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Entry into force of Annex 11 to the TIR Convention as well as corrections to the text

4 June 2021

On 3 June 2021, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, acting in his capacity as depositary, issued the following depositary notifications: (i) C.N.157.2021.TREATIES-XI.A.16 (EnglishFrench), communicating that, within the period of three months after the expiry, on 25 February 2021, of a period of twelve months to communicate any objection to new Annex 11 to the TIR Convention, 1975, one contracting party (Switzerland) notified the Secretary-General of its non-acceptance of Annex 11; (ii) C.N.158.2021.TREATIES-XI.16 (English, French) communicating that certain errors in the English, French and Russian texts of Annex 11 as contained in Annex I to the report of the Administrative Committee for the TIR Convention, 1975, at its seventy-second session held in Geneva on 5 and 6 February 2020 (see ECE/TRANS/WP.30/AC.2/147) and circulated in depositary notification C.N.71.2020.TREATIES-XI.A.16 (English, French) of 25 February 2020 (reissued on 26 February 2020) had been brought to his attention. Objections to these corrections should be communicated to the Secretary-General no later than by 1 September 2021.