Accession of Ukraine to the Common Transit System

Dear Member,

In the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, the letter dated 03.10.2022 received from the Directorate General of Customs of the Ministry of Trade states that, in line with the decision taken by the Joint Committee, the decision-making body of the 1987 Convention on a Common Transit Procedure (Common Transit Convention), to which, together with our country, the European Union (EU), the member countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the United Kingdom, North Macedonia and Serbia are parties, Ukraine has also acceded as a Contracting Party as of 1 October 2022. It has been reported that, as of 1 October 2022, where transport is to be carried out to/from the said country under the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure, an additional border crossing procedure must be carried out in NCTS at the EU-Ukraine border and, accordingly, in common transit declarations whose country of destination is Ukraine, the office of first entry into Ukraine must be indicated as the office of transit.

The same letter further states that, within the framework of the said changes, holders of the procedure with authorisation to use an international comprehensive guarantee (principals who are guarantee providers under the Common Transit System) who will open declarations under the common transit procedure to or via Ukraine must have the guarantee letter amendment (addendum) attached approved by the relevant bank for the internationally valid comprehensive guarantee letters they currently use and submit it to their Ministry (Directorate General of Customs), while holders of the procedure who will not carry out transit operations to or via Ukraine do not need to take any action to maintain their current status.

Attachment: Accession of Ukraine to the Common Transit System

Kind regards,

Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry

 

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Date Added :2022-10-11 11:22:00