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TIR Executive Board (TIRExB) Friends of the Chair meeting on transforming the middle corridor to an eTIR corridor

TIR Executive Board (TIRExB) Friends of the Chair meeting on transforming the middle corridor to an eTIR corridor

21 - 22 June 2023

Wednesday 21 June 2023

Making the middle corridor an eTIR Corridor: Customs authorities’ session 

Opening remarks

09:30-10:30

Customs authorities of Uzbekistan

Chair of TIRExB

European Commission DG Taxation and Customs Union

Secretary General of TRACECA

Islamic Development Bank

Why it is important that the middle corridor becomes an eTIR corridor

10:30-11:15

European Commission DG Taxation and Customs Union

Secretary General of TRACECA

Coffee Break (11:15 – 11:35)

11:35-12:15

TIR secretariat

IRU

Customs authorities sharing their experiences in interconnecting their
customs system to the eTIR international system

12:15-13:15

Customs authority of Uzbekistan

Customs authority of Pakistan

European Commission DG Taxation and Customs Union – including considerations on advantages in operational terms of dealing with electronic transit systems

Lunch Break (13:15 – 14:30)

Presentations by customs authorities which have not yet undertaken an interconnection project

14:30-15:45

Customs authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Customs authority of Kazakhstan

Customs authority of Kyrgyzstan

Customs authority of Tajikistan

Customs authority of Turkmenistan

15:45-16:00

Questions and answers

Coffee Break (16:00 – 16:20)

Next steps – Discussion of the road map

16:20-17:00

Agree on next steps and the road map which will ensure interconnection of all national customs systems in the region to the eTIR international system

 

Thursday 22 June 2023

Making the middle corridor an eTIR Corridor:
Customs authorities and national road transport associations’ session

TIRExB tools for national associations / Private sector /
Challenges and opportunities from the implementation of eTIR

09:30-11:00

TIRExB member from the European Union - Netherlands

TIRExB member from the European Union - Austria

TIRExB member from Türkiye

TIRExB member from the European Commission

TIR secretariat

IRU

Coffee Break (11:00 – 11:15)

National associations Perspectives on eTIR

11:15-12:45

National association of Uzbekistan

National association of the Islamic republic of Iran

National association of Kazakhstan

National association of Kyrgyzstan

National association of Pakistan

National association of Tajikistan

National association of Turkmenistan

12:30-13:15

Questions and answers 

Lunch Break (13:15 – 14:30)

Conclusions and recommandations

14:30-15:30

Chair of TIRExB

Customs authority of Uzbekistan

European Commission DG Taxation and Customs Union

Secretary General of TRACECA

TIR secretariat