10/17/2014. Improved data collection; advise on harmonisation of transport related border-crossing procedures;

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1 Improved data collection; II SEETO Flagship Axes Workshop advise on harmonisation of transport related border-crossing procedures; Belgrade, support to improving road safety auditing programmes of the regional participants. Tatjana Mirkovic Klaus-Jürgen Uhl Determination of non-physical barriers which affect the continuity of transport flows. Detailed action plan for the region What to do (measures to be undertaken)? What are the expected results (what will the benefits be to improve the international transport in the region)? What is the best practice/ are the benchmarks (examples from the region or from the European Union)? Who does it? Who does it with whom? Until when? Cost estimates for the actions if available Analysis of existing Border-crossing agreements. Fact-finding Mission to the border-crossings and to ports and bi-modal, tri-modal terminals on the Flagship corridors. 4 Workshops (1 st workshop held in Brussels on ) Conducted visits: Inland Terminal in Sarajevo BCPs BIH/CRO (Brod, Samac, port of Samac) BCPs SER-CRO (Batrovci; Sid) Ports of Bar, Vlore and Durres BCPs MNE/ALB, ALB/KOS; MNE-SER Port of Ploce, BCPs Metkovic/Doljani Terminal in Skoplje BCPs MKD/SER; MKD/GRE BCPs ROM/SER; SER/BUL Kosovo inland terminal, BCPs on Route 7 Ports of Koper, Trieste and Rijeka 1

2 Visits to be conducted : Port of Novi Sad; Port of Belgrade; Beograd Ranzirna (shunting station) Port of Thessaloniki Port of Piraeus, Port of Constanta Legislative (need for BCA according to EU legislation, Protocols ) Technical (missing parking space for trucks on BCP, new lane for trucks, fences for railway border stations, lightning of control area, ) Organisational (inspections not on BCP or only during day time, not enough staff for checking of trains ) In 2009: 8 pairs of international passenger trains, pairs international freight trains in In 2014: 1 pair of international passenger train; 6-8 international freight trains in 24h In 2009: 4 pairs of international passenger trains; 4 pairs of international freight trains per 24h In 2014: 2 pairs of international passenger train; 2-5 pairs of international freight trains per 24h 2

3 No border police office (passports are checked 1 km away), 2-3 pairs freight The real joint BCP in the region! Border police and Customs of MNE and ALB situated in one checking point. Many lorries waiting to cross the border per 24h both directions. 3

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5 Existing BCA are not in conformity with EU legislation with exception of MKD-KOS and MNE-ALB Significant decrease in international passenger trains and freight trains (more than 75% since 2009) but more than doubling of lorries and buses. Technical improvements of some BCPs (road + rail) needed (parking, phyto-sanitary installations, customs clearance terminals, fencing) No joint controls among border authorities (single window) except MNE-ALB. No electronic transmission of data between Customs and Railways and among railways (infrastructure managers, railway undertakings) SEEDS Systematic Electronic Exchange of Data (only for Customs on road BCPs and only between regional countries not with EU countries). NCTS for road is about to be implemented, for rail still in preparation phase. Customs procedures. Absence of IT based document handling at regional customs offices. Rail sector does not provide performance data (T&T). N.B.EU rail freight corridors do it. Infrastructure (road + rail) is a major bottleneck. Public sector is not challenged: State owned enterprises do not learn from past mistakes. Such mistakes do not lead to pressure to correct. Lack of trust hampers cooperation. Forwarders have a bias to a particular mode. Attractive by-passes are: Ports of Hamburg, Koper, Rijeka, Piraeus, Truck transport via Italy ( with ferry boat between Brindisi and Igoumenitza) and the motorway to Istanbul. Transit traffic provides opportunities for regional logistics operators. O/D traffic provides opportunities for both regional logistics operators and shippers of freight (= senders and receivers of consignments). Cosco: safety by rail, in particular when it comes to the carriage of dangerous goods, and security of shipments matter. Rail should shift from supply driven approach ("this is what I can offer take it or leave it") to a demand driven service. ( I will do my best to offer a customer-oriented solution ). Develop cooperation between shippers, carriers and forwarders to generate the critical transport mass necessary for international train services. Low carbon is an issue playing in favour of maritime and rail transport 5

6 Suggestions for activities from your Workshops will be integrated into the ACTION PLAN Looking forward to your inputs during the Workshop 6