News, 19th Meeting Of The Bsecurta General Assembly Was Held On 16 May 2011 İn Bucharest Romania

TOBB (Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey)
e-mail: info@tobb.org.tr; tir@tobb.org.tr url: http://www.tobb.org.tr
phone: + 90 312 218 20 00 fax: + 90 312 219 40 90/91/92/93
Shoqata "ANALTIR", Association of Albanian Enterprises for International Road Transport
e-mail: analtir@analtir.com url: http://www.analtir.org/
phone: +355 4 2230503, +355 4 2273441, +355 4 2273442 fax: +355 4 2232643
Association of International Road Carriers of Armenia (AIRCA)
e-mail: airca@airca.am url: http://www.airca.am/
phone: +374 10 29 88 05 fax: +374 10 29 88 06
Azerbaijan International Road Carriers Association (ABADA)
e-mail: abada@azdata.net url: http://abada.az/
phone: +994 12 596 23 66 fax: +994 12 596 23 88
Association of the Bulgarian Enterprises for International Road Transport and the Roads (AEBTRI)
e-mail: aebtri@aebtri.com url: http://www.aebtri.com
phone: +359 (02) 958 14 75/76/13 fax: +359 (02) 958 10 91, 958 12 59
Georgian International Road Carriers Association (GIRCA)
e-mail: girca@girca.org url: http://www.girca.org
phone: +995 32 334 777 fax: +995 32 223 987
Hellenic Federation of Road Transports (OFAE)
e-mail: info@ofae.gr url: http://ofae.gr/en/
phone: +30 210 201 97 60/2 fax: +30 210 228 43 68
International Association of Road Hauliers of Moldova (AITA)
e-mail: info@aita.md url: http://www.aita.md
phone: +373 22 27 88 49 fax: +373 22 27 88 37/38
The National Union of Road Hauliers from Romania (UNTRR)
e-mail: office@untrr.ro url: http://www.untrr.ro
phone: +40 21 336 77 88 fax: +4021 335 48 25
Association of International Road Hauliers (ASMAP)
e-mail: asmap@asmap.ru url: http://www.asmap.ru
phone: +7 495 232 66 27 fax: +7 495 232 66 28
Serbian Association of International Road Hauliers “Medjunarodni Transport”
e-mail: office@pumedtrans.com url: http://www.pumedtrans.com
phone: +381 11 3247 147 fax: +381 11 3239 287
Association of Macedonian Enterprises for International Road Transport “Makedonija soobrakaj” (AMERIT)
e-mail: amerit@amerit.org.mk url: http://www.amerit.org.mk
phone: +3 892 329 98 67 fax: +3 892 329 98 68
International Transporters Association (UND)
e-mail: info@und.org.tr url: http://www.und.org.tr
phone: +90 212 359 26 00 fax: +90 212 359 26 26
TOBBUND
e-mail: info@tobbund.com.tr url: http://www.tobbund.com.tr/
phone: +90 (312) 221 60 21 fax: +90 (312) 221 60 25
Association of International Road Carriers of Ukraine (AsMap UA)
e-mail: aircu@asmap.org.ua url: http://www.asmap.org.ua
phone: +380 44 201 54 01 fax: +380 44 201 02 30
Public Joint Stock Company ROSGOSSTRAKH Insurance Company
e-mail: natalia_polunina@rgs.ru url: http://www.rgs.ru
phone: +7495 783 24 24 fax: + 7 495 783 24 34
Arab Union of Land Transport (AULT)
e-mail: ault@auolt.org url: http://www.auolt.org
phone: +962 6 566 31 53 fax: +962 6 566 42 32
Lithuanian Carriers Union (LVS)
e-mail: url: http://www.vezejas.eu/en
phone: +370 5 2300400 fax: +370 686 03007
The Union of International Hauliers "Съюз на международните превозвачи"
e-mail: office@smp-eu.org url: http://smp-eu.org/en/
phone: +359 32 395 512 fax: +359 878 26 88 96
Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA)
e-mail: info@iccima.ir url: http://en.iccima.ir/
phone: +98 21 85 73 00 00 fax: +98 21 85 73 22 22

19th Meeting of the BSEC-URTA General Assembly was held on 16 May 2011 in Bucharest, Romania

The 19^th Meeting of the BSEC-URTA General Assembly was held on 16 May 2011 in Bucharest, Romania, being hosted by the BSEC-URTA Member Association from Romania, ARTRI, with the participation of its Members and Observers and being honoured by the participation of the following guests: Mr. Bogdan Badea - Director for Coordination on Internal Market, Sorin Sirbu - Director, Road Transport Directorate, Alexandru Ene - Director, Western Balkans and Regional Cooperation Directorate, Viorel Comanita - Vice President ANAF, and H.E. Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, the Secretary General of the BSEC Organization.

The Agenda of the meeting contained important items for the road transport industry such as: Outlook Report(G2836), Activity Report on the BSEC-URTA Priorities(G2838) and the Report on Survey on Free and Fair Competition in the BSEC Road Transport Market. (see the Agenda)

The International Secretariat presented information on the Survey on Free and Fair Competition in the BSEC Road Transport Market and stressed that the BSEC Permit is the right tool to lead to a gradual liberalization in the region with nearby support measures taken by national governments to decrease the fiscal burden which press on the hauliers. In this regard, the BSEC-URTA General Assembly adopted unanimously a special Resolution on Free and Fair Competition in the BSEC International Road Transport Market, which draws attention to a main objective of the BSEC-URTA that includes free and fair competition in the BSEC Road Transport Market and invites Governments to develop and provide special incentives and benefits to the industry without any discrimination between national and foreign fleet operators, notably such as lower corporate tax, reduced VAT, lower or no taxation on professional diesel and incentives for new investment in the fleet.