Regional Meeting on Harmonization of Legal Instruments and Documentation for Cross-border and Transit Transport by Road Dushanbe, 25 26 May 2016 Database of Bilateral Agreements on Road Transport Facilitation Presented by Fedor Kormilitsyn Economic Affairs Officer Transport Division, UNESCAP
Database of Agreements on International Road Transport ESCAP has determined the content of the database retrieving it from web-based legal resources, collected and processed 200 bi-/ multilateral agreements Comprehensive and fully accessible to the public database will be made available online at ESCAP website ESCAP will facilitate access of users to the information
Database of Agreements on International Road Transport Comprehensive and easy-to-access online database of bilateral / multilateral agreements designed to assess existing legal environment of ESCAP Member States in the area of international road transport Serves as an informational tool for reporting on legal developments towards harmonization of regulatory frameworks and strengthening the capacities of ESCAP Member States for the effective enforcement of national legislation on road transport Sources of research information include official websites of Government agencies (Ministries of Transport, Chambers of Commerce, etc.), legal databases of ESCAP Member States and Non-member States, ESCAP agreement repository
Database of Agreements on International Road Transport Developed to fulfill the mandate given by: The Second Meeting of the Regional Network of Legal and Technical Experts on Transport Facilitation 25-26 March 2015, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Scope of the Agreement Database Bilateral agreements on international road transport (200) 32 member countries of the Asian Highway Network Multilateral agreements on transport facilitation (12) concluded by the member states of ASEAN, CIS, ECO, GMS, TRACECA Gaps: data missing for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka
Document map Database of Agreements Related to International Road Transport ESCAP Member States Bilateral Agreements on International Road Transport Multilateral Agreements on Transport Facilitation Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Darussalam Cambodia China Democratic People's Republic of Korea Georgia India Indonesia Islamic Republic of Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Republic of Korea Russian Federation Singapore Sri Lanka Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Viet Nam Click Level
Lists of Downloadable Multilingual Agreements for a Specific Member State and its Contracting Parties RUSSIAN FEDERATION ARMENIA Agreement between the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Armenia on Road Transport, 1992 ENGLISH RUSSIAN CHINA Agreement on Road Transport between the Government of the People s Republic of China and the Government of the Russian Federation, 1992 ENGLISH RUSSIAN CHINESE GEORGIA Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Georgia on International Road Transport, 1994 ENGLISH RUSSIAN
Further Enhancement of the Agreement Database Translate into English agreements collected in the original language Carry out consultations with national focal points on their data needs and receive feedback from the Governments of ESCAP Member States Update and revise the content incorporating provided additions and comments
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