REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE BSEC - - PDF document

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

BSEC Permit System & e-Permit

27th November 2018, Istanbul

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE

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TURKISH ROAD TRANSPORT SECTOR

• Turkey situated on main trade and transport

arteries between Asia, Europe and Africa.

• International road transport operations to more

than 70 countries, in 3 continents.

• Bilateral Road Transport Agreements with 59

countries.

• Bilateral/transit transport operations liberalized

with 24 countries. 18

Annex VI to BS/SC/FRTG/R(2018)1

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INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT

MAIN POLICY Integrated and seamless international road transport system MAIN CHALLENGES

 High charges and fees  Road transport quotas  Visa for professional drivers  Long waiting times at border gates  Conflicts/instabilities in the region  Non-harmonized practices

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ROAD TRANSPORT PERMITS

 Permits provided by Bilateral Agreements and exchanged with 43 countries.  Multilateral Permits (ECMT, BSEC, TRACECA).

INTERNATIONAL ROAD TRANSPORT

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PERMITS

 Permits

distributed by Turkish Chambers

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Commerce and Commodity Exchange (TOBB)

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behalf

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the Ministry

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Transport and Infrastructure.  Distribution is performed by 19

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at border gates.  More than 1.000.000 permits are distributed annually.

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BSEC PERMIT

 Started in 2010  500 permits for year 2018  Bilateral / transit / to/from third country operations 20

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PROBLEMS WITH THE PHYSICALLY EXCHANGED PERMITS

• Cost of the exchange procedure
• Delays in delivery
• Manipulation / damage / loss
• Use of paper

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PERMITS

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 Introduction of the e-permit system besides the current BSEC Permit Project  Test run between 2 voluntary countries for bilateral transport operations  Set up an e-permit Working Group  Gradual replacement of conventional permits (transition period)

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BSEC E-Permit

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BSEC e-Permit

The Ministry sends serial numbers to TOBB Serial numbers sent by BSEC to countries electronically Haulier applies to TOBB for e-permit Application checked, e-permit is allocated to haulier. A link (barcode, serial number, information) sent to haulier by TOBB. 1 2 3 4 TOBB informs the Ministry (serial number-haulier) 5 7 Driver presents e-permit (mobile phone/tablet ) at border gate of the partner country 8 Customs authorities check barcode OR get confirmation from BSEC either directly or through the Ministry. Platform for data exchange /confirmation 6 Ministry sends the data to BSEC

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Form of the permit Data to be included e-signature Data exchange/integration between MoT and Customs Authorities …..

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BSEC e-Permit

WORKING GROUP / COMMITTEE

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THANK YOU

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