The TIR Executive Board (TIRExB)
has been established by the Contracting Parties to the Convention (Article
58 ter) to enhance international cooperation among Customs authorities
in the application of the TIR Convention and to establish an inter-governmental
organ to supervise and to provide support in the application of the TIR
procedure and the international guarantee system.
The Board is composed of 9 members who
are elected by the Governments which are Contracting Parties to the Convention.
The TIRExB is inter alia mandated to
supervise the centralized printing and distribution of TIR Carnets, oversee
the operation of the international guarantee and insurance system and
coordinate and foster exchange of intelligence among Customs and other
Governmental authorities.
The decisions of the TIRExB are executed
by a TIR Secretary who is assisted by a small secretariat. The TIR
Secretary
shall be a member of the UN/ECE secretariat. The operation of the TIRExB
is financed, for the time being, through a levy on each TIR Carnet
issued.