TIR COMMITTEES

TIR COMMITTEES

A TIR & ATA Carnet Administration Committee under the supervision of the Chair and the Secretary General has been in place which includes the Carnet Manager and the TIR Admission Advisor.

A TIR Transport Consultative Committee is a specific forum for the admitted incumbents to the TIR System which deals with anticipated ongoing issues of TIR transporters. The TIR Administrative Committee is responsible to oversee not only the day-to-day operations but also to oversee the administration of TIR in collaboration with IRU, Pakistan Customs and TIR Holders, and for IT development of customs within the WeBOC system as it moves to the eTIR system/ Digital TIR and may include specific recommendations of SPVs, intermodal/ multimodal and other such programming aspects as may emanate from the TIR Transport Consultative Committee and the IRT-TIR Commission including the updation of the current programming for border posts and inland TIR enabled customs stations. Already a full-fledged TIR Center has been established within the PNC-ICC for training of TIR Holders.

NATIONAL AUTHORIZATION COMMITTEE (NAC)

The National Authorization Committee headed by the Director, Directorate of Transit Trade Pakistan Customs and comprising of representatives of the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Interior and the PNC-ICC, is responsible to scrutinize the TIR admission application of transport operators to assess and analyze the applicant’s eligibility in terms of the criteria mentioned in sub-rule(1) of Rule 696 of the TIR Rules and then proceed to approve or reject the application.