Common Transit Convention

The Convention on Common Transit (CTC) is a treaty between the countries of the European Union and a number of other countries for common procedures for international transit of goods,^[1] thus simplifying or eliminating much of the paperwork normally associated with moving goods across international borders.^[2]

Overview

As of October 2022^[update], the countries of the convention were the 27 EU member states, the four European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member states, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.^[1][3]

The United Kingdom, formerly part of the European Union, remained part of the Common Transit Convention when the Brexit transition period ended.^[4]

In June 2022, Ukraine altered its domestic law to be in conformity with EU customs rules for the purpose of later joining the convention.^[5] The Common Transit Convention came into force in Ukraine on 1 October 2022.^[6]