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BSEC Permit System: Multilateral Quota Development and Prospects

Explore the BSEC Permit System and its potential for expanding multilateral quotas in international road transport. Discover the benefits, participating states, and usage statistics from 2010-2019.

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BSEC Permit System: Multilateral Quota Development and Prospects

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  1. IRU-ASMAP of Ukraine XIX International Conference "International Road Transport: Problems, Solutions, Prospects“4-5 September 2019, Odessa, Ukraine PERMIT SYSTEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTILATERAL QUOTA: BSEC PERMIT SYSTEM Yevgen Koziy Project Coordinator Permanent International Secretariat Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

  2. BSEC REGION – A REGION OF GREAT GEOSTRATEGIC AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE • Straddles three continents: Europe, Asia and Africa • Area of 20 million km² • Market of 337 million consumers • Total GDP of the BSEC countries: 2017 - $ 3.1 trillion (compare to $ 658 billion in 1992) • Intra-regional trade volume 264 billion USD annually • The region welcomed 115 million international tourists (overnight visitors) in 2016, equivalent to 9% of the world’s total or 19% of Europe’s arrivals. • BSEC destinations earned US$ 57 billion (EUR 51 billion) in international tourism receipts in 2016, an estimated 5% of global receipts.

  3. THE BSEC ORGANIZATION • Came into existence on 25 June 1992 in Istanbul at the Meeting of the Heads of State or Government. • A regional undertaking, which belongs to the generation of regional organizations that have appeared shortly after the end of the Cold War. • Conceived as a political and economic framework aimed at fostering peace, stability and prosperity in this area. • In 1999 BSEC became a full-fledged regional organization. • Member States: 6 Black Sea littoral states – Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine – and 6 other neighbouring states – Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, the Republic of Moldova and Serbia. • On 28 June 2019 the membership application of the Republic of North Macedonia was accepted.

  4. TRANSPORT FACILITATION AND MAJOR TRANSPORT PROJECTS • The Black Sea Ring Highway project envisages a four lane ring highway system, approximately 7500 km long, to connect the BSEC Member States with each other. • The project on the development of the Motorways of the Sea (MoS) in the BSEC Region aims at creating the necessary infrastructure for better connecting the Black Sea ports and, also, the Black Sea with the Mediterranean and the Caspian Seas • The project on Facilitation of Road Transport of Goods in the BSEC Region and its sub-projects aim to facilitate road transport and regional trade.

  5. 9 September 2009 – proposal of some BSEC countries to start a pilot project “BSEC Permit” in 2010 for one year • 16 February 2010 – the Pilot Project was launched and continued in 2011 and 2012. • 19 October 2012 - the CMFA decided to continue cooperation on the BSEC Permit on the permanent basis BSEC Permit System: Establishment

  6. Republic of Albania • Republic of Armenia • Georgia • Republic of Moldova • Romania • Republic of Serbia • Republic of Turkey • Ukraine BSEC Permit System: participating States

  7. BSEC PERMIT became available due to the valuable partnerships of BSEC with the International Road Transport Union (IRU), the Union of the Road Transport Association in the BSEC Region (BSEC-URTA) and their member associations, in particular, ANALTIR (Albania), AIRCA (Armenia), GIRCA (Georgia), AITA (Moldova), UNTRR (Romania), “Medjunarodni Transport” (Serbia), TOBB and UND (Turkey) ASMAP UA (Ukraine) BSEC Permit System: partnerships

  8. BSEC Permit System: distribution of permits in 2010-2019 (per country) Note: the Republic of Armenia requested 500 permits for 2019

  9. BSEC Permit System: usage of permits in 2010-2019

  10. 12 December 2018: BSEC Permits 2019, received from the BSEC-URTA, before dispatching to the BSEC Member States through diplomatic channels

  11. Possibility to enlarge the number of participating states in the BSEC PERMIT • Possibility to expand usage of permit for 3rd country operations • Possibility to use multiple permits per company • Introduction of e-PERMIT (Initiative of the Republic of Turkey) BSEC Permit System: prospects

  12. NEED FOR SYNERGIES The regional cooperation activities of BSEC are strengthened by involvement and support received from other international organizations and institutions. Much of the BSEC success in the development of cooperation in transport, tourism and other areas belongs to its fruitful teamwork with other international and regional organizations, governmental and non-governmental, and business associations. BINSA BASPA BRASS

  13. Thank you! BSEC Headquarters: Seba Center AVM, 3rd Floor 45 Darüşşafaka Caddesi (street) 34460 İstinye – Istanbul/Turkey Tel: +90 212 229 63 30-35 Fax: +90 212 2296336 www.bsec-organization.org info@bsec-organization.org

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