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Border Crossing Facilitation

Introduction

UNECE guides the process of harmonizing and simplifying border crossing procedures for the various modes of inland transport.

The Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (WP.30) is an inter-governmental forum dealing with activities of a policy, legal, administrative, documentary, technical, economic and environmental nature. In particular, the Working Party prepares, reviews, modifies and administers a large number of United Nations conventions and agreements in the field of border crossing facilitation. More...

In Focus

The next session of the Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (154th session) will take place from 4 to 7 February 2020, Room XII, Palais des Nations.

Highlights

9 January 2020
Important notice for the participants in the forthcoming meetings of WP.30, AC.2 and AC.3, 4–7 February 2020 at Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room VII

12 December 2019
TIR Convention accommodates subcontracting

5 August 2019
Various amendment proposals to the Container Convention, 1972

12 June 2019
Full implementation of the TIR system in China

9 April 2019
Convention on the facilitation of border crossing procedures for passengers, luggage and load-luggage carried in international traffic by rail, of 22 February 2019 - Opening for signature

7 February 2019
New composition of the TIRExB elected

17 December 2018
Nomination of candidates for TIRExB 2019-2020

7 December 2018
Accession of Oman to the TIR Convention, 1975

7 November 2018
TIRExB: Call for candidates

1 November 2018
Accession of Argentina to the TIR Convention, 1975

31 July 2018
Activation of the TIR system in India

 

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Events

(WP.30) Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (154th session)
04 to 07 February 2020

(AC.2) TIR Administrative Committee (72nd session)
05 to 06 February 2020

(AC.3) Harmonization Convention Administrative Committee (12th session) - From 15h00 to 18h00 on Wednesday 5 February 2020
05 February 2020

(WP.30/GE.1) Informal Ad hoc Expert Group on Conceptual and Technical Aspects of Computerization of the TIR procedure, 31st session, Geneva (Switzerland)
10 to 11 March 2020

(WP.30) Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (155th session)
09 to 12 June 2020

(WP.30) Working Party on Customs Questions affecting Transport (156th session)
13 to 16 October 2020

(AC.2) TIR Administrative Committee (73rd session)
15 October 2020

Publications

The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments

SPECTRUM of Border Crossing Facilitation Activities

Handbook of Best Practices at Border Crossing - A Trade and Transport Facilitation Perspective