The Green Card System was set up on 1st January, 1953 under the aegis of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations and administrated by the Council of Bureaux, a body established in London, in 1949.
The Members of the Green Card System are 44 National Bureaux set up and approved in order to enforce the provisions of the Recommendation no. 5 adopted on 25 January, 1949, replaced by Annex 2 of the Consolidated Resolution on the Facilitation of Road Transport adopted by the Working Group for Road Transport of the Inland Transit Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nation.
The head office of the Council of Bureaux is in London, and beginning with year 2006 will be in Bruxelles.
The fundamental purposes of the Council of Bureaux are:
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To take all the necessary measures to enforce the provisions of Recommendation no. 5 and subsequent recommendations or resolutions |
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To ensure that its members will comply with the provisions of the “Internal Regulations” |
The Council of Bureaux is managed by
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Mr. Ulf Blomgren – President |
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Mr. Alain Pire – Secretary General |
For further information we invite to visit the website www.cobx.org
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