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Development of the Legal Base in the Field of Transport in the Barents Euro-Arctic

Region and Co-ordination of Activity with other International Transport Organizations

Moscow , Russian Federation7 October ,2009

The role of UNECE Conventions and Agreements in the process of harmonisation of legislation and legal

regulation in the field of transportMartine Sophie Fouvez

Regional Adviser

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Interconnectivity & Interconnectivity & Infrastructure Infrastructure

Road Safety Road Safety

Vehicles RegulationsVehicles Regulations

Inland Water Transport Inland Water Transport

Borders Crossing & Borders Crossing & FacilitationFacilitation

Dangerous Goods Dangerous Goods

Perishable Food Perishable Food

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INTERCONNECTIVITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE (1)

• Declaration on the construction of Main International; Traffic Arteries (16 September 1950)

• European Agreement on main International Traffic arteries (AGR) (15 November 1975)

• European Agreement on main International Railway Lines (AGC) (31 May 1985)

• European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and related installations (AGTC) (01 February 1991)

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INTERCONNECTIVITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE (2)

• Protocol on Combined Transport on Inland Waterways to the European Agreement on Important International Combined Transport Lines and Related Installations (AGTC) of 1991, of 1997

• European Agreement on main Inland Waterways of International Importance (AGN) (19 January 1996)

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VEHICLES REGULATIONSAgreement concerning the adoption of Uniform• Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles,

Equipment and parts which can be fitted and / or be used on Wheeled Vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal Recognition of Approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions (20 March 1958)

• Agreement concerning the adoption of Uniform conditions for periodical technical Inspections of Wheeled vehicles and the reciprocal recognition of such inspections (13 November 1997)

• Agreement concerning the establishing of Global Technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and / or be used on wheeled vehicles (25 June 1998)

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BORDERS CROSSING & FACILITATION• Convention concerning customs facilities for touring, (4 June

1954)• Additional protocol to the convention concerning customs

facilities for touring, relating to the importance of tourist publicity documents and material (4 June 1954)

• Customs convention on the Temporary importation of Private Road Vehicles (4 June 1954)

• Customs convention on the international Transport of goods under cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention), 15 January 1959,

• Customs convention on the International transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention), 14 November 1975,

• Customs convention on the temporary importation for private use of aircraft and pleasure boats, 18 May 1956.

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BORDERS CROSSING & FACILITATION (II)• Customs convention on the temporary importation of

commercial road vehicles, 18 May 1956,• International convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers

for passengers and baggage carried by rail, 10 January 1952,• International convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers

for goods carried by rail, 10 January 1952,• Customs convention concerning spare parts used for

repairing europ wagons, 15 January 1958,• Customs convention on containers, 18 May 1956, • Customs convention on containers, 2 December 1972,• European convention on customs treatment of pallets used in

international transport , 9 December 1960• International convention on the harmonization of

frontier controls of goods, 21 October 1982,• Convention on customs treatment of pool containers used in

international transport, 21 January 1994

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Our experience with network development

• UNECE TEM and TER Projects and their Master Plan

• UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA)

• UNECE-UNESCAP Euro-Asian Transport Linkages Project

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