TIR SEMINAR
Moscow -
Russia
2 - 3 October 2003 |
Regional
TIR Seminar in Moscow on 2 and 3 October 2003
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the TIR Executive
Board and the TIR secretariat, in close co-operation with the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation,
the State Customs Committee of Russia and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office in Moscow,
organize a Regional TIR training Seminar which will be held at the Hotel Metropol, Moscow, on 2 and 3 October 2003.
The Seminar is aimed at capacity building of Customs authorities for the proper
implementation of the TIR procedure and will address issues such as Customs fraud prevention, risk management,
controlled access to the TIR regime, termination and discharge of a TIR operation, inquiry procedures. A major part
of the Seminar will be dedicated to an open discussion and exchange of views on the present situation with regard
to Customs transit in the region and on the application of the TIR procedure in the Customs Union of the Russian
Federation and Republic of Belarus.
The Seminar will include presentations by high-level officials from Customs
administrations of Contracting Parties to the TIR Convention, including the European Commission, by Chairmen of
several inter-governmental bodies of the TIR Convention as well as by senior experts from the International Road
Transport Union (IRU) and the UNECE secretariat, all sharing with the participants their experience in the
application of the TIR Convention.
Participation
The TIR Seminar is designed for senior Governmental officials responsible for Customs
and trade policies of the Russian Federation, neighbour countries and other countries with transit links to the Russian
Federation. The seminar is also open to representatives of the private sector who are involved in Customs transit
procedures (national associations or road carriers, Chambers of Commerce, freight forwarders and/or Customs brokers).
Programme
Attached please find a first provisional
programme of the Seminar. More detailed information on the programme of the Seminar and on the participating
experts will become available in mid September 2003. Each participant will receive a free copy of the latest edition of the
TIR Handbook. At the end of the Seminar, certificates of attendance will be distributed to all participants. English and Russian
will be the working languages. Full simultaneous interpretation into/from these languages will be provided.
Seminar
Registration
Participation in the Seminar is free
of charge for registered participants. Participants are however
expected to cover their own travel costs, accommodation and other
personal expenses. Each participant at the Seminar must register
with the TIR secretariat prior to the Seminar using a copy of the
attached Seminar Registration
Form.
Participants are advised to return this form to the UNECE TIR
secretariat as soon as possible but not later than on 25 September
2003.
Hotel Reservation
Seminar participants are expected
to make their own travel arrangements. The Hotel Metropol*****,
the venue of the Seminar, is located in the very centre of Moscow
within a three minute walk from the Red Square and the Kremlin.
Block bookings have been made for Seminar participants at the Hotel
Metropol at special rates. In order to profit from these rates,
participants should fill-in the respective section in the attached TIR
Seminar Registration Form. and return this form to the
TIR secretariat as soon as possible but not later than on 25 September
2003. For other hotels in Moscow, participants may wish to consult
the following websites: www.moscow-hotels.net,
www.hotels-moscow.ru,
www.moscow-hotels-russia.com.
Visa Support
You may well need a visa to go to Russia.
In this case, participants are invited to undertake the following steps:
fill-in the attached visa application form;
send the above application form together with a copy of your passport (the double
page containing your photo) and an official cover letter to Mr. Vladimir VERKHUSHA,
Acting Head of Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, 10 Sadovaya
Samotechnaya, 101438 Moscow GSP-4 Russia, tel.: + 007 095 9269529 and + 007 095 9269641, fax.: + 007 095 9269304 or
+ 007 095 9269038. These documents should be received as soon as possible,
but not later than on 8 September 2003;
apply, in due course, for a visa to the competent Russian Consulate and follow its instructions.
Further
Information
Should you need any further information on the TIR Seminar in Moscow,
please contact the TIR secretariat:
Mrs. Maria Ceccarelli (English, French)
Tel: +41-22-917-2455
Mr. Konstatin Glukhenkiy (English, Russian)
Tel: +41-22-917-1531
TIR secretariat
Palais des Nations, Office 400
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Fax: +41-22-917-0614/0039
E-mail: tirexb@unece.org
Internet: http://tir.unece.org