Submission of advance TIR data and advance amendment data
Article 6
1. Advance TIR data and advance amendment data shall be submitted by the holder, or his or her representative, to the competent authorities of the country of departure and of the country in which an amendment to the declaration data is requested. Once the declaration, or the amendment, has been accepted in line with national law, the competent authorities shall forward the declaration data, or the amendment thereto, to the eTIR international system. 2. Advance TIR data and advance amendment data mentioned in paragraph 1 may be submitted either directly to the competent authorities or via the eTIR international system. 3. Contracting Parties bound by Annex 11 shall accept the submission of advance TIR data and advance amendment data via the eTIR international system. Explanatory Note to Article 6, paragraph 3 11.6.3 Contracting Parties bound by Annex 11 are recommended to recognise, in as far as possible, the submission of advance TIR data and advance amendment data by the methods indicated in the functional and technical specifications. 4. The competent authorities shall publish the list of all electronic means by which advance TIR data and advance amendment data can be submitted.