Acceptance of electronic freight transport information
In freight transport, handling of paper documents creates administrative burden and inefficiency to transport logistics chains. The use of electronic documents in this respect would improve the efficiency of transport, especially in multimodal and cross-border transport, and facilitate the functioning of the single market. The IA accompanying the Commission’s legislative proposal, which aims to foster the electronic exchange of documents and information, provides a good presentation of the problems, objectives and policy options. It appears that the stakeholders’ views have been taken into account when making a choice of the preferred option. On the other hand, the IA could have explained estimated impacts of the initiative in more depth, in particular concerning the expected social and environmental impacts.
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- carriage of goods
- digital single market
- documentation
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- electronic document
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- freedom to provide services
- inland waterway transport
- international affairs
- international convention
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- land transport
- maritime and inland waterway transport
- organisation of transport
- proposal (EU)
- rail transport
- road transport
- single market
- TRANSPORT