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Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2020 on electronic freight transport information| Legal instrument | Regulation |
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| Number legal act | Regulation 2020/1056 |
| Original proposal | COM(2018)279  |
| CELEX number i | 32020R1056 |
| Document | 15-07-2020; Date of signature |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 31-07-2020; OJ L 249 p. 33-48 |
| Signature | 15-07-2020 |
| Effect | 20-08-2020; Entry into force Date pub. +20 See Art 18.1 20-08-2020; Application Partial application See Art 18.3 21-08-2024; Application See Art 18.2 |
| Deadline | 21-08-2021; At the latest See Art 2 Pt 2 21-02-2023; At the latest See Art 7.3 And 8.3 21-08-2023; At the latest See Art 9.2 And 10.2 20-11-2024; At the latest See Art 14.2 20-08-2025; See Art 14.2 21-08-2027; At the latest See Art 17 21-02-2029; At the latest See Art 16 Pt 1 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
31.7.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 249/33 |
REGULATION (EU) 2020/1056 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 15 July 2020
on electronic freight transport information
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91 and Article 100(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
After consulting the Committee of the Regions,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2),
Whereas:
(1) |
The efficiency of freight transport and logistics is vital for the growth and competitiveness of the Union economy, the functioning of the internal market and the social and economic cohesion of all regions of the Union. |
(2) |
The aim of this Regulation is to encourage the digitalisation of freight transport and logistics to reduce administrative costs, improve enforcement capabilities of competent authorities, and enhance the efficiency and sustainability of transport. |
(3) |
The movement of goods, including waste, is accompanied by a large amount of information which is still exchanged in paper format among businesses, and between businesses and competent authorities. The use of paper documents represents a significant administrative burden for logistics operators and an additional cost for logistics operators and related industries (such as trade and manufacturing), in particular for SMEs, and has a negative impact on the environment. |
(4) |
The absence of a uniform legal framework at Union level requiring competent authorities to accept relevant freight transport information, required by legislation, in electronic form, is considered to be the main reason for the lack of progress towards the simplification and greater efficiency of information exhanges made possible by available electronic means. The acceptance by competent authorities of information in electronic form with common specifications would ease not only communication between competent authorities and economic operators but, indirectly, also the development of uniform and simplified business-to-business electronic communication across the Union. It would also lead to significant administrative cost savings for economic operators, and particularly SMEs, which constitute the large majority of transport and logistics companies within the Union. |
(5) |
Some areas of Union transport law require competent authorities to accept digitised information, but this concerns far from all relevant Union legal acts. It should be possible to use electronic means to make regulatory information on the transport of goods available to competent authorities throughout the territory of the Union in respect of all relevant phases of transport operations conducted within the Union. Furthermore, that possibility should apply to all regulatory information and to all transport modes. |
(6) |
Competent authorities should therefore be required to accept information made available electronically whenever economic operators are obliged to make information available as proof of compliance with requirements laid down in Union legal acts covered by this Regulation. This requirement should also cover information requested by the authorities as additional information in accordance with the provisions of those Union legal acts, for example, when some information is missing. The same should apply where national law requires the provision of regulatory information identical, in whole or in part, to information to be provided pursuant to Union legal acts falling within the scope of this... |
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