TMI BlogProcedure for movement of goods under TIR Carnets-reg.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... urney between the beginning and the end of the TIR transport is made by road. 2. The movement of goods under the Convention is under the cover of a carnet issued by the National Guaranteeing Association (NGA). The TIR Carnet opened in the country of departure serves as a Customs control document in the countries of departure, transit and destination. It also serves as proof of the existence of an international guarantee for the goods transported under the Carnet. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has been appointed by CBIC as the NGA for issuance of Carnets under the Convention in India. The NGAs in each Contracting Party to the Convention constitute a guarantee chain linking all TIR countries with the International Road Transport Union (IRU), a non-governmental organization in Geneva, Switzerland, at the apex of the guarantee chain. The presentation of a valid TIR Carnet bearing the names, stamps and signatures from IRU and those of the issuing association and duly filled-in by the transport operator is the proof of the existence and validity of the guarantee. 3. The National Guaranteeing association shall fix the period of validity of the TI ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... uthorities have any other reason to question the proper application of the TIR operation, an internal inquiry will be started. The transport operator and the NGA shall be informed that the termination of the TIR operation has been certified with reservations or has not taken place at all or that other reasons have led to doubts about the proper application of the TIR operation and that they are requested to provide explanations. If a satisfactory reply is not received, the Customs authorities shall apply the provisions of the TIR Convention and national legislation to determine the taxes and duties due to Customs. (vi) If after sufficient effort, the Customs authorities are unable to collect the duties payable from the carnet holder, the Customs authorities shall claim the amount so payable from the NGA within the timelines stipulated in the Convention. 6. The procedure at the Customs office of Transit and country of destination: (i) The incoming Customs office of transit checks the seals and withdraws one sheet from the TIR Carnet, and the outgoing office proceeds likewise. Both sheets are compared for a final control and the TIR operation can be discharged or, in the cas ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ar from the date of acceptance of the TIR Carnet by those authorities or two years when the certificate of termination of the TIR operation was falsified or obtained in an improper or fraudulent manner. (c) The guaranteeing association shall pay the amounts claimed within a period of three months from the date when a claim for payment is made against it. AUTHORIZED CUSTOMS STATIONS 11. TIR is being introduced in a phased manner in India. The Customs Stations in India authorized for use of TIR shall be, Ports (i) Inland Container Deports (ICDs) (ii) 1. Nhava Sheva, 2. Mundra, 3. Kolkata, 4. Chennai, 5. Cochin, 6. Visakhapatnam, 7. Krishnapatnam 1. Tughlakabad 2. Patparganj 3. Dadri 4. Ahmedabad 5. Hyderabad 6. Pune 7. Durgapur 12. TIR convention is expected to help in boosting trade with Central Asian /Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. Most of the Central Asian Republics/CIS Countries/Iran are signatories to the TIR convention. The TIR Convention can also be deployed for facilitati ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e TIR Carnet used in their country, on the corresponding counterfoils and on the vouchers remaining in the TIR Carnet. 21. Heavy or bulky goods, if the authorities at the Customs office of departure so decide, be carried by means of non-sealed containers. Approval of containers 22. At present, Notification 104/94-Customs dated 16th March 1994 exempts containers which are of durable nature, imported into India from duties of customs, if the importer executes a bond to re-export the said containers within the prescribed period from the date of their importation and to furnish documentary evidence thereof. The above notification would continue to govern the customs duty exemption for temporary import of containers into India, including those moving under TIR. 23. Annex 7 of the Convention lays down the basic principles for coverage of containers under TIR. The containers shall be constructed and equipped in such a manner that: a) no goods can be removed from, or introduced into, the sealed part of the container without leaving visible traces of tampering or without breaking the Customs seal; b) Customs seals can be simply and effectively affixed to them; c) th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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