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consignment transport between the ECOWAS MS subject to compliance with the laws and
regulations in force in each country.
4.2.3.3 International Legal Conventions
International conventions in the field of customs matters and CTR, ratified by the Republic of
Senegal:
 The International Convention relating to the Simplification of Customs Formalities
(1923)
 World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) ratified in 2016;
 Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, the Geneva
Convention (CMR), 1956;
 Customs Convention on Containers (1956-1972);
 Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL Convention) 1965;
 Convention on Transit Trade of Landlocked States (New York) 1965;
 International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs
Procedures, the Kyoto Convention (1973);
 Convention on International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets, the TIR
Convention (1975);
 United Nations Convention on International Multimodal Transport;
 the Cotonou Convention A/P2/5/82 on the Regulation of Inter-State Road Transport
(TIE);
 the Lomé Convention A/P4/5/82 on Inter-State Road Transport of Merchandise (TRIE)
- Additional Convention A/SP/1/5/90 creating a mechanism to guarantee operations of
inter-State road transport of merchandise
 WTO General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT);
 WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
 Contracting Parties to the Revised Kyoto Convention (2006);
 ATA Carnet System;
 Member of WCO since 1976.
4.2.3.4 TIR Convention
The Governments of Cameroon, Senegal and Ivory Coast have shown interest to join the UN
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods and the TIR