The Chairman of the General Authority of Customs, Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Jamal, with the delegation from the International Land Transport Union.
The General Authority of Customs (GAC) has organised a training programme in cooperation with the International Road Transport Union (IRU) for the technical training of the bodies working to implement the International Road Transport Agreement (TIR) in Qatar. The programme included training courses for the preparation of trainers at GAC, the staff of Fahes company, to apply technical matters and the issuance of certificates of validity for the means of transport of Qatari goods exported from within the State of Qatar, which will depend on the implementation of the Convention.
On the sidelines of the training programme, the Chairman of GAC, Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Jamal , met with the delegation of the International Land Transport Union and honoured the members of the delegation for their continuous efforts and cooperation in the implementation of the Convention.
TIR is one of the most important agreements signed at the United Nations in 1975.
IRU is responsible for overseeing the implementation of this agreement, which allows the international transportation of goods on the road from one customs office to another through any number of countries, without any border customs procedures to inspect the goods transported in return for taking a set of precautionary measures on the goods, and within the framework of international financial guarantees to cover any customs dues that may result from any customs breaches during the journey of goods through the territories of the countries that pass through them.
The agreement aims to facilitate the movement of goods by road to the maximum extent possible, while maintaining the security and customs dues of the countries through which the goods transported by this system pass.
More than 65 countries, including the European Union and a number of Arab and Asian countries, have joined the agreement.
