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Annex E

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Business Continuity Procedure for Common Transit Procedure

Interpretation

In this Annex:

  • Convention on a Common Transit Procedure is the Convention done at Interlaken on 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure
  • transit accompanying document and list of items have the same meaning as in Article 41 of Appendix 1 to the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure

Business Continuity Procedure

This Annex stipulates the business continuity procedure for the holders of the procedure, including authorised consignors, in the event of a temporary failure of:

  • the electronic transit system
  • the computerised system used by the holders of the procedure for making the declaration for the Common Transit Procedure by means of electronic data processing techniques
  • the electronic connection between the computerised system used by the holders of the procedure for making the declaration for the Common Transit Procedure by means of electronic data-processing techniques and the electronic transit system

In the situations specified above, a Transit Accompanying Document (TAD) should be used as a declaration to a Common Transit Procedure.

When used as a declaration, a TAD shall be provided in accordance with Annex A3 to Appendix III of the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure, using the form set out in Annex A3a of this Appendix.

A TAD used as a declaration may be supplemented by a list of items established using the form set out in Annex A5a to Appendix III of the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure. These should include the particulars set out in Annex A6a to Appendix III of this Convention and act as a descriptive part of a paper-based declaration for the Common Transit Procedure, of which they shall form an integral part.

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