TI R Difficulties in Spain
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From a Special Correspondent 'T'HE obstructive attitude of the Spanish
authorities with regard to the enforcement of TIR procedure is hindering the ... smooth development of regular road transport to and from Spain. In particular, the Spaniards are adopting harsh measures in cases of slight discrepancies between the actual TIR consignment and the details stated in the manifest.
For example, where the load is found to be less than the stated amount the Spanish authorities retain the TIR carnet, forbid the vehicle to leave the country and claim a guarantee deposit, pending the satisfactory rectification of the discrepancy. These measures are unnecessarily severe and involve hauliers in considerable. expense. A more equitable procedure where a deposit is lodged as a guarantee would be to return the carnet and allow the vehicle to leave whilst fixing a reasonable time limit within which the discrepancy should be settled, either by the actual importation of the missing goods or by the presentation of an affidavit to the effect that the original statements on the manifest were genuine clerical errors.
Other difficulties arise from the extra cost of using TIR carnets in Spain and from the fact that the TIR scheme is not yet fully implemented by the Spanish administration. The generally unsatisfactory position of TIR in Spain is being referred by the IRU to the appropriate. Committee of the ECE.