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The local border traffic or small border traffic is cross-border traffic of residents of a
The local border traffic or small border traffic is cross-border traffic of residents of a border area
The border area is the area immediately adjacent to the border of a country. In addition to the informal definition, a border area may have a legal definition and delineation, both domestically and due to bilateral agreements. Reasons for legal d ...
. In many cases local border traffic is subject to bilateral regulation aimed at the simplification of border crossing for these residents.
Often, additional border crossing point
A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods Border control, are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through. Authorization often is required to enter a country through its borders. Access-control ...
s are created to carry only local border traffic.
European Union
TheEuropean Union
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rules on local border traffic were established by Regulation (EC) No 1931/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006.
Former Yugoslavia
Of the formerCommunist states
A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state in which the totality of the power belongs to a party adhering to some form of Marxism–Leninism, a branch of the communist ideology. Marxism–Leninism was ...
, citizens of Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia
, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
, flag_p ...
enjoyed a significant freedom of international movement. In 1960, local border traffic on the Yugoslavia — Italy border in Istria
Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; ; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian: ; ; ) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at th ...
registered almost seven million crossings in both directions. In 1977 Yugoslavia had 55 local border traffic agreements with the neighboring countries, including 7 with Italy, 11 with Austria, 8 with Hungary, 10 with Romania, 8 with Bulgaria, 5 with Greece.Vojislav Mićović, Velimir Popović, ''Yugoslavia's openness to the world: the freedom of exchange of information and cultural goods and of movement of people'', p. 97
See also
* * Thousand-mark banReferences
{{reflist Borders Expedited border crossing schemes Road traffic management