# Council Decision of 28 May 2009 publishing in consolidated form the text of the Customs Convention on the international transport of goods under cover of TIR carnets (TIR Convention) of 14 November 1975 as amended since that date (2009/477/EC), Article 39

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

When TIR operations are accepted as being otherwise in order:
1.. The Contracting Parties shall disregard minor discrepancies in the observance of time-limits or routes prescribed.
2.. Likewise, discrepancies between the particulars on the goods manifest of the TIR Carnet and the actual contents of a road vehicle, combination of vehicles or container shall not be considered as infringements of the Convention by the holder of the TIR Carnet when evidence is produced to the satisfaction of the competent authorities that these discrepancies were not due to mistakes committed knowingly or through negligence at the time when the goods were loaded or dispatched or when the manifest was made out.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/477/annex/article/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-477/annex/article-39
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