CELEX: 22021A1222(01)
Language: en
Date: 2021-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Amendments to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention 1975) According to UN Depositary Notification CN.370.2021.TREATIES-XI.A.16 the following amendments to the TIR Convention enter into force on 4 February 2022 for all Contracting Parties

22.12.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 459/1
            
         
      Amendments to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention 1975)
      
         
            According to UN Depositary Notification CN.370.2021.TREATIES-XI.A.16 the following amendments to the TIR Convention enter into force on 4 February 2022 for all Contracting Parties
         
      
      Article 6, paragraph 1:
      
         For Each substitute The customs authorities or other competent authorities of a Contracting Party may
      Article 20, line 1:
      
         For the existing text substitute For journeys in the territory of a Contracting Party or several Contracting Parties forming a customs or economic union, the competent customs authorities
      Annex 6, Explanatory Note to Article 6, paragraph 2:
      
         For country may approve substitute Contracting Party may authorize
      Annex 6, Explanatory Note to Article 8, paragraph 3, end of paragraph:
      
         For $US 200 000substitute400 000 euros
      Annex 6, Explanatory Notes to Article 45:
      
         Add a new Explanatory Note 0.45-1 to Article 45 to read as follows:
      
                  0.45-1
               
               
                  The legal provision to publish the list of the customs offices of departure, customs offices en route and customs offices of destination, approved for accomplishing TIR operations is also deemed to be fulfilled by means of the proper use of electronic applications developed to this end by the TIR secretariat under the supervision of the TIR Executive Board.
               
            
         Renumber existing Explanatory Note 0.45-1 to become 0.45-2
      Annex 9, Part I, paragraph 1:
      
         For Contracting Parties substitute customs authorities or other competent authorities of a Contracting Party
      Article 38, paragraph 2, first line:
      
         For within one week substitute without delay
      Annex 6, Explanatory Note to Article 38, paragraph 2, third line:
      
         For is deemed to substitute shall
      Annex 6, Explanatory Note to Annex 9, Part II, paragraph 4:
      
         For the legal requirements for data submission, as set out in paragraph 4, are deemed to be fulfilled substitute Data, as set out in paragraph 4, shall be transmitted
      Annex 9, Part II, paragraph 4, first line:
      
         For within one week substitute without delay
      Annex 9, Part II, paragraph 4, end of paragraph:
      
         For in conformity with the specimen authorization attached (MAF) substitute, including:
      
                  (a)
               
               
                  Individual and unique identification (ID) number assigned to the person by the guaranteeing association, in cooperation with the international organization to which it is affiliated, in accordance with the harmonized format determined by the Administrative Committee;
               
            
                  (b)
               
               
                  Name(s) and address(es) of the person(s) or enterprise, for a business association, also the names of responsible managers;
               
            
                  (c)
               
               
                  Contact person with complete contact information; and
               
            
                  (d)
               
               
                  Commercial registration number or international transport licence number or other (if available).
               
            Annex 9, Part II, paragraph 5:
      
         For the existing text substitute The associations shall transmit any change in the particulars of authorized persons without delay from the moment they become aware of it to the competent authorities and the TIR Executive Board.
      Annex 9, Part II, Model Authorization Form (MAF):
      
         Remove MAF attached to Annex 9 Part II and the accompanying text