Ta konvencija se uporablja za prevoz blaga s cestnimi vozili ali zabojniki brez vmesnega pretovarjanja tovora čez eno ali več meja med uradom odhoda ene pogodbenice in namembnim uradom druge ali iste pogodbenice, če je del prevoza med začetkom operacije TIR in njenim koncem opravljen po cesti.
This Convention shall apply to the transport of goods without intermediate reloading, in road vehicles, combinations of vehicles or in containers, across one or more frontiers between a customs office of departure of one Contracting Party and a customs office of destination of another or of the same Contracting Party, provided that some portion of the journey between the beginning and the end of the TIR operation is made by road.