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Growing alarm over Russia TIR plan

More industry representatives have added their concerns over Russian plans to suspend the TIR system. The forwarders' associations umbrella body CLECAT has joined the British International Freight Association in raising concerns over Russian threats to suspend TIR arrangements for trucks transiting its territory. In a letter to the UK's HM Revenue & Customs on 30 July, BIFA warned that the Russian Federation was considering additional guarantee measures for goods moving under ... [+]

Russia threatens to suspend TIR

Russia is threatening to suspend TIR arrangements for trucks transiting its territory, according to the British International Freight Association (BIFA). In a letter to HM Revenue & Customs, BIFA warns that the Russian Federation is considering additional guarantee measures for goods moving under TIR carnets from 14 August, according to ... [+]

Brussels rejects TIR reinstatement call

The European Commissioner for Taxation and the Customs Union Algirdas Šemeta has rejected a call by the International Road Transport Union for the TIR system to be reintroduced for intra-EU truck movements. The IRU had called for the TIR transit system to be reinstated for goods transport under customs control ... [+]

Plans to speed Iran crossings

The IRU signed a a Memorandum of Understanding with the Iranian TIR guaranteeing association, the Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines (ICCIM) and the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) on cooperation and the use of modern TIR-IT risk-management technologies on 17 July. They also discussed the possibility ... [+]

Egypt prepares for TIR

Public and private stakeholders met on 5 July to discuss plans to speed up Egypt's entry to the TIR Convention “in the very near future”, reported the International Road Transport Union (IRU). All parties agree that it is essential for Egypt to join as soon as possible. The major UN ... [+]

Bring back TIR in Europe, says IRU

The International Road Transport Union has called for the TIR system to be reinstated in the EU. It formed part of a resolution adopted by its general assembly in Geneva on 27 April which called for he the EU Customs Code to be changed to allow the use of the ... [+]