation du délai de 
validité de son document, il remet avec son 
carnet, à l'association garante, une demande 
de prolongation expliquant les circon­
stances qui l'ont obligé â formuler cette 
requête. A titre justificatif, il joint à la 
demande, selon le cas, un certificat 
médical, une attestation de l'atelier de 
réparation, ou toute autre pièce authentique 
établissant que la force majeure invoquée est 
réeIle. 
b) Si l'association garante estime que la 
demande de prolongation peut être présentée 
â la douane, elle imprime, au moyen d'un 
timbre humide, la formule visée au paragraphe 
1 sur la couverture du carnet de passages en 
douane, à l'endroit spécialement réservé à 
cet effet. 
c) L'association garante indique, dans la partie 
gauche de la formule, jusqu'à quelle date (en 
lettres et en chiffres) la prolongation est 
sollicitée. Y sont apposés la signature du 
président de l'association ou de son délégué 
ainsi que le cachet officiel de l'associa­
tion. 
d) La durée de prolongation ne doit pas excéder 
le délai raisonnablement nécessaire pour 
terminer le voyage, délai qui ne devrait 
normalement pas dépasser trois mois à compter 
de la date de péremption du carnet de 
passages en douane. 
e) L'association garante transmet ensuite le 
carnet â l'autorité douanière compétente de 
son pays. Elle joint au carnet la demande du 
titulaire, accompagnée des pièces justifica­
tives. 2. The following procedure shall be observed by the 
person requesting the extension and by the 
guaranteeing association dealing with the 
request: 
a) As soon as the holder of a carnet de passages en 
douane realizes that he is obliged to request an 
extension of the period of validity of the 
document, he sends to the guaranteeing 
association the carnet and a request for 
extension, indicating the circumstances which 
oblige him to make the request. He will submit 
with his request, as supporting evidence, such 
papers as a medical certificate, a statement 
from the garage repairing his vehicle, or any 
other authentic document showing that the delay 
in question is caused by force majeure. 
b) If the guaranteeing association considers that 
the request for extension might be passed on to 
the Customs authorities, it stamps the cover of 
the carnet de passages en douane in the space 
specially reserved for this purpose. 
c) In the left-hand side of the stamp the 
guaranteeing association fills in the date, In 
figures and words, until which the extension is 
requested. The President or representative of 
the association signs and the stamp of the 
association is affixed. 
d) The length of the extension must not exceed a 
reasonable period necessary to complete the 
journey, and should not normally exceed three 
months from the previous date of expiry of the 
carnet. 
e) The guaranteeing association then sends the 
carnet to the competent Customs authority of its 
country. The request made by the holder of the 
carnet and the supporting evidence are attached 
to the carnet. 
f) L'autorité douanière décide si la prolon­
gation doit être accordée. Elle peut réduire 
la durée de la prolongation demandée ou 
refuser d'accorder toute prolongation. Si la 
prolongation est accordée, le fonctionnaire 
compétent de la douane complète la formule 
imprimée sur la couverture du carnet par 
l'association garante, lui donne un numéro 
d'ordre ou d'enregistrement, fait mention du 
lieu, de la date et de sa qualité. Il revêt 
ensuite la formule de sa signature ainsi que 
du cachet officiel de la douane. 
g) Le carnet de passages en douane est alors 
renvoyé a l'association garante, qui le 
restitue à l'intéressé. 0 The Customs authority decides whether the 
extension shall be granted. It may reduce the 
period of extension requested, or refuse to 
grant any extension. If it is granted, the 
competent Customs officer completes the stamp 
placed on the cover of the carnet by the 
guaranteeing association, by adding a serial or 
registry number, the place and date and his own 
official position. He then signs and adds the 
Customs stamp. 
g) The carnet is then returned to the guaranteeing 
association, which in turn returns it to the 
person concerned. 
<V3 
Country / Poys 
Guaranteeing association / 
Association garante 
The extension of validity for all countries where this 
carnet is valid, Is requested until / 
La prolongation pour tous les pays où ce carnet est 
valable, est demandée jusqu'où 
(in figures and words/en lettres et en chiffres) 
Stamp of the 
guaranteeing 
association/ 
Cochet officiel the 
.. le . 19.. 
Signature of the president or 
representative of the 
guaranteeing association/ 
Signature du président ou du 
l'association garante délégué de l'association garante No/rT 
Extension granted until/ 
Prolongation accordée jusqu'au 
(in figures and words / en lettres et en chiffres) 
the 
, le.. 1».. 
Customs stamp / 
Cochet du bureau 
de la douane Signature and officiai position 
of the Customs officer/ 
Signature et qualité du 
fonctionnaire de la douane 
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Annex 4 / Annexe 4 
MODEL CERTIFICATE FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF UNDISCHARGED, 
DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN TEMPORARY IMPORTATION PAPERS 
(CERTIFICATE OF LOCATION) 
MODELE DE CERTIFICAT POUR LA REGULARISATION 
DES TITRES D'IMPORTATION TEMPORAIRE 
NON DECHARGES, DETRUITS, PERDUS OU VOLES 
(CERTIFICAT DE PRESENCE) 
Name of country/reom du pays 
The undersigned authorlty/1'autorité soussignée 
certifies that this day/certifie que ce jour (day to be given In fui I/préciser la date) 
a vehicle was produced at/un véhicule a été présenté à / (place and country / I leu et pays) 
by / por (name, address / nom, adresse) 
The vehicle was found on examination to be of the description mentioned hereunder:/l I a été constaté que ce véhicule répondait aux 
caractéristiques mentionnées ci-dessous: 
DESCRIPTION OF VDIICLE/SlGNALEkCrfr DU VEHICULE 
Registered irt/lrrmatr iculé en under No./sous le n* 
Year of monufocture/Année de construct Ion 
Net weight of vehicle (kg)/Polds net du véhicule (kg) 
Value of vehicleAaleur du véhicule 
Chassis N* 
Make/ktarque 
Engine No/»toteur N' 
Make/itarque 
No of cyl tcvders/Nombre de cylindres 
Horsepower/Nb de ch?vaux 
Coochwork/Sorosse rie. 
Type(car, lorry.../voiture, camion ) 
Colour/touleur 
Upholstery/Sarnltures Intérieures 
No. seats or carrying capocity/Nb. de places ou C.U 
Equlpmsnt/Equlpement 
Radio (make)/AppareiI radio (marque) 
Spore tyres/Pneus de rechange 
Other portIculars/uivers A.* This examination has been made on presentation of the 
carnet de passages issued for the vehicle described here./ 
Cet examen a été effectué sur présentation du carnet de 
passages délivré pour le véhicule décrit ci-contre. 
CPD no./N* 
Issued by/Délivré par 
B.*No temporary importation papers were produced/ 
il n'a été présenté aucun titre d'Importation temporaire 
Stomp 
Timbre 
Date and place of signature / Date et lieu de signature 
Officiai position / Qualité du (des) signataire(s) 
Signoture(s) 
* Choose formula A or B as applicable / Formula A ou B à odopter suivant le cas. 
NB. This certificate must be completed either by a consular authority of the country in which the papers should hove been discharged, or by an 
official authority (Customs. Police, Mayor, Judical Officer, etc.) of the country in which the vehicle is examined. 
NB. Ce certificat doit être rempli soit par une autorité consulaire du pays ou le titre d'importation temporaire aurait du Ctre déchargé, soit 
par une autorité officielle (douane, police, maire, huissier, etc.) du pays ou le véhicule a été présenté. 
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ANNEX I I 
ACCEPTANCE OF THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION 
AND THE UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 
For the purposes of the application of the Customs Convention on the 
Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles (New York, 1954) the 
Community hereby notifies the Secretary General of the Customs 
Cooperation Council that it accepts the Customs Cooperation Council's 
Recommendation of 25 June 1992 on the CPD carnet in so far as it concerns 
private road vehicles. The Community also hereby notifies the Secretary-
General of the United Nations that it accepts the United Nations' 
Resolution of 2 July 1993 on the applicability of carnets de passages en 
douane and CPD carnets to private road vehicles. 
In its relations with the Contracting Parties to either of the 
Conventions covered by the Recommendation and the Resolution, the 
Community will apply the said Recommendation and Resolution to any of the 
Parties which have also accepted the instruments. 
The text of the Customs Cooperation Council Recommendation and the United 
Nations Resolution is reproduced below. 
A - CCC RECOMMENDATION 
B - UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 
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RECOMMENDATON OF 
THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL CONCERNING 
THE ACCEPTANCE OF CPD CARNETS 
IN CONNECTION WITH TEMPORARY ADMISSION 
(25 June 1992) 
THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL, 
RECALLING the Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention) 
adopted at its 75th/76th Sessions in Istanbul on 26 June 1990, 
RECALLING that Appendix II to Annex A to that Convention lays down a 
model for temporary admission papers (CPD carnets) to be used for 
temporary admission of means of transport under Annex C to the 
Convention, and that this model as well as the conditions for its use are 
virtually the same as those for the temporary importation papers 
("carnets de passages en douane") laid down in the Customs Convention on 
the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles, 1954, and the Customs 
Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles, 1956 
(hereinafter called the Vehicles Conventions), 
NOTING that the carnet issuing and guaranteeing associations operating 
under Annex C to the Istanbul Convention will be the same as those 
operating under the Vehicles Conventions, 
CONSCIOUS of the importance of ensuring a smooth transfer from the 
Vehicles Conventions to Annex C to the Istanbul Convention and of 
avoiding undue hardship to the issuing and guaranteeing associations, 
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APPRECIATING the willingness of the issuing and guaranteeing associations 
operating under the Vehicles Conventions to render the relevant issuing 
and guaranteeing chains operational also under Annexes A and C to the 
Istanbul Convention insofar as road motor vehicles and trailers are 
concerned, and their commitment to guarantee CPD carnets provided for in 
the three Conventions, 
RECOMMENDS that those Contracting Parties to the Istanbul Convention 
which accept Annex C thereto and which accept a CPD carnet for temporary 
admission of means of transport under that Annex, should accept both the 
carnet model laid down in Appendix II to Annex A to the Istanbul 
Convention and the temporary importation papers (carnets de passages en 
douane) laid down in the Vehicles Conventions. 
REQUESTS the Secretary General of the Customs Co-operation Council to 
notify the Contracting Parties to the Istanbul Convention of the 
undertaking by the issuing and guaranteeing associations to guarantee, 
vis-à-vis the Customs administrations, the carnets provided for in the 
three Conventions. The Secretary General is also requested to append this 
Recommendation to such a notification. 
REQUESTS each Contracting Party to the Istanbul Convention to notify the 
the Secretary General of the Customs Co-operation Council whether it 
accepts or does not accept this Recommendation. Such notification shall 
be made within one year following the date on which the Secretary General 
notifies Contracting Parties of the undertaking by the issuing and 
guaranteeing associations to guarantee the carnets provided for in the 
three Conventions. 
In the case of acceptance, the Contracting Party shall also notify 
the Secretary General of the date from which it will apply the 
Recommendation and of the conditions of its application. 
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Failure to notify the Secretary General of the Customs Co-operation 
Council within one year shall mean that the Contracting Party is unable 
to accept the Recommendation. However, a Contracting Party may accept 
this Recommendation at a later date. 
The Secretary General shall transmit this information to the Customs 
administrations of Council Members. He shall also transmit it to the 
Customs administrations of the Members of the United Nations or of its 
specialized agencies, to the Executive Secretary of the Economic 
Commission for Europe, to Customs or Economic Unions which qualify as 
Contracting Parties, and to the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme and 
the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 
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For Contracting Parties to the 1954 Customs Convention 
on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles (4 June 1954) 
The UN/ECE Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport 
RECALLING the provisions of Article 7, paragraph 1 of the Customs 
Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles (4 June 
1954) (hereinafter called the Vehicle Convention 1954), 
RECALLING that Annex 1 of this Convention lays down a model for temporary 
importation papers (carnets de passages en douane) to be used for the 
temporary importation of private road vehicles, and that this model as 
well as the conditions for its use are virtually the same as those for 
the temporary admission papers (carnet CPD) laid down in the Convention 
on temporary Admission, Annex A, Appendix II (hereinafter called the 
Istanbul Convention), 
NOTING that the carnet issuing and guaranteeing associations operating 
under the Vehicle Convention 1954 are the same as those which will 
operate under the Istanbul Convention, 
CONSCIOUS of the importance of ensuring a smooth transfer from the 
Vehicle Convention 1954 to Annex C to the Istanbul Convention and of 
avoiding undue hardship to the issuing and guaranteeing associations, 
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APPRECIATING the willingness of the issuing and guaranteeing associations 
operating under the Vehicle Conventions to render the relevant issuing 
and guaranteeing chains operational also under Annexes A and C to the 
Istanbul Convention in so far as road motor vehicles for private use and 
trailers are concerned, and their commitment to guarantee CPD carnets 
provided for in the two Conventions, 
RECOMMANDS that those Contracting Parties to the Vehicle Convention 1954 
which accept a carnet for temporary importation of private road vehicles, 
should accept both the carnet model laid down in Annex I to the Vehicle 
Convention 1954 and the temporary admission papers (carnet CPD) laid down 
in the Istanbul Convention, appendix II of Annex A; 
REQUESTS the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic 
Commission for Europe to notify the Contracting Parties to the Vehicle 
Convention 1954 of the undertaking by the issuing and guaranteeing 
associations to guarantee, vis-à-vis the Customs administrations, the 
carnets provided for in the two Conventions. The Executive Secretary is 
also requested to append this resolution to such a notification; 
REQUESTS each Contracting Parties to the Vehicle Convention 1954 to 
notify the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission 
for Europe whether it accepts or does not accept this resolution. Such 
notification shall be made within one year following the date on which 
the Executive Secretary notifies Contracting Parties of the undertaking 
by the issuing and guaranteeing associations to guarantee the carnets 
provided for in the two Conventions; 
In the case of acceptance, the Contracting Party shall also notify 
the Executive Secretary of the date from which it will apply the 
Recommendation and of the conditions of its application; 
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Failure to notify the Executive Secretary of the United Nations 
Economic Commission for Europe within one year shall mean that the 
Contracting Party is unable to accept the resolution. However, a 
Contracting Party may accept this resolution at a later date; 
The Executive Secretary shall transmit this information to the 
Customs administrations of the Contracting Parties to the Vehicle 
Convention 1954. He shall also transmit it to the Secretary General of 
the Customs Co-operation Council, to regional economic integration 
organizations which qualify as Contracting Parties and to the 
International Touring Alliance and the International Automobile 
Federation. 
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TIMETABLE ANNEX 
I. Title of the proposal 
Proposal for a Council Decision of concerning the conclusion of the 
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road 
Vehicles. 
II. Is a timetable considered? 
A. Yes. 
B. The proposal is part of the procedure to facilitate international 
contacts. The Convention covered by the proposal includes useful 
provisions which are in line with Community objectives, 
particularly as regards the negotiations of future agreements and 
the Community becoming a Contracting Party to international 
instruments. It would therefore be appropriate to fix a 
timetable which takes these points into account. 
III. Timetable 
Desirable. 
IV. Proposed dates 
A. Transmission to the Council: September 1 
B. Counc iI Dec i s i on : November 1993. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
on the conclusion of the Customs Convention 
on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 
(Gen6va, 1956) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community 
and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
whereas the Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road 
Vehicles, negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations and adopted 
in Geneva on 18 May 1956, covers temporary import conditions and 
procedures for commercial road vehicles in the customs territories of the 
Community and third countries and Is a customs agreement which could 
effectively help expand international trade; 
whereas under Article 33(2)(bis) this Convention is open to accession by 
regional economic intégrât ion organizations, 
whereas moreover, all the Member States of the Commun Ity* are Contracting 
Parties to this .Convent ion; 
whereas if the Community is to become a Contracting Party it must deposit 
an accession instrument with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 
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whereas, the current version of the Community provisions on the temporary 
importation of road vehicles for commercial use complies with those of 
the said Convention and there is therefore no need to enter any 
reservations with regard to Article 38 the Convention. 
whereas, it would be appropriate to accept at the same time the 
Recommendation of 25 June 1992 of the Customs Cooperation Council on the 
CPD carnet, in so far as it concerns commercial road vehicles, and the 
United Nations Resolution of 2 July 1993 on the applicability of carnets 
de passages en douane and CPD carnets, 
whereas it is appropriate for the Community to become a Contracting Party 
to the Convent ion, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Art icle 1 
1. The Customs Convention on the importation of commercial road 
vehicles is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of 
the Convention is attached as Annex I to this Decision. 
2. The Customs Cooperation Council Recommendation of 25 June 1992 on 
the CPD carnet, insofar as it relates to commercial road vehicles, 
and the United Nations Resolution of 2 July 1993 on the 
applicability of carnets de passages en douane and CPD carnets are 
hereby accepted by the Community, subject to the conditions set out 
in Annex II to this Decision. 
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Art icle 2 
1. The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the 
person empowered to deposit the instrument of accession to the 
Convention referred to in Article 1. 
2. The person so designated shall also notify the Secretary General of 
the Customs Cooperation Council of the acceptance of the Customs 
Cooperation Council Recommendation and the Secretary-General of the 
United Nations of the acceptance of the United Nations Resolution. 
3. The Commission is hereby authorized to transmit to the Secretary-
General of the United Nations the information provided for in 
Article 33(1)(bis) of the Convention, after first consulting the 
Member States and depositing the instrument of accession referred to 
Article 1. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the CounciI 
The President 
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Annex I 
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation 
of Commercial Road Vehicles (1956) 
THE CONTRACTING PARTIES, 
DESIRING to facilitate international road traffic, 
HAVING REGARD to the provisions of the Customs Convention on the 
Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles, done at New York on 4 
June 1954, 
DESIRING to apply similar provisions, so far as possible, to the 
temporary importation of commercial road vehicles and, in particular, to 
provide for the use, for those vehicles, of the Customs documents 
prescribed for private road vehicles, 
HAVE AGREED as fOI lows: 
CHAPTER I 
Definitions 
Art icle 1 
For the purpose of this Convention 
(a) The term "import duties and import taxes" shall mean customs duties 
and all other duties, taxes, fees and other charges which are 
collected on, or in connection with, the import of goods mentioned 
in this Convention, but not including fees and charges limited in 
amount to the approximate costs of services rendered; 
(b) The term "vehicles" shall mean all road motor vehicles and all 
trailers which can be coupled to such vehicles (whether imported 
with the vehicle or separately), together with their spare parts and 
their normal accessories and equipment, when imported with the 
veh icle; 
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(c) The term "commercial use" shall mean use for the transport of 
persons for remuneration, reward or other consideration or for the 
industrial or commercial transport of goods with or without 
rémunérât ion; 
(d) The term "temporary importation papers" shall mean the Customs 
document identifying the vehicle and providing evidence of the 
guarantee or deposit of import duties and import taxes; 
(e) The term "undertakings" shall mean commercial or industrial 
concerns, whatever their legal status, and shall include natural 
persons engaged in commercial or industrial activities; 
(f) The term "persons" shall mean both natural and legal persons; 
(g) The term "issuing association" shall mean an association authorized 
to issue temporary importation papers; 
(h) The term "guaranteeing association" shall mean an association 
approved by the Customs authorities of a Contracting Party to act as 
surety for persons using temporary importation papers; 
(i) The term "international organization" shall mean an organization to 
which national associations are affiliated which are entitled to 
issue and to guarantee temporary importation papers; 
(j) The term "Contracting Party" shall mean a country or regional 
economic integration organization, Party to this Convention; 
(k) The term "regional economic integration organization" shall mean an 
organization constituted by and composed of countries as referred to 
in article 33, paragraph 1 of this Convention, which has competence 
to adopt its own legislation that is binding on its Member States, 
in respect of matters governed by this Convention, and has 
competence to decide, in accordance with its internal procedures, to 
accede to this Convention. 
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CHAPTER I I 
Temporary Importation without payment of import duties and import taxes 
and free of import prohibitions and restrictions 
Art icle 2 
1. Each of the Contracting Parties shall grant temporary admission 
without payment of import duties and import taxes and free of import 
prohibitions and restrictions, subject to re-exportation and to the 
other conditions laid down in this Convention, to vehicles 
registered in the territory of any of the other Contracting Parties 
and imported and used in international road traffic for commercial 
use by undertakings operating from that territory. 
2. The Contracting Parties may under the conditions set out in this 
Convention prescribe that such vehicles shall be covered by 
temporary importation papers guaranteeing payment of import duties 
and import taxes or an equivalent sum subject to the special 
provisions of article 27, paragraph 4, should the vehicles covered 
by temporary importation papers not be re-exported within the 
prescribed time limit. 
3. Vehicles which are imported with a view to their being hired out 
after importation shall not be entitled to the benefits of this 
Convent ion. 
Art icle 3 
1. Subject to such conditions as the authorities may impose, the driver 
and other members of the crew of the vehicle shall be allowed to 
import temporarily a reasonable quantity of personal effects, having 
regard to the period of stay in the country of importation. 
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Provisions for the journey and small quantities of tobacco, cigars 
and cigarettes for personal consumption, shall be admitted free of 
import duties and import taxes. 
Art icle 4 
The fuel contained in the ordinary supply tanks of vehicles temporarily 
imported shall be admitted without payment of import duties and import 
taxes and free of import prohibitions and restrictions. Each Contracting 
Party may however fix maximum quantities for the fuel so admitted into 
its territory in the supply tanks of the vehicle temporarily imported. 
Art icle 5 
1. Component parts imported for the repair of a particular vehicle 
already temporarily imported shall be admitted temporarily without 
payment of import duties and import taxes and free of import 
prohibitions and restrictions. Contracting Parties may require these 
parts to be covered by temporary importation papers. 
2. Replaced parts which are not re-exported shall be liable to import 
duties and import taxes except where, in conformity with regulations 
of the country concerned, they may be abandoned free of all expense 
to the Exchequer or destroyed, under official supervision, at the 
expense of the parties concerned. 
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Art icle 6 
Temporary importation papers and international circulation papers sent to 
associations authorized to issue the papers in question by the 
corresponding foreign associations, by international organizations or by 
the Customs authorities of the Contracting Parties, shall be admitted 
without payment of import duties and import taxes and free of import 
prohibitions and restrictions. 
CHAPTER I I I 
Issue of temporary importation papers 
Art icle 7 
1. Subject to such guarantees and under such conditions as it may 
determine, each Contracting Party may authorize associations, such 
as those affiliated to an international organization, to issue 
either directly or through corresponding associations the temporary 
importation papers covered by this Convention. 
2. Temporary importation papers may be valid for a single country or 
Customs territory, or for several countries or Customs territories. 
3. The period of validity of these papers shall not exceed one year 
from the date of issue. 
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Art icle 8 
1. Temporary importation papers valid for the territories of all or 
several of the Contracting Parties shall be known as "carnets de 
passages en douane" and shall conform to the standard form contained 
in Annex 1 to this Convention. 
2. If a carnet de passages en douane is not valid for one or several 
territories, the issuing association shall indicate the fact on the 
cover and on the importation vouchers of the carnet. 
3. Temporary importation papers valid only for the territory of a 
single Contracting Party may conform to the standard form contained 
in Annex 2 of this Convention. Contracting Parties may also use 
other documents, in accordance with their legislation or 
régulât ions. 
4. The period of validity of temporary importation papers, other than 
those issued by authorized associations as provided for in article 
7, shall be laid down by each Contracting Party in accordance with 
its legislation or regulations. 
5. Each Contracting Party shall, upon request, supply the other 
Contracting Parties with models of temporary importation papers 
valid for its territory, other than those appearing in the annexes 
to this Convention. 
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CHAPTER IV 
Particulars on temporary importation papers 
Art icle 9 
Temporary importation papers issued by authorized associations shall be 
made out in the name of the undertakings operating and temporarily 
importing the vehicles. 
Art icle 10 
1. The weight to be declared on temporary importation papers is the net 
weight of the vehicles. It shall be expressed in the metric system. 
In the case of papers valid for one country only, the Customs 
authorities of that country may prescribe the use of another system. 
2. The value to be declared on temporary importation papers valid for 
one country only shall be expressed in the currency of that country. 
The value to be declared on a carnet de passages en douane shall be 
expressed in the currency of the country where the carnet is issued. 
3. The articles and tool-kit which form the normal equipment of 
vehicles need not be specially declared on the temporary importation 
papers. 
4. When the Customs authorities so require, spare parts (such as 
wheels, tyres, and inner tubes) and accessories not considered as 
constituting the normal equipment of the vehicle (such as radio 
sets, and luggage carriers) shall be declared on the temporary 
importation papers with the necessary particulars (such as weight 
and value) and shall be produced on exit from the country visited. 
5. Trailers shall be covered by separate importation papers. 
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Article 11 
Any particulars inserted on temporary importation papers by the issuing 
associations may be altered only with the approval of the issuing or 
guaranteeing association. No alteration to the papers may be made after 
they have been passed by the Customs authorities of the country of 
importation except with the consent of those authorities. 
CHAPTER V 
Conditions of temporary importation 
Article 12 
Without prejudice to the application of national legislations enabling 
the Customs authorities of the Contracting Parties to refuse to allow 
vehicles admitted under cover of temporary importation papers to be 
driven by persons who have been guilty of serious offences against the 
Customs or fiscal laws or regulations of the country of temporary 
importation, vehicles admitted under the cover of temporary importation 
papers may be driven by persons duly authorized by the holders of the 
papers. The Customs authorities of the Contracting Parties shall have the 
right to require evidence that such persons have been duly authorized by 
the holders of the papers; if this evidence does not appear sufficient, 
the Customs authorities may refuse use of those vehicles in their country 
under cover of the papers. 
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Art icle 13 
1. The vehicles mentioned in the temporary importation papers shall be 
re-exported in the same general state, except for wear and tear, 
within the period of validity of such papers. 
2. Evidence of re-exportation shall be provided by the exit visa 
properly appended to the temporary importation papers by the Customs 
authorities of the country into which the vehicle was temporarily 
imported. 
3. Each Contracting Party shall have the right to deny the benefit of 
temporary importation without payment of import duties and import 
taxes and free of import prohibitions and restrictions to, or to 
withdraw that benefit from, vehicles which are used, even 
occasionally, for the purpose of picking up passengers or goods 
within the frontiers of the country in which the vehicle is 
imported, for deposit within those frontiers. 
4. A hired vehicle temporarily imported under the terms of this 
Convention shall not be re-hired in the country of temporary 
importation to any persons other than the persons who hired it 
originally, and the Customs authorities of the Contracting Parties 
shall have the right to require that such a vehicle shall be re­
exported when the transport operations for which it has been 
temporarily imported have been completed. 
Art icle 14 
1. Notwithstanding the requirement of re-exportation laid down in 
article 13, the re-exportation of badly damaged vehicles shall not 
be required, in the case of duly authenticated accidents, provided 
that the vehicles: 
(a) are subjected to the import duties and import taxes to which 
they are I iable ; or 
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(b) are abandoned free of all expense to the Exchequer of the 
country into which they were imported temporarily, in which 
case the holder of the temporary importation papers shall be 
exempt from import duties and import taxes; or 
(c) are destroyed, under official supervision, at the expense of 
the parties concerned, any salvaged parts and materials being 
subjected to the import duties and import taxes to which they 
are Iiable 
as the Customs authorities may require. 
2. When a vehicle temporarily imported cannot be re-exported as a 
result of a seizure, other than a seizure made at the suit of 
private persons, the requirement of re-exportation within the period 
of validity of the temporary importation papers shall be suspended 
for the duration of the seizure. 
3. The Customs authorities shall notify, so far as possible, to the 
guaranteeing association, seizures made by or on behalf of these 
Customs authorities of vehicles admitted under cover of temporary 
importation papers guaranteed by that association and shall advise 
it of the measures they intend to take. 
4. When the vehicle or the object listed in the papers are either lost 
or stolen during the course of the seizure other than a seizure made 
at the suit of private persons, no import duties and import taxes 
can be levied against the holder of the temporary importation 
papers, who should submit evidence of seizure to the Customs 
author i t ies. 
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Art icle 15 
Persons entitled to temporary importation facilities may, during the 
period of validity of temporary importation papers, import the vehicles 
covered by those papers as often as necessary, on condition that they 
have each passage (entry and exit) established by a visa of the Customs 
officers concerned if the Customs authorities so require. Temporary 
importation papers may however be made valid for a single journey only. 
Art icle 16 
When temporary importation papers without detachable vouchers for each 
passage are used, the visas given by the Customs officers between the 
first entry and the final exit are provisional. Nevertheless, when the 
last visa is a provisional exit visa, it will be admitted as proof of the 
re-exportation of the vehicle or component parts temporarily imported. 
Article 17 
When temporary importation papers with a detachable voucher for each 
passage are used, each entry implies the passing of the document by the 
Customs authorities, and each subsequent exit visa constitutes its final 
discharge, except as provided in article 18. 
Art icle 18 
When the Customs authorities of a country have finally and 
unconditionally discharged temporary importation papers they can no 
longer claim from the guaranteeing association payment of import duties 
and import taxes, unless the certificate of discharge was obtained 
improperly or fraudently. 
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Art icle 19 
Visas on temporary importation papers used under the conditions laid down 
in this Convention shall not be subject to the payment of charges for 
Customs attendance provided that such visas are issued at a Customs 
office or post during authorized hours. 
CHAPTER VI 
Extension of validity and renewal 
of temporary importation papers 
Art icle 20 
The lack of proof of re-exportation within the time allowed of vehicles 
temporarily imported shall be disregarded when the vehicles are presented 
to the Customs authorities for re-exportation within fourteen days from 
the expiry of the temporary entry deadline for the vehicles and 
satisfactory explanations of the delay are given. 
Art icle 21 
Each of the Contracting Parties shall recognize as valid extensions of 
validity of carnets de passages en douane granted by another Contracting 
Party in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex 3 to this 
Convent ion. 
Art icle 22 
1. Requests for extension of validity of temporary importation papers 
shall be presented to the competent Customs authorities before the 
expiry of the period of validity of these papers, unless this is 
rendered impossible by force majeure. If the temporary importation 
papers have been issued by an authorized association, the request 
for extension shall be made by the association which guarantees 
the papers. 
Extensions of time necessary for the re-exportation of vehicles or 
component parts imported temporarily shall be granted when the 
persons concerned can establish to the satisfaction of the Customs 
authorities that they are prevented by force majeure from re-
exporting the said vehicles or component parts within the time 
a I lowed. 
The validity of temporary importation papers can only be extended 
once for not more than one year. After this period, a new carnet 
must be issued and delivered in replacement of the former carnet. 
Art icle 23 
Each of the Contracting Parties shall, unless the conditions of temporary 
admission are no longer satisfied, authorize, subject to whatever 
measures of control they may consider necessary, the renewal of temporary 
importation papers issued by the authorized associations and relating to 
vehicles or component parts temporarily imported into its territory. 
Requests for renewal shall be presented by the guaranteeing association. 
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CHAPTER VI I 
Regularization of temporary importation papers 
Article 24 
1. If temporary importation papers have not been regularly discharged, 
the Customs authorities of the country of importation shall (whether 
the papers have expired or not) accept as evidence of re-exportation 
of the vehicle or component parts the presentation of a certificate 
based on the standard form shown in Annex 4 to this Convention 
issued by an official authority (consul, Customs, police, mayor, 
judicial officer, etc.), attesting the facts that the vehicle or 
component parts in question have been presented to it and are 
outside the country of importation. As an alternative they shall 
accept any other valid documentary evidence that the vehicle or 
component parts are outside the country of temporary importation. In 
the case of papers, other than the carnets de passages en douane, 
which have not expired, the papers shall be produced at the same 
time as the evidence referred to above. In the case of carnets the 
Customs authorities shall accept, as evidence of re-exportation of 
the vehicles or component parts, the visas entered thereon by the 
Customs authorities of countries subsequently visited. 
2. In the case of destruction, loss or theft of temporary importation 
papers not regularly discharged but relating to vehicles or 
component parts which have been re-exported, the Customs authorities 
of the country of importation shall accept as proof of re­
exportation the presentation of certificates based on the standard 
form shown in Annex 4 to this Convention issued by an official 
authority (consul, Customs, police, mayor, judicial officer, etc.), 
attesting the facts that the vehicle or component parts in question 
have been presented to it and are outside the country of importation 
after the date of expiry of the papers. As an alternative they shall 
accept any other valid documentary evidence that the vehicle or 
component parts are outside the country of temporary importation. 
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3. In the case of destruction, loss or theft of carnets de passages en 
douane while vehicles or component parts to which they refer are in 
the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, the Customs 
authorities of that Party shall, at the request of the association 
concerned, accept replacement documents, the validity of which shall 
expire on the date of expiry of the validity of the carnets which 
they replace. This acceptance will annul the previous acceptance of 
the carnets destroyed, lost or stolen. In case of the misuse of a 
carnet after cancellation by the Customs authorities and the issuing 
association, the latter cannot be held responsible for import duties 
and import taxes payable. If, instead of replacement documents, 
export licences or similar documents are issued for the re­
exportation of the vehicles or component parts, the exit visas on 
these licences or documents shall be considered as sufficient proof 
of re-exportation. 
4. If vehicles are stolen after having been re-exported from the 
country of temporary importation, without the exit having been 
regularly endorsed on the temporary importation papers and in the 
absence of entry visas on the papers entered thereon by the Customs 
authorities of countries subsequently visited, the papers may never­
theless be regularized provided that the guaranteeing association 
furnishes the papers together with such evidence of theft as may be 
considered sufficient. If the temporary importation papers have not 
expired, the Customs authorities may require their surrender. 
Article 25 
In the cases referred to in Article 24, the Customs authorities shall 
have the right to charge a regularization fee. 
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Art icle 25 bis 
The competent Customs authorities shall not require payment of import 
duties and import taxes where it is proved to their satisfaction that a 
vehicle imported under cover of temporary importation papers can no 
longer be re-exported because it has been destroyed or irrecoverably lost 
for reasons of force majeure, in particular on account of acts of war, 
riots or natural disasters. 
Article 26 
Customs authorities shall not have the right to require from the 
guaranteeing association payment of import duties and import taxes on 
vehicles or component parts temporarily imported when the non-discharge 
of the temporary importation papers has not been notified to the 
guaranteeing association within one year of the date of expiry of the 
validity of those papers. The Customs authorities shall provide the 
guaranteeing associations with details of the amount of import duties and 
import taxes within one year from the notification of the non-discharge. 
The guaranteeing associations' liability for these sums shall cease if 
such information is not furnished within this one-year period. 
Article 27 
1. The guaranteeing associations shall have a period of one year from 
the date of notification of the non-discharge of temporary 
importation papers in which to furnish proof of the re-exportation 
of the vehicles or component parts in question under the conditions 
laid down in this Convention. Nevertheless, this period can come 
into force only as of the date of expiry of the temporary 
importation papers. If the Customs authorities contest the validity 
of the proof provided they must so inform the guarantor within a 
period not exceeding one year. 
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2. If such proof is not furnished within the time limit allowed, the 
guaranteeing association shall deposit or pay provisionally within a 
maximum period of three months the import duties and import taxes 
payable. This deposit or payment shall become final after a period 
of one year from the date of the deposit or provisional payment. 
During the latter period, the guaranteeing association may still 
avail itself of the facilities provided by the preceding paragraph 
with a view to repayment of the sums deposited or paid. 
3. For countries whose regulations do not provide for the deposit or 
provisional payment of import duties and import taxes, payments made 
in conformity with the provisions of the preceding paragraph will be 
regarded as final, it being understood that the sums paid may be 
refunded when the conditions laid down in this article are 
fulfilled. 
4. In the case of the non-discharge of temporary importation papers, 
the guaranteeing association shall not be required to pay a sum 
greater than the total of the import duties and import taxes 
applicable to the vehicles or component parts not re-exported, 
together with interest if applicable. 
Art icle 28 
The provisions of this Convention do not affect the right of the 
Contracting Parties, in the event of fraud, contravention or abuse to 
take proceedings against holders of, or the persons using, temporary 
importation papers, for the recovery of the import duties and import 
taxes and also to impose any penalties to which such persons have 
rendered themselves liable. In such cases, the guaranteeing associations 
shall lend their assistance to the Customs authorities. 
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CHAPTER VI I I 
M i see I Ianeous prov i s i ons 
Art icle 29 
The Contracting Parties shal endeavour not to introduce Customs 
procedures which might have the effect of impeding the development of 
international commercial road traffic. 
Art icle 30 
In order to expedite customs procedures contiguous Contracting Parties 
shall endeavour to place their respective Customs offices and posts close 
together and to keep them open during the same hours. 
Art icle 31 
Any breach of the provisions of this Convention, any substitution, false 
declaration or act having the effect of causing a person or an article 
improperly to benefit from the system of importation laid down in this 
Convention, may render the offender liable in the country where the 
offence was committed to the penalties prescribed by the laws of that 
country. 
Art icle 32 
Nothing in this Convention prevent Contracting Parties which form a 
customs or economic union from enacting special provisions applicable to 
undertakings operating from the countries forming that union. 
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Art icle 32 bis 
This Convention shall not prevent the application of greater facilities 
which Contracting Parties grant or may wish to grant, either by 
unilateral provisions or in virtue of bilateral or multilateral 
agreements, provided that such facilities do not impede the application 
of the provisions of this Convention. The Contracting Parties are 
recommended to waive the request for temporary importation papers and 
guarantees. 
CHAPTER IX 
Final provisions 
Article 33 
Countries members of the Economic Commission for Europe and 
countries admitted to the Commission in a consultative capacity 
under paragraph 8 of the Commission's Terms of Reference, may become 
Contracting Parties to this Convention: 
(a) by signing it; 
(b) by ratifying it after signing it subject to ratification; 
(c) by acceding to it. 
Such countries as may participate in certain activities of the 
Economic Commission for Europe in accordance with paragraph 11 of 
the Commission's Terms of Reference may become Contracting Parties 
to this Convention acceding thereto after its entry into force. 
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2bis Any regional economic integration organization may become, in 
accordance with paragraph 1 of this article, a Contracting Party to 
this Convention. Such organization which has acceded to this 
Convention shall inform the the Secretary-General of the United 
Nations of its competence and any subsequent changes thereto, with 
respect to the matters governed by this Convention. The organization 
and its Member States may, without however any derogation from the 
obligations under this Convention, decide on their respective 
responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under this 
Convent ion. 
3. The Convention shall be open for signature until 31 August 1956 
inclusive. Thereafter, it shall be open for accession. 
4. Ratification or accession shall be effected by the deposit of an 
instrument with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 
Article 34 
This Convention shall come into force on the ninetieth day after 
five of the countries referred to in article 33, paragraph 1, have 
signed it without reservation of ratification or have deposited 
their instruments of ratification or accession. 
For any Country or regional economic integration organization 
ratifying or acceding to it after five countries have signed it 
without reservation of ratification or have deposited their 
instrument of ratification or accession, this Convention shall enter 
into force on the ninetieth day after the said country or said 
regional economic integration organization has deposited its 
instrument of ratification or accession. 
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Art icle 35 
1. Any Contracting Party may denounce this Convention by so notifying 
the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 
2. Denunciation shall take effect fifteen months after the date of 
receipt by the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the 
notification of denunciation. 
3. The validity of temporary importation papers issued before the date 
when the denunciation takes effect shall not affected thereby and 
the guarantee of the association shall hold good. Extensions granted 
in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 21 of this 
Convention shall similarly remain valid. 
Art icle 36 
This Convention shall cease to have effect if, for any period of twelve 
consecutive months after its entry into force, the number of Contracting 
Parties is less than five. 
Art icle 37 
Any Country may, at the time of signing this Convention without 
reservation of ratification or of depositing its instrument of 
ratification or accession or at any time thereafter, declare by 
notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United 
Nations that this Convention shall extend to all or any of the 
territories for the international relations of which it is 
responsible. The Convention shall extend to the territory or 
territories named in the notification as from the ninetieth day 
after its receipt by the Secretary-General or, i f on that day the 
Convention has not yet entered into force, at the time of its entry 
into force. 
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2. Any country which has made a declaration under the preceding 
paragraph extending this Convention to any territory for whose 
international relations it is responsible may denounce the 
Convention separately in respect of that territory in accordance 
with the provisions of article 35. 
Art icle 38 
1. Any dispute between two or more Contracting Parties concerning the 
interpretation or application of this Convention shall so far as 
possible be settled by negotiation between them. 
2. Any dispute which is not settled by negotiation shall be submitted 
to arbitration if any one of the Contracting Parties in dispute so 
requests and shall be referred accordingly to one or more 
arbitrators selected by agreement between the Contracting Parties in 
dispute. If within three months from the date of the request for 
arbitration the Parties in dispute are unable to agree on the 
selection of an arbitrator or arbitrators, any of those Parties may 
request the Secretary-General of the United Nations to nominate a 
single arbitrator to whom the dispute shall be referred for 
dec is ion. 
3. The decision of the arbitrator or arbitrators appointed under the 
preceding paragraph shall be binding on the Contracting Parties in 
dispute. 
Art icle 39 
Each Contracting Party may, at the time of signing, ratifying, or 
acceding to, this Convention, declare that it does not consider 
itself as bound by article 38 of the Convention. Other Contracting 
Parties shall not be bound by article 38 in respect of any 
Contracting Party which has entered such a reservation. 
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2. Any Contracting Party having entered a reservation as provided for 
in paragraph 1 may at any time withdraw such reservation by 
notifying the Secretary-General of the United Nations. 
3. No other reservation to this Convention shall be permitted. 
Article 40 
After this Convention has been in force for three years, any 
Contracting Party may, by notification to the Secretary-General of 
the United Nations, request that a conference be convened for the 
purpose of reviewing the Convention. The Secretary-General shall 
notify all Contracting Parties of the request and a review 
conference shall be convened by the Secretary-General if, within a 
period of four months following the date of notification by the 
Secretary-General, not less than one-third of the Contracting 
Parties notify him of their concurrence with the request. 
If a conference is convened in accordance with the preceding 
paragraph, the Secretary-General shall notify all the Contracting 
Parties and invite them to submit within a period of three months 
such proposals as they may wish the Conference to consider. The 
Secretary-General shall circulate to all Contracting Parties the 
provisional agenda for the conference together with the texts of 
such proposals at least three months before the date on which the 
conference is to meet. 
The Secretary-General shall invite to any conference convened in 
accordance with this article all countries referred to in Article 
33, paragraph 1, and the Contracting Parties referred to in Article 
33, paragraphs 2 and 2 bis. 
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Art icle 41 
Any Contracting Party may propose one or more amendments to this 
Convention. The text of any proposed amendment shall be transmitted 
to the Secretary-General of the United Nations who shall circulate 
it to all Contracting Parties and inform all other countries 
referred to in Article 33, paragraph 1. 
Any proposed amendment circulated in accordance with the preceding 
paragraph shall be deemed to be accepted if no Contracting Party 
expresses an objection within a period of six months following the 
date of circulation of the proposed amendment by the Secretary-
General. Regional economic integration organizations which are 
Contracting Parties to this Convention, for the matters within their 
competence, shall exercise their right to express an objection. In 
such case the Member States of the said organizations, which are 
Contracting Parties to this Convention, shall not be entitled to 
exercise individually such right. 
The Secretary-General shall, as soon as possible, notify all 
Contracting Parties whether an objection to the proposed amendment 
has been expressed. If an objection to the proposed amendment has 
been expressed, the amendment shall be deemed not to have been 
accepted and shall be of no effect whatever. If no such objection 
has been expressed, the amendment shall enter into force for ail 
Contracting Parties three months after the expiry of the period of 
six months referred to in the preceding paragraph. 
Independently of the amendment procedure laid down in paragraphs 1, 
2 and 3 of this Article, the annexes to this Convention may be 
modified by agreement between the competent Administration of all 
the Contracting Parties. The Secretary-General shall fix the date of 
entry into force of the new texts resulting from such modifications. 
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Art icle 42 
In addition to the notifications provided for in Articles 40 and 41, the 
Secretary-General of the United Nations shall notify the countries 
referred to in Article 33, paragraph 1, and the Contracting Parties 
referred to in Article 33, paragraphs 2 and 2 bis, of: 
(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under article 33; 
(a) bis Information on the competence of regional economic integration 
organizations and any subsequent changes hereto in accordance 
with article 33, paragraph 2 bis; 
(b) The dates of entry into force of this Convention in accordance 
with Art icle 34; 
(c) Denunciations under article 35-, 
(d) The termination of this Convention in accordance with article 36; 
(e) Notifications received under article 37; 
(f) Declarations and notifications received in accordance with 
Article 39, paragraphs 1 and 2; 
(g) Entry into force of any amendment in accordance with article 41. 
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Art icle 43 
As soon as a country which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement 
providing for the Provisional Application of the Draft International 
Customs Conventions on Touring, on commercial Road Vehicles, and on the 
International Transport of Goods by Road done at Geneva on 16 June 1949 
becomes a Contracting Party to this Convention, it shall take the 
measures required by Article IV of that Agreement to denounce it as 
regards the Draft International Customs Convention on Commercial Road 
Vehicles. 
Art icle 44 
The Protocol of Signature of this Convention shall have the same force, 
effect and duration as the Convention itself of which it shall be 
considered to be an integral part. 
Art icle 45 
After 31 August 1956, the original of this Convention shall be deposited 
with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmit 
certified true copies to each of the countries and Contracting Parties 
mentioned in Article 33, paragraphs 1 to 2 bis. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have 
signed this Convention. 
DONE at Geneva, this eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and 
fifty-six, in a single copy in the English and French languages, each 
text being equally authentic. 
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Annexes 
Annex 1 : CPD carnet 
Annex 2 : Triptych 
Annex 3 : Extension of validity of the CPD 
Annex 4 : Model certificate for the adjustment of undischarged, 
destroyed, lost or stolen temporary importation papers 
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Annex 1 / Annexe 1 
MOOEL OF CARNET OE PASSAGES EN DOUANE 
MODELE OC CARNET CARNET DE PASSAGES EN DOUANE 
The cornet is issued in English and French 
The dimensions of the cornet ore 21 x 29.7 cm. 
The Issuing association sholl insert its name on each voucher ond shall include the initials of the internotionol organization to which It belongs. 
Toutes les mentions imprimées du cornet de passages en douane sont rédigées 
en français et en anglais. 
Les dimensions sont de 21 x 29.7 cm. 
L'association qui délivre le Carnet doit faire figurer son nom sur chocun des volets et faire suivre ce nom des initiales de l'organisation 
Internationale 6 laquelle elle est affiliée. 
Holder and oddrees/TituloIre et adresse/ CPO 
Valid for not more than one year, that is unt I l/Val idi té n'excédant pas un an, soit jusqu'au/ 
Inclusive/inclus 
Issued by/Délivré por The validity of this carnet Is subject to compliance by the holder during this period with the 
customs laws and regulations of the countries visited / Ce carnet reste valable 
sous réserve que le titulaire ne cesse de remplir, pendant cette période, les conditions prévues 
por les lois et règlements douaniers du pays visité 
Validity extended untIl/vol'dité prolongée jusqu'où 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION 
ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE 
CARNET DE PASSAGES EN DOUANE 
For motor vehicles and trailers / Pour véhicules 6 moteur et remorques 
This carnet is Issued for the vehicle registered in/ 
Ce carnet est délivré pour le véhicule irrmotriculé en/ Under No./ 
.Sous le n*. 
10 This carnet, which has been drown up in occordane with the provisions of the Customs Conventions on the Temporary importation 
of Private Rood Vehicles (1954) and Ccermerclal Rood Vehicles (1956). may be used In the countries listed 
on the bock cover of this document, under the guorontee of the authorized associations Indicated. 
It is Issued on condition that the holder re-exports the vehicle within the specified period of validity 
and complies with the Customs lows ond regulations relating to the temporary admission of motor vehicles 
In the countries visited under the guarantee. In each country where the document Is valid. 
of the authorized association affiliated to the undersigned International organization 
ON EXPIRY. THE CARNET MUST BE RETURNED TO THE ASSOCIATION *HICH DELIVERED IT TO THE HOLDER./ 
Ce carnet, que a été élaboré selon les dispositions des Conventions douanières relatives à l'importation temporaire 
des véhicules routies privés (1954) et des véhicules routiers commerciaux (1956), peut être utilisé dans les pays 
qui figurent ou dos de la couverture de ce document, sous la garantie des associations autorisées indiquées. 
A charge pour le titulaire de réexporter le véhicule dans le délai de validité importi et de se conformer 
aux lois et règlements douaniers sur l'importation temporaire des véhicules o moteur dons les pays visités. 
sous la garantie, dons choque pays où le document est valable, de l'Association agréée, 
affiliée à l'organisation internationale soussignée. 
A L'EXPIRATION, LE CARNET DOIT ETRE RETOURNE A L'ASSOCIATION OUI L'A DELIVRE 
Issued at/DélIvré à/ the/le. 
Signature of International Organization / 
Signature de l'Organisation internationale Signature of Issuing Association/ 
Signature de l'Association émet trice/ Holder's signature/ 
Signature du tituloire 
13 (•) See reverse sIde/Voir verso 
•«Inside front cover / Verso de lo poge de couverture> 
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23 DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE / SIGNALEMENT DU VEHICULE 
Registered In/lrrmotr Iculé en 
Year of manufacture/Année de construction 
Net weight of vehlcle(kg)/Polds net du véhicule(kg) 
Value of vehlcle/Valeur du véhicule 
Chassis N* under No./sous le N* 
Moke/Marque 
Engine No/Uoteur N' 
Make/V*arque 
No of cyl Inders/Veorrbre de cyl indres 
Horsepower/Nb.de chevaux 
Coochwork;/to''osscr ie 
Type(car, lorry.../volture, camion ) 
Co lour/taxi leur 
Upholstery^arnltures Intérieures 
No. seats or carrying capocIty/Nombre de ploces ou C.U 
Equipment/Equiperraent 
Rodio (mokfc)/ApporeiI radio (marque) 
Spore tyres/Pneus de rechange 
Other particulars/Divers For official use only/Pour utilisation officielle seulement 
Extension of validity/Prolongation de la validité 
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< Front side of insert poges / Recto des poges Interleures> 
CARNET OE PASSAGES EN DOUANE - COUNTERFOIL/SOUCHE (1) 
Importation IntoA'entrée en 
of the vehicle described in this carnet/du véhicule décrit 
dans ce carnet 
took place on/a eu lieu le 
at the Cuetome office of/par le bureau de douane de 
Stomp 
Timbre 
Customs officer's signature/ 
Signature de l'ogent de la douane CPO 
No. Val Id untll/Valable jusqu'au 
Exportation from/La sortie de 
took place on/a eu lieu le 
ot the Customs office of/par le bureau de douone de 
Starrp 
T imbre 
Customs officer's signature/ 
Signature de l'ogent de la douone 
CARNET DE PASSAGES EN DOUANE - EXPORTATION VOUCHER/VOLET DE SORTIE (1) 
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23 Holder (name. oddress)/TItuloire (nom,adresse) CPO 
No. Val Id untll/Valable jusqu'au/ 
i ne I us i ve/inclus 
Issued by/Délivré par 
DESCRIPTION OF VEHICLE/SIGNALEMENT DU VEHICULE 
Registered In/'mmotriculé en under No./sous le n 
Year of manufacture/Année de construct ion 
Net weight of vehicle(kg)/Poids net du véhicule (kg) 
Value of vehicle/Va leur du véhicule 
Chassis n* 
Moke/Marque 
Engine No.Atoteur n* 
Uakextorque 
No. of cylInders/Nombre de cylindres 
Horsepower/Hb. de chevaux 
Coochwork/^orosser i e 
Type(car, lorry .../voiture, camion...) 
Colour/Couleur 
Upholstery/Gornitures intérieures 
No. of seats or carrying capaclty/Nb. de ploces ou C.U./.. 
Equlprrient/Equlpement 
Radio (make)/AppareiI rodio (marque) 
Spare tyres/Pneus de rechange 
Other portIculars/Divers Date of exportât Ion/Dote Customs office of exportation/ 
de sort ie Bureau de douane de sortie 
Voucher registered under No./Volet enregistré sous n' 
Starrp 
Timbre 
Cue tons officer's signature/ 
Signature de l'ogent de la douane 
To be returned to the Customs office of importation at/ 
A renvoyer ou bureau de douane d'entrée de 
where the carnet wo» registered under number/où le carnet a 
été enregistré sous le numéro 
CARNET DE PASSAGES EN DOUANE - IMPORTATION VOUCHER/VOLET D'ENTREE (1) 
Holder (nome, oddre*s)/Tituloire (nom,adresse) CPO 
No. Val Id untIl/Voloble jusqu'au 
ine lus ive/Inclus 
Issued by/T>élivré por 
DESCRIPTION OF MEANS OF TRANSPORT/SIGNALEMENT DU MOYEN DE TRANSPORT 
Registered ln/lrrrratr iculé en under No./sous le n 
Year of monufocture/Année <Je construct ion 
Net weight of vehicle(kg)/Poids net du véhicule(kg) 
Va I ue of veh i cIe/VaIeur du véh i eu Ie 
Chassis n* 
Moke/Uarque 
Engine No.Atoteur n'. 
MokeA'arque 
No. of cyl Irtders/Keombre de cylindres 
Horsepower/Nb.de chevaux 
Coochwork/fcorosser i e 
Type(cor, lorry .../voiture, camion...) 
Colour/Couleur 
Upholstery/Gornitures intérieures 
No. of seats or carrying capoclty/Nb. de places ou C.U. 
Equlpment/Equlpement 
Rodio (make)/ApporeiI rodio (marque) 
Spare tyres/Pneus de rechange 
Other portIculars/Divers Date of Importation/Date Customs office of Importation/ 
d'entrée Bureau de douone d'entrée 
Voucher registered under No./Volet enregistré sous n* 
Stomp 
Timbre 
Customs officer's signature/ 
Signature de l'ogent de la douone 
N.B. The Customs officer must fill In the lines Indicated on 
the above exportation voucher/La douane d'entrée doit remplir 
le volet de sortie ci—dessus aux lignes indiquées 
< Inside bock cover / Intérieur du dos de lo couverture > 
The following information Is provided by the Issuing association to motorists. 
L'association que a délivré le present carnet fournit 
les renseignements suivants aux usagers. 
*h < Bock cover / Extérieur du dos de la couverture > 
This carnet, which has been drawn up in occordance with the provisions of the Customs Conventions on the Temporary Importation of Private Rood 
Vehicles (19S4) and Comerclal Rood Vehicles (1956). may be used In the following countries under the guarantee of the ou tor I zed associations 
Indicated:/ 
Ce cornet, qui a été élaboré selon les dispositions des Conventions douanières relatives a l'importation temporaire des véhicules routiers privés 
(1954) et des véhicules routiers corrmercloux (1956), peut ttre utilisé dans les pays suivants, sous la garantie des associations autorisées ci-après: 
(LIST OF COUNTRIES AND AUTHORIZED ASSOCIATIONS) 
(LISTE DES PAYS ET ASSOCIATIONS AUTORISEES) 
I. IHrOKTATlOS VOUCHER 
TRIPTYCH No. SEJ*3EEEB 
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VALID until 
Guaranteed by 
Delivered by- ..... — 
HoMer.. 
Normal residence 
or bmineaa addreaa ^ 
For a MOTOK VEHICLE driven by Internal 
rnmhuaiion, electricity, «team; TRAILER 
Type (car, hi.», lorry, van, tractor, motorcycle 
ithout eîdccar, ry'l* avith auxiliary 
under No... encine) 
Reentered In (block 
leiiera) 
applicable 
Make 
No 
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llorae power „ 
Tvne or «hape 
Colour 
1'phol.n 
Number 
Spare lyrei . . 
KMIW (indicate make). 
OlKar pertkulare or carrylni rapacity... 
Voucher reiiatered under No... 
© Carteou Of IT'I fi'(M/»r« 
The Cutiema Officer aSmfld make a limDar entry in the t 
apondini aectiwfl of VoucKer* No*. 2 and J. TEMPORARY 
EXITS AND RE-ENTRIES 
Cuitoma «tamp* end Cuitomi Officer*' «Itnaturea 
on temporary eilt* and r*-entrle« 
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ENTRY EXIT 
ENTRY EXIT 
ENTRY EXIT 
ENTRY EXIT 
ENTRY ! EXIT ! ~" 
ENTRY EXIT 
ENTRY iVr ^S J. HOLDER'S COn 
TW* voucher la to be retained by trie holder after havlnf 
Keen «tamp~f and alined by the Cuetoma authorltlee II) on ftret Importation Into _ , (1) on final re-eaportatlon from and mail eubaequenttv be returned to:...... ..(aeeociallon which delivered the 
document t* the holder). 
TRIPTYCH No. fcefctegfaBfe 
ror... 
VALID until... 
Cuaranieed by... 
Delivered by 
Holder _ 
Normal re«ldence... 
or buaineia addrea* 
Por • MOTOR VEHICLE driven by Internal 
combuitibn, electricity, «team; TRAILER 
Type (car, bu«. lorry, van, tractor, motorcycle 
with or without eidecar, cycle with auxiliary 
entlne) 
red In under No, (block 
applicable 
Reel 
Chaula 
Enflne / Make..._ 
No..... 
Mike 
No 
Numher ol cylinder* .. 
Horae power...... 
Spare tvre*.. 
Radio (Indicate i 
Other particular! I'phnUtery... 
Number of aeat* or carrylni capacity... 
Dite of Importitiun 
At the Cutiomi Office of 
Voucher reentered under No,.. 
Cn/lent Ofitr'i n'rwerure 
The Cuatom Officer «hould make a elmltar entry In the t 
apondinf eection of Voucher* No*. I and I. 
Dite ni final re-caoorutton 
At the Cilitumi Office of _ , 
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TWa vehicle I* Imported «uhlect to the holder'» oblltatlon to 
re-eaport II by the date «Decided above end to comply with the 
Cuttomt law* and regulation* relating to the temporary admla. 
«ion of motor vehicle» in the countrle* vialted, under the guaren. 
lee of „ (Ihe guaranteeing aeaoclation) In 
virtue of an undertaking which the latter «aaoclatiotl hn given 
to (the Cuitoma authority) ™.~.» 
the.. . I».. 
Siftlun e/ l*« SlinUrf 
«I Ik* |aeren»trtar aliertViY 
.Signature e/ AefaVr 1. BXMRTATtON VOUCHER 
TW* voucher to be detached and retained at the Cuetoma 
Office of efportatlon. to be forwarded to the Cuetoma Office 
of (he ftret Importation. 
TRIPTYCH No. ^^s%5Sa 
Guaranteed by... 
Delivered by 
Holder. 
Normal realdenc» 
or buatneaa addrea* 
For a MOTOR VEHICLE driWn by Internal 
cnmbnation. electricity, «team; TRAILER 
Type (car, bin, lorry, van, tractor, motorcycle 
with or without aidecar, cycle with auailiary 
engine) 
Ref i«terej In under No... 
Cheeali (block 
letter») 
/ Make... 
\ No 
Make... 
No 
Number of cylinder*.... , 
Mo 
Spare tvrea... 
Radio (indicate make)... 
Other particular* ... Colour.... „ „ 
Uphnlatrry „ 
Number ul aeata or carrying capacity,.. 
Voucher registered under No.. 
Cntlrml Oflttr'i rffnafare 
The Ciutomi Officer «hould make a «imiter i 
«ponding arction of Voucher* No*. I and i. 
I C.iiw.1 1 C* item s Oflttt's ti%n*t*rt 
i Offictr «Koutd mtkt a «tmitir entry it the foot of 
Annexe 3 it» 
Annex 3 
PROLONGATION DE LA VALIDITE DU CARNET DE EXTENSION OF VALIDITY OF THE "CARNET DE PASSAGES EN 
PASSAGES EN DOUANE DOUANES" 
1. La formule de prolongation de validité doit 1 
être conforme au modèle figurant dans la 
présente annexe. 
La formule est libellée en anglais ou en 
français. Les mentions qu'elle contient 
peuvent être répétées en un autre langue. The stamp for extension of validity shall 
conform to the model contained in the present 
annex. 
The stamp shall be drawn up in English and in 
French. The inscribed wording may be repeated in 
another language. 
2. La personne qui demande la prolongation et 
l'association garante qui s'occupe de cette 
demande se conforment à la procédure indiquée 
ci—après: 
a) Dès que le titulaire d'un carnet de passages 
en douane s'aperçoit qu'il est contraint de 
demander une prolongation du délai de 
validité de son document, il remet avec son 
carnet, a l'association garante, une demande 
de prolongation expliquant les circon­
stances qui l'ont obligé â formuler cette 
requête. A titre justificatif, il joint à la 
demande, selon le cas, un certificat 
médical, une attestation de l'atelier de 
réparation, ou toute autre pièce authentique 
établissant que la force majeure invoquée est 
réeIle. 
b) Si l'association garante estime que la 
demande de prolongation peut être présentée 
à la douane, elle imprime, au moyen d'un 
timbre humide, la formule visée au paragraphe 
1 sur la couverture du carnet de passages en 
douane, a l'endroit spécialement réservé à 
cet effet. 
c) L'association garante indique, dans la partie 
gauche de la formule, jusqu'à quelle date (en 
lettres et en chiffres) la prolongation est 
sollicitée. Y sont apposés la signature du 
président de l'association ou de son délégué 
ainsi que le cachet officiel de l'associa­
tion. 
d) La durée de prolongation ne doit pas excéder 
le délai raisonnablement nécessaire pour 
terminer le voyage, délai qui ne devrait 
normalement pas dépasser trois mois à compter 
de la date de péremption du carnet de 
passages en douane. 
e) L'association garante transmet ensuite le 
carnet à l'autorité douanière compétente de 
son pays. Elle joint au carnet la demande du 
titulaire, accompagnée des pièces justifiée— 
t ives. 2. The following procedure shall be observed by the 
person requesting the extension and by the 
guaranteeing association dealing with the 
request: 
a) As soon as the holder of a carnet de passages en 
douane realizes that he is obliged to request an 
extension of the period of validity of the 
document, he sends to the guaranteeing 
association the carnet and a request for 
extension, indicating the circumstances which 
oblige him to make the request. He will submit 
with his request, as supporting evidence, such 
papers as a medical certificate, a statement 
from the garage repairing his vehicle, or any 
other authentic document showing that the delay 
in question is caused by force majeure. 
b) If the guaranteeing association considers that 
the request for extension might be passed on to 
the Customs authorities, it stamps the cover of 
the carnet de passages en douane in the space 
specially reserved for this purpose. 
c) In the left-hand side of the stamp the 
guaranteeing association fills in the date, in 
figures and words, until which the extension is 
requested. The President or representative of 
the association signs and the stamp of the 
association is affixed. 
d) The length of the extension must not exceed a 
reasonable period necessary to complete the 
journey, and should not normally exceed three 
months from the previous date of expiry of the 
carnet. 
e) The guaranteeing association then sends the 
carnet to the competent Customs authority of its 
country. The request made by the holder of the 
carnet and the supporting evidence are attached 
to the carnet. 
f) L'autorité douanière décide si la prolon­
gation doit être accordée. Elle peut réduire 
la durée de la prolongation demandée ou 
refuser d'accorder toute prolongation. Si la 
prolongation est accordée, le fonctionnaire 
compétent de la douane complète la formule 
imprimée sur la couverture du carnet par 
l'association garante, lui donne un numéro 
d'ordre ou d'enregistrement, fait mention du 
lieu, de la date et de sa qualité. Il revêt 
ensuite la formule de sa signature ainsi que 
du cachet officiel de la douane. f) The Customs authority decides whether the 
extension shall be granted. It may reduce the 
period of extension requested, or refuse to 
grant any extension. If it is granted, the 
competent Customs officer completes the stamp 
placed on the cover of the carnet by the 
guaranteeing association, by adding a serial or 
registry number, the place and date and his own 
official position. He then signs and adds the 
Customs stamp. 
g) Le carnet de passages en douane est alors g) The carnet is then returned to the guaranteeing 
renvoyé à l'association garante, qui le association, which in turn returns it to the 
restitue â l'intéressé. person concerned. 
V 
Country / Pays 
Guaranteeing association / 
Association garante 
The extension of validity for all countries where this 
cornet is valid. Is requested until / 
La prolongation pour tous les pays où ce carnet est 
valable, est demandée jusqu'où 
(in figures and words/en lettres et en chiffres) 
the 
le . 
Stan? of the 
guaranteeing 
association/ 
Cochet officiel de Signature of the president or 
representative of the 
guaranteeing association/ 
Signature du président ou du 
l'association garante délégué de l'association garante Nb/H' 
Extension granted until/ 
Prolongation accordée jusqu'au 
(in figures and words / en lettres et en chiffres) 
the 
le.. 19.. 
Customs stamp / 
Cochet du bureou 
de la douane Signature ond officiai position 
of the Customs officer/ 
Signature et qualité du 
fonctionnaire de la douone 
n 
Annex 4 / Annexe 4 
MODEL CERTIFICATE FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF UNDISCHARGED, 
DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN TEMPORARY IMPORTATION PAPERS 
(CERTIFICATE OF LOCATION) 
MODELE DE CERTIFICAT POUR LA REGULARISATION 
DES TITRES D'IMPORTATION TEMPORAIRE 
NON DECHARGES, DETRUITS, PERDUS OU VOLES 
(CERTIFICAT DE PRESENCE) 
Name of country/rebm du pays 
The undersigned author Ity/l'outorité soussignée 
certifies that this day/certlfle que ce jour (day to be given in fui I/préciser la date) 
a vehicle was produced at/un véhicule a été présenté à / (place and country / I leu et pays) 
by / par (name, address / nom, odresse) 
The vehicle was found on examination to be of the description mentioned hereunder:/l I a été constaté que ce véhicule répondait aux 
caractéristiques mentionnées ci-dessous: 
DESCRIPTION OF >rEHICLE/SIGNALEMENT DU VEHICULE 
Registered Irt/lmrnatr iculé en under No./sous le n 
Year of manufacture/Année de construct Ion 
Net weight of vehicle (kg)/Poids net du véhicule (kg) 
Value of vehicle/Va leur du véhicule 
Chassis N" 
Make/torque 
Engine No/efoteur N* 
MokeAlarque 
No of cyl Inder s/Norrbre de cylindres 
Horsepower/Nb de chevaux 
Coochwork/TCorosser i e 
Type(car, lorry.../voiture, camion ) 
Colour/touleur 
Upholstery/tèorni tures Intérieures 
No. seats or carrying copoclty/Nb. de places ou C.U 
EgulpiTwnt/Equipernent 
Rodio (moke)/AppareiI rodio (marque) 
Spare tyres/Pneus de rechange 
Other particulars/Divers A.* This examination has been mode on presentation of the 
carnet de passages issued for the vehicle described here./ 
Cet examen a été effectué sur présentation du carnet de 
passages délivré pour le véhicule décrit ci-contre. 
CPO rvo./N' 
Issued by/Délivré par 
B. No temporary Importation papers were produced/ 
il n'a été présenté oucun titre d'importation temporaire 
Storrp 
Timbre 
Date and ploce of signature / Date et lieu de signature 
Officiai position / Qualité du (des) signataire(s) 
Signature(s) 
* Choose formula A or B os applicable / Formula A ou B à odopter suivant le cas. 
NB. This certificate must be completed either by a consular authority of the country in which the papers should have been discharged, or by on 
official outhority (Customs. Police. Mayor, Judical Officer, etc.) of the country in which the vehicle is exanined. 
NB. Ce certificat dolt être rempli soit par une autorité consulaire du pays ou le titre d'importation temporaire aurait du être déchargé, soit 
par une autorité officielle (douane, police, maire, huissier, etc.) du pays ou le véhicule a été présenté. 
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ANNEX 
ACCEPTANCE OF THE CUSTOMS COOPERATION COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION 
AND THE UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 
For the purposes of the application of the Customs Convention on the 
Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles (Geneva, 1956) the 
Community hereby notifies the Secretary General of the Customs 
Cooperation Council that it accepts the Customs Cooperation Council's 
Recommendation of 25 June 1992 on the CPD carnet in so far as it concerns 
commercial road vehicles. The Community also hereby notifies the 
Secretary-General of the United Nations that it accepts the United 
Nations Resolution of 2 July 1993 on the applicability of carnets de 
passages en douane and CPD carnets to private road vehicles. 
In its relations with the Contracting Parties to either of the 
Conventions covered by the Recommendation and Resolution, the Community 
will apply the Recommendation and the Resolution to any of the Parties 
which have also accepted the instruments. 
The text of the Customs Cooperation Council Recommendation and the United 
Nations Resolution is reproduced below. 
A - CCC RECOMMENDATION 
B - UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION 
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RECOMMENDATON OF 
THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL CONCERNING 
THE ACCEPTANCE OF CPD CARNETS 
IN CONNECTION WITH TEMPORARY ADMISSION 
(25 June 1992) 
THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL, 
RECALLING the Convention on Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention) 
adopted at its 75th/76th Sessions in Istanbul on 26 June 1990, 
RECALLING that Appendix II to Annex A to that Convention lays down a 
model for temporary admission papers (CPD carnets) to be used for 
temporary admission of means of transport under Annex C to the 
Convention, and that this model as well as the conditions for its use are 
virtually the same as those for the temporary importation papers 
("carnets de passages en douane") laid down in the Customs Convention on 
the Temporary Importation of Private Road Vehicles, 1954, and the Customs 
Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles, 1956 
(hereinafter called the Vehicles Conventions), 
NOTING that the carnet issuing and guaranteeing associations operating 
under Annex C to the Istanbul Convention will be the same as those 
operating under the Vehicles Conventions, 
CONSCIOUS of the importance of ensuring a smooth transfer from the 
Vehicles Conventions to Annex C to the Istanbul Convention and of 
avoiding undue hardship to the issuing and guaranteeing associations, 
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APPRECIATING the willingness of the issuing and guaranteeing associations 
operating under the Vehicles Conventions to render the relevant issuing 
and guaranteeing chains operational also under Annexes A and C to the 
Istanbul Convention insofar as road motor vehicles and trailers are 
concerned, and their commitment to guarantee CPD carnets provided for in 
the three Conventions, 
RECOMMENDS that those Contracting Parties to the Istanbul Convention 
which accept Annex C thereto and which accept a CPD carnet for temporary 
admission of means of transport under that Annex, should accept both the 
carnet model laid down in Appendix II to Annex A to the Istanbul 
Convention and the temporary importation papers (carnets de passages en 
douane) laid down in the Vehicles Conventions. 
REQUESTS the Secretary General of the Customs Co-operation Council to 
notify the Contracting Parties to the Istanbul Convention of the 
undertaking by the issuing and guaranteeing associations to guarantee, 
vis-à-vis the Customs administrations, the carnets provided for in the 
three Conventions. The Secretary General is also requested to append this 
Recommendation to such a notification. 
REQUESTS each Contracting Party to the Istanbul Convention to notify the 
the Secretary General of the Customs Co-operation Council whether it 
accepts or does not accept this Recommendation. Such notification shall 
be made within one year following the date on which the Secretary General 
notifies Contracting Parties of the undertaking by the issuing and 
guaranteeing associations to guarantee the carnets provided for in the 
three Conventions. 
In the case of acceptance, the Contracting Party shall also notify 
the Secretary General of the date from which it will apply the 
Recommendation and of the conditions of its application. 
9^ 
Failure to notify the Secretary General of the Customs Co-operation 
Council within one year shall mean that the Contracting Party is unable 
to accept the Recommendation. However, a Contracting Party may accept 
this Recommendation at a later date. 
The Secretary General shall transmit this information to the Customs 
administrations of Council Members. He shall also transmit it to the 
Customs administrations of the Members of the United Nations or of its 
specialized agencies, to the Executive Secretary of the Economic 
Commission for Europe, to Customs or Economic Unions which qualify as 
Contracting Parties, and to the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme and 
the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 
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For Contracting Parties to the 1956 Customs Convention 
on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles 
(18 May 1956) 
The UN/ECE Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport. 
RECALLING the provisions of Article 8, paragraph 1 of the Customs 
Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road Vehicles (18 
May 1956) (hereinafter called the Vehicle Convention 1956), 
RECALLING that Annex 1 of this Convention lays down a model for temporary 
importation papers (carnets de passages en douane) to be used for the 
temporary importation of commercial road vehicles, and that this model as 
well as the conditions for its use are virtually the same as those for 
the temporary admission papers (carnet CPD) laid down in the Convention 
on temporary Admission, Annex A, Appendix II (hereinafter called the 
Istanbul Convention), 
NOTING that the carnet issuing and guaranteeing associations operating 
under the Vehicle Convention 1956 are the same as those which will 
operate under the Istanbul Convention, 
CONSCIOUS of the importance of ensuring a smooth transfer from the 
Vehicle Convention 1956 to Annex C to the Istanbul Convention and of 
avoiding undue hardship to the issuing and guaranteeing associations, 
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APPRECIATING the willingness of the issuing and guaranteeing associations 
operating under the Vehicle Conventions to render the relevant issuing 
and guaranteeing chains operational also under Annexes A and C to the 
Istanbul Convention in so far as road motor vehicles for commercial use 
and trailers are concerned, and their commitment to guarantee CPD carnets 
provided for in the two Conventions, 
RECOMMANDS that those Contracting Parties to the Vehicle Convention 1956 
which accept a carnet for temporary importation of commercial road 
vehicles, should accept both the carnet model laid down in Annex I to the 
Vehicle Convention 1956 and the temporary admission papers (carnet CPD) 
laid down in the Istanbul Convention, appendix II of Annex A; 
REQUESTS the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic 
Commission for Europe to notify the Contracting Parties to the Vehicle 
Convention 1956 of the undertaking by the issuing and guaranteeing 
associations to guarantee, vis-à-vis the Customs administrations, the 
carnets provided for in the two Conventions. The Executive Secretary is 
also requested to append this resolution to such a notification; 
REQUESTS each Contracting Parties to the Vehicle Convention 1956 to 
notify the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission 
for Europe whether it accepts or does not accept this resolution. Such 
notification shall be made within one year following the date on which 
the Executive Secretary notifies Contracting Parties of the undertaking 
by the issuing and guaranteeing associations to guarantee the carnets 
provided for in the two Conventions; 
In the case of acceptance, the Contracting Party shall also notify 
the Executive Secretary of the date from which it will apply the 
Recommendation and of the conditions of its application; 
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Failure to notify the Executive Secretary of the United Nations 
Economic Commission for Europe within one year shall mean that the 
Contracting Party is unable to accept the resolution. However, a 
Contracting Party may accept this resolution at a later date; 
The Executive Secretary shall transmit this information to the 
Customs administrations of the Contracting Parties to the Vehicle 
Convention 1956. He shall also transmit it to the Secretary General of 
the Customs Co-operation Council, to regional economic integration 
organizations which qualify as Contracting Parties and to the 
International Touring Alliance and the International Automobile 
Federat ion. 
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TIMETABLE ANNEX 
I • Title of the proposal 
Proposal for a Council Decision of .... concerning the conclusion of the 
Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Commercial Road 
Vehicles. 
I I. Is a timetable considered? 
A. Yes. 
B. The proposal is part of the procedure to facilitate international 
contacts. The Convention covered by the proposal includes useful 
provisions which are in line with Community objectives, particularly 
as regards the negotiations of future agreements and the Community 
becoming a Contracting Party to international instruments. It would 
therefore be appropriate to fix a timetable which takes these points 
into account. 
III. limetab le 
Desirable. 
IV. Proposed dates 
A. Transmission to the Council: September 1993 
B. Council Decision: November 1993. 
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