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UNION OF ROAD TRANSPORT ASSOCIATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION REGIONSince 2001

44 MEETING OF THE

BSEC-URTA MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Istanbul, 6 February 2018

Welcome


ASLI GOZUTOK

PRESIDENT OF BSEC-URTA


ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

M4950

AGENDA ITEM 1


STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRPERSON

AGENDA ITEM 2


OVERVIEW OF 2017

a) Progress on priorities

b) Activities of the Ad Hoc Working Parties

c) Cooperation with International Organizations

AGENDA ITEM 3


▪Increase and diversify BSEC-URTA revenues

▪Develop further and expand BSEC Permit to

Eurasia

▪Support Working Party on Insurance

developing BSEC CMR Insurance

▪Submit AULT/ BSEC-URTA joint ADR Project

to IsDB

▪Follow eTIR Pilot Projects

BSEC-URTA Priorities for 2017:


Increase and diversify BSEC-URTA revenues:

contacts were maintained with potential new members and observers.

AULT and BSEC-URTA agreed to make a joint project application to the IsDB in

2017.

The Working Party on Insurance continued its work together with interested

insurance companies from the BSEC region for possible development of a regional

CMR product

Preliminary consultations are held with TOBB-UND Company in order to develop a

business model for promoting its services on regional level

IRU initiatives for eCMR along a Balkan route are followed, closely.

Exploratory contacts were started with the International Istanbul Arbitration Centre

(ISTAC) for a possible free-of-charge arbitration component embedded in a future

BSEC CMR insurance product. A MoU was signed with ISTAC on 7 November

2017.


Develop further and expand BSEC Permit to Eurasia:

The system remained unchanged in 2017.

4 of the 8 participating countries, namely Romania, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova

recognised on reciprocity basis the BSEC Permits good for 3rd country transport

operations in their territories.

ICCIMA (Iran) maintains interest for supporting participation of Iran in the system.

For 2018 the number of BSEC Permits per each country increased to 500

For 2018 Albania, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova requested to be created a multiple

permit system


Support Working Party on Insurance developing BSEC CMR Insurance

5th Meeting of the ad hoc Working Party took place in Istanbul on 28 August 2017.

With support of the Chairperson, SWISS RE was involved to contribute to the work

of the WP for a road map for a competitive single CMR policy based upon market

data and statistics from CIS, EU and Turkey.

An inter-regional transport insurance forum is planned together with AULT


Follow eTIR Pilot Projects:

2nd stage of the e-TIR Pilot Project between Turkey and Iran is implemented with

successful results. The Project continues.

AITA, Moldovan Customs Authority, AIRCU, Ukrainian Customs Authority and IRU

held meetings on technical and organizational matters related to implementation of a

new Pilot Project between Moldova and Ukraine.

TOBB and ASMAP-UA cooperate to obtain an agreement of the Turkish and

Ukrainian Customs Authorities for an e-TIR Pilot Project between Turkey and

Ukraine.


ACTIVITIES OF AD HOC WORKING PARTIES

AD HOC WORKING PARTY ON PASSENGER TRANSPORT – CHAIRMAN

MR. VLADIMIR FLOREA

AD HOC WORKING PARTY ON INSURANCE- CHAIRPERSON

MRS. NATALIA POLUNINA

.


COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: IRU, BSEC IRU-BSEC-URTA-BSEC-TOBB SEMINAR ON AUTOMATION OF TRANSIT

PROCEDURES & ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE OF DATA WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF

TRADE FACILITATION , Istanbul on 19 April 2017

IRU-BSEC-URTA-BSEC-TOBB SEMINAR ON COMPUTERIZATION OF TIR

PROCEDURES AND OTHER ROAD TRANSPORT RELATED DOCUMENTS,

Istanbul on 15 June 2017

SEMINAR ON TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION IN THE BSEC REGION,

Istanbul on 18 October 2017

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http://bsec-urta.org/en/photo-galleries/43/irubsecurtabsectobb_seminar_on_computerization_of_tir_procedures_and_other_road_transport_related_documents/1.html


COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: IRU, BSEC

Participation of the IRU Secretary General, Mr Umberto de Pretto and of the BSEC

Secretary General, Mr Michael B Christides to:

31 MEETING OF BSEC-URTA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Istanbul, 16 June 2017

32 MEETING OF BSEC-URTA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Tirana, 13 October 2017

.



❖ As of 24 August 2014,

Honorary President of

BSEC-URTA Mr. Vladimir

Florea is Senior Regional

Adviser to the IRU

❖ Since 1 October 2015

Secretary General of BSEC-

URTA Mr. Adrian Albu is

General Delegate of IRU for

Middle East and the Region

❖ On 10 November 2017

President of BSEC-URTA

Ms. Asli Gozutok was

elected as a member of IRU

Presidential Executive

COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: IRU

BSEC-URTA Delegation participates in each

and every IRU Statutory meetings.



COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: BSECParticipation of the BSEC-URTA Delegation to:

MEETING OF BSEC SUMMIT ON THE OCCASION OF THE 25 ANNIVERSARY

Istanbul, 22 May 2017

MEETING OF THE BSEC STERRING COMMITTEE FOR FACILITATION OF ROAD

TRANSPORT, Istanbul on 19 October 2017

MEETING OF BSEC MINISTERS IN CHARGE WITH TRANSPORT, Kyiv, 17

November 2017

MEETING OF BSEC COUNCIL OF MFA, Kyiv 16 December 2017 (BSEC-URTA

Sectoral Dialog Partnership was extended for 2018-2019)

.



COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: PABSEC❖ Participation of the PABSEC Delegation to the 31 and 32 General Assembly of

BSEC-URTA

❖ Participation of the BSEC-URTA Delegation to:

49 MEETING OF PABSEC GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Istanbul, 4-6 July 2017

50 MEETING OF PABSEC GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Kyiv, 28-30 November 2017

.



A coordination meeting with the AULT Secretary General

was held in Istanbul on 22 March 2017.

Participated and addressed to the 104th session of the

Council of Arab Economic Union in Cairo on 25 May 2017,

where AULT and BSEC-URTA also convened to review

the BSEC-URTA/AULT Joint Action Plan 2017.

AULT – BSEC-URTA Inter-Regional Passenger Transport

Round Table on “Development of Passenger Transport in

the Black Sea and Middle East Regions” was held on 6

December 2017 in BSEC Headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey

AULT held its Meeting of Board of Directors on 7

December 2017 in Radisson Blu Bosphors Hotel in

Istanbul, Turkey. The BSEC-URTA Honorary President

Mr. Vladimir Florea, the BSEC-URTA Secretary General

Mr. Haydar Özkan, the BSEC-URTA Deputy Secretary

General Mr. Adrian Albu took part in the meeting.

COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: AULT



REVIEW OF BSEC-URTA WORKING PROGRAMME

FOR 2018

G4840

AGENDA ITEM 4


VISION

Common solutions for common problems

MISSION

To work together with governments and the BSEC Organization, to enable road

transport to deliver goods in a cost efficient manner, secure, smoothly and safely in

an integrated BSEC road transport market and beyond, by interconnecting

businesses, markets and all stakeholders to the best interest of society.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Facilitation, IRU-BSEC Interaction, Re-opening of the Silk Road, Professional

Training, Combined Transportation, Lobbying and Promotion, Good Examples,

Information Sharing, Improving Organisational Strength.


GRADUAL LIBERALIZATION OF BILATERAL AND TRANSIT ROAD TRANSPORT

► bring to the attention of BSEC Ministries of Transport the deadlines concerning liberalization of transit

transport and bilateral transport established by the Steering Committee to the MoU on Facilitation of

Road Transport .

► enlargement of the geographical coverage of the BSEC Permit, extension of its usage to 3rd Country

road transport operations on voluntary and reciprocity basis and shifting its usage from single to

multiple journeys.

► encourage cooperation between BSEC PERMIS and ECO Secretariat in order to pursue ECO

Member States to consider participation in an extended BSEC Permit Project.

SIMPLIFICATION OF VISA PROCEDURES FOR PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS

► Continue promoting to the BSEC Member States the profession of international truck driver, which

should be granted facilitated conditions of mobility to be able to perform their profession freely similar

in nature with the sailors or aircraft crews.

INTERNATIONAL VEHICLE WEIGHT CERTIFICATE (IVWC)

➢ introduction of the IVWC in other participating countries of the BSEC Pilot Project, namely

Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine.

FACILITATION


SIMPLIFICATION OF CUSTOMS FORMALITIES

➢ Follow up continuation of the e-TIR Pilot Project between Turkey and Iran, work for

the e-TIR Pilot Project between Turkey and Ukraine for Combined Transport and

Multimodal Transport of Containers and encourage development of a similar project

between Turkey Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan as well as between Moldova

and Ukraine.

➢ Encourage implementation of Green Lanes at BSEC border crossing points with EU

Member States.

➢ Work with Member Associations and IRU to expand the experience of AsMAP

Ukraine in finding solutions to subcontracting issues related to the usage of TIR

Carnets for intermodal transport of containers

➢ Participate in the work of the BSEC Working Group on Customs (WG-C) and

promote digitalization of the TIR System as well as of other road transport

documents such as eCMR.

FACILITATION


IRU-BSEC COOPERATION

➢ Contribute to implementation of the MoU between the BSEC Organization and the

IRU if and when possible.

➢ Coordinate participation of the BSEC Secretary General or his delegates to take part

in the events organised by the IRU and BSEC-URTA and vice versa.

IRU COOPERATION WITH THE BSEC RELATED BODIES

➢ Encourage and contribute to systematic interaction and cooperation with the BSEC

Related Bodies on transport and trade facilitation in the BSEC region.

IRU-BSEC INTERACTION


Encourage national associations from neighbouring regions, notably across the ECO

rand LAS regions to join BSEC-URTA and contribute to its activities aimed at

promoting or supporting the modern inter-regional Silk Road routes across the BSEC

region.

Promote and contribute to the activities undertaken by the BSEC and its organs as

well as the ECO and LAS Organizations for implementing main principles of the

IRU's Model Highway Initiative at regional level.

RE-OPENING OF THE SILK ROAD


Work with TOBB and ASMAP-UA to determine their Customs Authorities to start an

eTIR Pilot Project for the movement of semitrailers between Turkey and Ukraine

using RO-RO vessels as well as for the intermodal transportation of containers

between the two mentioned countries.

Participate in the meetings of the Steering Committee of the Motorways of the Black

Sea and support implementation of the related BSEC MoU.

COMBINED TRANSPORT


COOPERATION BETWEEN TRANSPORT RELATED BSEC NGOs

➢ Coordinate with the BSEC transport related NGOs organization of a meeting aiming to setup

an action plan for the implementation of their concerned MoU.

COOPERATION WITH THE BSEC PERMIS AND THE BSEC RELATED BODIES

➢ Organize mutual working visits whenever necessary and make annual debriefings on activities

and policy priorities of the BSEC-URTA.

COOPERATION WITH THE AULT SECRETARIAT

➢ Work together with AULT for development of joint projects such as Inter-regional Transport

Insurance Products and Gulf Region Ro-Ro Development Project .

LOBBYING AND PROMOTION


BSEC-URTA WEB PORTAL

➢ Keep the BSEC-URTA portal updated with professional news and regional developments.

➢ Encourage the Member Associations to contribute to the content of the BSEC-URTA web

portal by sharing information on their past or future main activities as well as recent

developments and news at national level.

INFORMATION SHARING


MEMBERSHIP AND OBSERVERS

➢ Develop contacts with potential new Members and Observers across the BSEC, LAS

and ECO regions and the countries enjoying special status with BSEC, LAS and ECO

organisations.

SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES

➢ Support implementation of the Action Plan of the ad hoc Working Party on Transport

Insurance, notably about development of a competitive regional CMR product

➢ Elaborate ways and mechanism to promote IRU’s TIR products and services,

regionally.

➢ Implement the MoU between BSEC-URTA and Istanbul Arbitration Center (ISTAC) on

mitigation of commercial conflicts.

IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL STRENGHT


BSEC-URTA PRIORITIES FOR 2018

AGENDA ITEM 5


▪ Increase and diversify BSEC-URTA revenues

▪ Develop further and expand BSEC Permit to Eurasia

▪ Support Working Party on Insurance developing BSEC CMR Insurance

▪ Follow and contribute to eTIR and eCMR Pilot Projects in the region

Proposals as BSEC-URTA Priorities for 2018:

▪ Follow and contribute to integration of `` single window`` system among

BSEC Member States


AGENDA ITEM 6

FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

MATTERS

A) STATUS OF CONTRIBUTION FEES FOR 2018

B) APPROVAL OF BSEC-URTA DECLARATION 2017

C) INFORMATION ON REINFORCEMENT OF THE

INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT


CONSIDERATION OF COMMERCIAL

ACTIVITIES IN COOPERATION WITH

TOBB/UND AND MOBILTRUST

AGENDA ITEM 7


MISCELLANEOUS

AGENDA ITEM 8


NEXT MEETING OF THE BSEC-URTA

MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

AGENDA ITEM 9


DECISIONS OF THE 44 MEETING OF

BSEC-URTA MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

AGENDA ITEM 10


CHAIRPERSON’S CLOSING REMARKS


THANK YOU !

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