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[[Image:TIR.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A customs official checks the seal on a TIR cargo]]

[[Image:TIR.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A customs official checks the seal on a TIR cargo]]

'''Transport International par la Route''' (TIR) is a road transport operating agreement among [[Europe]]an governments and the [[United States]] for the international movement of cargo by road. A Review Conference convened in November 1975 under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) produced the TIR Convention of 1975 that came into force in 1978. Since that time the TIR Convention has proved that it is one of the most successful international transport conventions and is in fact so far the only universal [[Customs]] transit system in existence.<ref>Historical Background [http://www.unece.org/trans/bcf/tir/system/history/tir-history.htm United Nations Economic Commission for Europe] Accessed July 13 2007</ref> Display of the TIR [[carnet]] allows sealed [[Container (shipping)|containerloads]] to cross national frontiers without inspection, providing a simple, flexible, cost-effective and secure Customs regime for the international transport of goods across frontiers.<ref>U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration [http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html]</ref> In case of doubt, Customs authorities retain the right to inspect the goods under Customs seal at any time and, if necessary, to interrupt the TIR transport and to take adequate measures in accordance with their national legislation.  

'''Transport International par la Route''' (TIR) is a road transport operating agreement among [[Europe]]an governments and the [[United States]] for the international movement of cargo by road. A Review Conference convened in November 1975 under the auspices of the [[United Nations]] Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) produced the TIR Convention of 1975 that came into force in 1978. Since that time the TIR Convention has proved that it is one of the most successful international transport conventions and is in fact so far the only universal [[Customs]] transit system in existence.<ref>Historical Background [http://www.unece.org/trans/bcf/tir/system/history/tir-history.htm United Nations Economic Commission for Europe] Accessed July 13 2007</ref> Display of the TIR [[carnet]] allows sealed [[Container (shipping)|containerloads]] to cross national frontiers without inspection, providing a simple, flexible, cost-effective and secure Customs regime for the international transport of goods across frontiers.<ref>U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration [http://www.marad.dot.gov/publications/glossary/glossary.html]</ref> In case of doubt, Customs authorities retain the right to inspect the goods under Customs seal at any time and, if necessary, to interrupt the TIR transport and to take adequate measures in accordance with their national legislation.  

==Historical background==

==Historical background==