IX.2.2.2.1. Customs authority controls

Without prejudice to any controls that the guarantor association may carry out, the competent authorities will be responsible for examining compliance with the criterion of "absence of serious or repeated violations of customs or tax legislation."

Although the term "serious" certainly applies to criminal offenses, the possibility of also considering civil and administrative offenses as "serious" should not be excluded, in accordance with some national practices.

Annex 9, Part II, paragraph 1, letter d) of the TIR Convention

Similarly, the term "repeated" should not be interpreted exclusively as the number of violations committed, but rather as their frequency over a given period. It is proposed that violations committed three or more times within a five-year period be considered "repeated."