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UNION OF ROAD TRANSPORT ASSOCIATIONS IN
THE BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION REGION
REGIONAL ANSWERS TO REGIONAL PROBLEMS
UNION OF ROAD TRANSPORT ASSOCIATIONS- BSEC-URTA
AND
ORGANIZATION OF THE BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION- BSEC
PUBLIC- PRIVATE SECTOR
CONSULTATIONS AND COOPERATION
Black Sea Region
An area of nearly 20 million km², at the
crossroads of Europe, Asia, Central Asia
and Middle East.
A huge unsaturated market, major
sources of oil and natural gas as well as
rich resources of minerals and other
natural resources
Very creative and highly talented and
educated human resources
The Organization of the Black Sea Economic
Cooperation (BSEC)
with all its Related Bodies
was created in order :
to enhance cooperation among its members,
and help them integrate fully into the world
economy, thus helping them capitalise on
their opportunities and meet the challenges of
the future
The Transport Sector
one of the most strategic contributors
to the integration process
11 MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
ANALTIR
ARTRI
GIRCA
AIRCA
ASMAP
OFAE
ABADA
UND
AITA
AEBTRI
AIRCU
FOUNDATION:
23 October 2001 Antalya, Turkey
MOTIVATION:
Need of rapprochement and direct dialogue
between the international road transport
associations at regional level
to find common solutions to common problems
of the profession in the Black Sea Region.
HOW ?
Working together
Understanding Each Other
Learning From Each Other
Preparing Together For Tomorrow
Antalya-Turkey, 26 October 2001
THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRES OF BSEC MEMBER STATES
welcomed the establishment of the BSEC-URTA as
an important development in the strengthening of the
private sector cooperation in the BSEC region.
the Council granted the BSEC-URTA the statues of
sectoral dialogue partnership to the BSEC.
First International Transport Forum- Antalya, 25 October 2001
ROAD TRANSPORT PROBLEMS IN THE BSEC REGION
Visa Problems
Border Crossing Delays
Time Losses and Costs Due to Repeated
Control of Transit Vehicles
High and Unreasonable Road Charges
Need to Improve the Efficiency of Transport
First International Transport Forum- Antalya, 25 October 2001
BSEC-URTA PRIORITIES:
Simplified Visa for Professional Drivers
Harmonization of Road User Charges
Simplification of Border Crossing
Procedures
International Vehicle Weight Certificate
Improvement of Combined Transportation
Services
Professional Training and Bilateral
Recognition of Diplomas
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS:
NATIONAL
ROAD TRANSPORT
ASSOCIATIONS
NATIONAL
AUTHORITIES
OF
COUNTRIES
BSEC
URTA
IRU
EC
UNECE
ECMT
SECI
TRACECA
CIS
BSEC
MEMBER
ASSOCITIONS
BSEC
URTA
General
Assembly
IRU
Working
Parties
NATIONAL
AUTHORITIES
International
Secretariat
Permanent International Secretariat
Working Groups
Committee of Senior Officials
Council of Ministers of Foreign Affaires
BSEC
INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
BSEC Visa for Professional Drivers
4 March, 2002, First Meeting of BSEC-URTA General Assembly, Kiev
BSEC-URTA Ad Hoc Specialist Group on Facilitation of Visas for Professional Driver
19 July 2002, Meeting of BSEC-URTA Ad Hoc Specialist Group on
Facilitation of Visa for Drivers, Istanbul, Turkey
Project Proposal on Facilitation of Visas for Professional Drivers
3-4, June 2002
29-30, January 2003
12-13, June 2003
22-23, January 2004
8-9, June 2004
BSEC WG-T
Meetings of BSEC Ad Hoc Expert Group on Visa
Simplification Procedures, Istanbul.
A draft BSEC Agreement was finalized by the experts of BSEC Member States
and submitted to the Committee of Senior Officials.
29 October 2004, 11th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affaires
of BSEC Member States, Tbilisi, Georgia
…instructed the Committee of the Senior Official to further consider the said Draft Agreement.
BSEC Visa for Professional Drivers
Meeting of BSEC Ad Hoc Expert Group on Visa Facilitation for Lorry Drivers
Concerns on Compatibility of Agreement with EU Acquis on Visas
IRU
BSEC
BSEC-URTA
EC
MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRES- BSEC COUNTRIES
EC Answer: …this draft agreement to be welcomed as a step towards smoothing
and speeding up the visa procedures for professional drivers. We do not see
any particular problem as regards its compatibility with the EU acquis on
visas since clearly points out that international agreements and national
legislation on the issuing the visas are not affected.
Harmonization of Road User Charges
MEMBER
ASSOCIATIONS
WEB SITE
DATA
BSEC
URTA
MATRIX
OF
CHARGES
NATIONAL
AUTHORITIES
REQUEST
&
PROPOSALS
TRACECA
IRU
ECMT
EC
BSEC
WG/T
Simplification of Border Crossing Procedures
MEMBER
ASSOCIATIONS
NATIONAL
AUTHORITIES
SECI
IRU
ECMT
DATA
&
INFO
BSEC
URTA
REQUEST
&
PROPOSALS
BSEC
WG/
TED
International Vehicle Weight Certificate
MEMBER
ASSOCIATIONS
BSEC
URTA
UNECE
ISTANBUL 2004
INTERNATIONAL
TRANSPORT
CONFERENCE
CIS
IVWC/CIS
BSEC
IVWC/BSEC
SECI
IVWC/SECI
IRU
IVWC
1982-’’Harmonization Convention’’
Annex 8
Combined Transportation
WEB SITE
MEMBER
ASSOCIATIONS
DATA
BSEC
URTA
SERVICE
PROVIDERS
SCHEDULES
TARIFFS
36 RO-RO
Black Sea – 18
Danube – 5
Caspian Sea – 5
Adriatic Sea – 8
10 RO-LA
PROPOSALS
BSEC
WG/T
Actual step: a regional survey by a standard questionnaire for to identify the
Mutual Recognition of Diplomas, Certificates of Professional Competence
MEMBER
ASSOCITIONS
BSEC
URTA
General
Assembly
NATIONAL
AUTHORITIES
International
Secretariat
IRU
IRU’s
Academy
Permanent International Secretariat
Working Group- Transport
Committee of Senior Officials
Council of Ministers of Foreign Affaires
BSEC
Ad Hoc
EXPERT
GROUP
INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT FORUM ON IMPROVED
DISTRIBUTION OF QUOTA PERMITS TO HAULIERS IN THE
BLACK SEA REGION
Bucharest, 23 June 2004
BSEC- URTA Position
on Reforming the ECMT Multilateral Quota System
ECMT Multilateral Quota System
first step towards the gradual liberalisation of goods road
transport and the harmonisation of the terms of competition
between transport companies from different countries.
Debates on the future of the ECMT Multilateral
Quota System with a view to restructuring of the
quota.
Opposite views on to increase or to decrease the
quota in the future and on the quota allocation
criteria which should be maintained or reformed.
BSEC- URTA Position on Reforming the ECMT Multilateral Quota System
The ECMT Multilateral Quota System is a very fundamental and
successful facilitation tool for the future of the road goods transport
and therefore, it must be protected, supported sincerely and
developed further by all Member States.
Any arguments based on any miss-use of authorizations by the road
transport operators must be dealt within the framework of how to
improve the enforcement of rules in the Member States and better
utilization of IT solutions for an efficient monitoring.
The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has to have an active
role in safeguarding interests of the industry as the official
negotiations continue at the competent ECMT organs.
The official authorities in the BSEC region at the next meetings of
ECMT Group on Road Transport and Sub-Group on the Reforming
the ECMT MQS to support the system with well prepared arguments
and in a coordinated manner.
FUTURE ENLARGED EU
GR
AL
SERBIA
&
MONTENEGRO
BG
RO
RU
UA
MD
AR
TR
AZ
GE
BSEC COUNTRIES
The boundaries of the enlarged EU will also cover a
significant part of the BSEC region, including a long
coastline of the Black Sea
EU will become a major Black Sea actor
BSEC can play a major role in providing the necessary
links between the enlarged EU and those of the BSEC
Member States which are not EU Members.
Mention should be made that Black Sea region is
becoming Europe's major transport and energy
transfer corridor.
In this context improvement in international transport
services highly depends upon the public authorities to
introduce new transport facilitation policies.
The private sector is the right partner for consultations
to public authorities for to develop such policies.
THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR KIND ATTENTION !