Federal Council approves inclusion of eTIR in TIR Convention
The Federal Council
Bern, 18.12.2020 - During its meeting on 18 December 2020, the Federal Council approved the inclusion of the electronic TIR procedure (eTIR) in the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets. Subject to approval by the other 75 contracting parties, the supplemented TIR Convention will enter into force on 25 May 2021.
The TIR Convention applies to the international transport of goods by road, without intermediate reloading, in road vehicles, combinations of vehicles or containers, across one or more frontiers between a customs office of departure of one contracting party and a customs office of destination of another or of the same contracting party. The TIR Carnet is used as the customs document accompanying the goods. Among other things, it contains a description of the goods, notes on the customs seals and customs authorities' official confirmation of all border crossings.