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Document 22013A0914(01)
Amendment to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention, 1975)
Amendment to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention, 1975)
Amendment to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention, 1975)
IO L 245, 14.9.2013, p. 3–4
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
In force
14.9.2013 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 245/3 |
Amendment to the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention, 1975 (1))
According to the UN Depositary Notification C.N.433.2013.TREATIES — XI.A.16 the following amendments to the TIR Convention enter into force on 10 October 2013 for all Contracting Parties
In Article 6, paragraph 2 bis is replaced by the following:
‘2 bis. An international organisation shall be authorised by the Administrative Committee to take on responsibility for the effective organisation and functioning of an international guarantee system. The authorisation shall be granted as long as the organisation fulfils the conditions and requirements laid down in Annex 9, Part III. The Administrative Committee may revoke the authorisation if these conditions and requirements are no longer fulfilled.’
In Annex 9, a new Part III is introduced as follows:
‘Part III
Authorisation of an international organisation, as referred to in Article 6, to take on the responsibility for the effective organisation and functioning of an international guarantee system and to print and distribute TIR Carnets
Conditions and requirements:
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The conditions and requirements to be complied with by an international organisation in order to be authorised, in accordance with Article 6.2 bis of the Convention, by the Administrative Committee to take on the responsibility for the effective organisation and functioning of an international guarantee system and to print and distribute TIR Carnets are:
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Pursuant to the authorisation, the international organisation shall:
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When the international organisation is informed by a guaranteeing association of a claim for payment, it shall, within a period of three (3) months inform the guaranteeing association of its position concerning the claim. |
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All information acquired, directly or indirectly, by the international organisation under the Convention, which is by nature confidential or which is provided on a confidential basis, shall be covered by the obligation of professional secrecy and shall not be used or processed neither for any commercial purpose nor for any other purpose than for which it has been provided or disclosed to any third party without the express permission of the person or authority that provided it. Such information may, however, be disclosed without permission to competent authorities of Contracting Parties to this Convention, where there is an authorisation or obligation to do so pursuant to provisions of national or international law or in connection with legal proceedings. The disclosure or communication of information shall take place in full compliance with data-protection provisions in force. |
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The Administrative Committee shall have the right to revoke the authorisation granted in accordance with Article 6.2 bis in case of non-compliance with the above conditions and requirements. Should the Administrative Committee decide to revoke the authorisation, the decision will become effective at the earliest six (6) months after the date of revocation. |
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The authorisation of an international organisation under the terms set out above shall be without prejudice to that organisation’s responsibilities and liabilities under the Convention.’ |
(1) Consolidated text published by Council Decision 2009/477/EC (OJ L 165, 26.6.2009, p. 1).