The complete and necessary documentation for proper importation and export is necessary.
The two parties involved with this trade relationship have to have all necessary documentation if one of the two parties does not meet all the requirements may be a failed trade relationship.
Below we will list all necessary documents:
- CMR carrier letter It's a document that lays down the conditions of transport and liability, replacing the terms and conditions of individual companies. It's regulated by the CMR Convention (Geneva, 19 May 1956) and applies to all contracts for the transport of goods by road (with the exception of movements, postal and funeral transport) with different countries and at least one of them subscribing to the Convention.
The financial amount of the sanction for the absence or lack of required data is different in each country, each applying the sanctions applying the law currently in force at the time of that violation.
The CMR should be correctly filled with the following paragraphs:
- Date and address of the load and start of the move.
- Name of sender, undertaking or person who contracts transport service.
- The address and name of the consignee, who shall be the only person to receive the contents of the transport and who shall sign the receipt.
- Identification of carrier and registration of truck
- Description of contents.
- Transshipment Itinerary (if available).
- Other customs formalities.
When transport service is Intra-Community: (countries within the European Union) TIR carnet is required, with its different formalities as appropriate:
- T1 for transport to countries outside the European Union.
- EC transport.
- T2L for air or road transport.
TIR (International Transport Routier) is an agreement for countries of the European Union to facilitate customs proceedings.