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countries of the Geneva Convention in 1949 98, subject to a revised convention in 1959 and in
1975. This model allowed the implementation of the ECOWAS Convention on Inter-State Road
Transit (ISRT). The TRIE (French acronym for TRIE) is the customs transit declaration which
allows the transit under single customs duty suspension but under the guarantee regime. The
TRIE is formed at the office of departure and includes four sheets numbered from one to four
(04) copies; one is kept at the office of departure, one copy is accompanying the goods in transit
for the office of the destination. One copy (stamped by the office of destination) is sent to the
office of departure, and the last copy is used by the country of destination for control purposes.
It should be noted that additional sheets are prepared to serve as notices of passage in the
various customs offices crossed (en route) by the goods.
4.2.6 Intra Agency Cooperation and Coordination
Because goods in transit across the customs territory of Senegal are not subject to trade policy
measures, OGAs other than customs apply only a few controls measures to traffic in transit; one
exception is the enforcement of SPS regulations on consignments in transit, the crime, and drug-
related incidents, weapons and arms regulations, and dangerous goods. Senegal customs law
bans the transit of toxic or harmful/hazardous waste and executes controls jointly with o law
enforcement agencies.
4.2.6.1 Joint Control
Currently, in ECOWAS, there is a five operational joint border crossing points: Cinkansé –
between Burkina Faso and Togo, Seme – between Nigeria and Benin, Noepe – between Togo and
Ghana, Malanville – between Benin and Niger, and above mentioned, Moussala – between
Senegal and Mali.
4.2.7 CTR Guarantee Management and Monitoring System
The TRIE is a part ECOWAS convention (N °: A / P4 / 5/82 of May 29, 1982), which aims at the
application of a customs agreement for the benefit of countries without a coastline, to facilitate
the international transport of goods by road.
This agreement between ECOWAS MS results in a customs regime where admitted goods are
subject to a suspension of duties and taxes and the prohibition on the territory of the member
states during transit.
In order to ensure the smooth application of the TRIE, a mechanismhas been set up to guarantee
the operations of the TRIE which consists of a chain of National Authorities designed to
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