The use of the e-CMR in The Netherlands and in the BeNeLux

Daniël de Groot

4 April 2018

Why e-CMR?

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• By using paper documents for any form of transportation, we neglect the possibility of saving costs, saving the environment and increasing efficiency

• We use a LOT of paper !

• The Netherlands :

• 40.000.000 CMR

• 100.000.000 AVC

• 265.000.000 Paper POD/SOG

• 405.000.000 drops annually

• EU 28 :

• 377.000.000 CMR in cross border traffic

• 54 CMR countries

• 166.000 trees

• 15.000 pallets of paper CMR’s

• 600 trucks of paper CMR’s

Why e-CMR?

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• Cost saving opportunities on the administrative part of the transport are one of the limited elements left that will increase operational income

Item Activity Time (in min)

Costs (in €)

Issue Printing 1 € 0,31

Distribution 3 € 0,93

Use Signing 5 € 1,54

Retreival(1%)

0,15 € 0,05

Filing Status update 3 € 0,93

Archive 3 € 0,93

Sent POD 5 € 1,54

Total € 6,23

Item Activity Time (in min)

Costs (in €)

Issue Printing 0 € 0,00

Distribution 0,5 € 0,15

Use Signing 5 € 1,54

Retreival(1%)

0 € 0,00

Filing Status update 0 € 0,00

Archive 0 € 0,00

Sent POD 0 € 0,00

Total € 1,69

Paper vs e-

CMR

Retrieval of paper document from archive All e-CMR’s retrievable with 1 click

International developments

Ratified countries status 07/02/2018

In process of ratification / expected and

targeted countries 2018

Piloting eCMR

before ratification

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Estonia

France

Iran

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Moldavia

Netherlands

Russia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Switzerland

Turkey

Croatia

Germany

Greece

Italy

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Belgium

Current situation in the Benelux

2008 e-cmr protocol: - BE signed, not ratified- NL signed and ratified- LU signed and ratified

In this situation cross border use of e-CMR within Benelux is notpossible

Benelux e-CMR pilot

Goal: examine, on a crossborder level, if an e-CMR can be as reliableand safe as the paper consignment note for public control purposes

Results can also be used on a broader level than Benelux

Benelux e-CMR pilot

• Start 1 december 2017

• Duration 3 years

• Range:

– Transport between Benelux-countries

– National transport, including cabotage

Use of e-CMR

• The Benelux countries accept the e-CMR as an valid alternative forthe paper CMR within the context and requirements of the pilot as far as it:

- complies with art. 1-6 of the e-CMR protocol- was produced by a party located in the

Benelux with the technology of an admittedprovider

- is used by a reported user

Requirements concerning e-CMR

• Unique number

• Digital signature

• Accessible and downloadable for all contracting parties

• Must contain the same information as paper CMR

eCMR Signing Procedure

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• The signature is the element of importance that distinguishes solutions. The correct way of signing, accepted by the parties involved, will determine the effectiveness and legal compliancy of the e-CMR to the protocol

Signing procedure Remarks

Delivery without consent of counterpart (no signature)

Least favorable action. No proof of delivery.

Sign-On-Glass (SOG) Somewhat generally accepted, but not uniquely linked to the signatory! It could have been anybody! The device is not at your sole control!

Digital signature Secure and guaranteed solution!

Protection of data

The public authority

• Is only allowed to use the received data for the purpose of the pilot

• Is not allowed to communicate these data to public authorities thatare not involved in the pilot

• Has to respect the national and European regulation concerningprivacy

How it works• The system is a repository storing all data related to the specific e-

CMR. The data is only accessible to those parties that have a specific role on the specific e-CMR. It offers apps to access the data, to sign for transfer of the goods. The system offers a portal that allows parties to view their freight documents and to retrieve them for printing or forwarding purposes.

How it works• It is the ultimate goal for companies to integrate their proprietary

software solutions, i.e. Warehouse Management Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning, Transport Management Systems, FleetManagement Systems with the E-CMR software, allowing to optimize efficiency increase and reduction of redundant workflows.

The next step: from (e-)document to data

Digitalization: do we know what we are talking about?• The world is increasingly data driven:

– So many data, so many parties, so many standards, so much money to gain, so much interest to loose

• Do we understand each other?

– Semantic jungle (policy versus technology, power versus goal.)

– What should we be serious about? Who can steer us through…?

– Machine2Machine

• Let’s take it from a government angle.

– Are governments digital literate?

– Administrations are confronted with many different interests.

– Within administrations various IT systems are operational.

– Administrations have to allow all information to be digital

• Conditions to make administrations digitally move forward:

– Shared common sense of urgency.

– Legal act (i.e. EU

– Protection classical human rights

– Cope with change (management)

– Reliable systems (security)

– Future prospects (vision, policy).

NL Digital transport policy approach

Goal :

• Data sharing between businesses and administrations (within requirements - security, data quality, data integrity)

• eGovernment and co-operation (additional services, innovation)

Considerations :

• Concept based on functioning global supply chain

• Digital by default to support freedom movement people, goods, capital andservices

• Reduction administrative burdens

• Checking documents is reactive B2G reporting

• Holistic government view - business perceives government as ONE, eGovernment.

Key features NL transport policy approach

1. International harmonized data interoperability (semantics, trust, translator…)

2. Decentralized systems (no central system/data base, use existing systems like EUCARIS, PCS, MSW2MSW, datapipelines..)

3. No new standards (use existing standards, preferably global)

4. Focus on Information needs and translate Information needs into data

5. Organize change management governance

6. Push —> Pull

EU Policy Pillar – EU Digital Single Market (DTLF)DTLF

Plenary

Sub-group 1Electronic

transport

documents

Sub-group 2Optimization

of cargo flows

along

corridors

Team 2Harmonizaiton

of eTransport

documents

Team 3Other

transport

documents

Team 1Acceptance of

eTransport

documents

Team 2Business

scenarios and

platform

services

Team 3Governance

and business

models

Team 1Conceptual

interoperability

2015

2018 Towards Paperless

transportData sharing

as a commodity

3th EU Mobility Package - May (2018) – legal proposals :eDocuments (paper->data) – Harmonised Single Window Environment

EU Member State implementation (align global)2021

Freight Transport Personnel

DIFFERENT

TERMINOLOGY

MULTIPLE

STANDARDS

COMMERCIAL

INFO

COST BENEFIT

END-TO-END

SOLUTIONS

INTEGRITY

DOCUMENTS

USE OR OWNER

DATA

ACCEPTANCE

ENFORCEMENT

CHAIN OR

INDIVIDUAL

DATA

CONNECTIVITY

NATIONAL

APPROACHES

DATA INTEGRITY

LEVEL

PLAYING

FIELD

MARITIME

Features EU eDocuments multimodal transport connectivity

Transport mode

Informationneed

Law Law allowsdigital format

Business digital data availabity

Authoritiesinvolved

Inter-connectionvariousdata

Road ........

Rail ........

Barge ........

Aviation ........

Maritime ....

Focus on information needs and translate this into data

1.EU Minimum data set2.Map towards harmonized data interoperability

What makes technicalsense should make

legal sense (vice versa)

The ideal world...

e-Transport/

e-Documents

Development

and validation

(Air)port

community

My App

BC

API

API

API

e-Carrier LU

End2EndPlatforms

Internet of

Logistics

Federated

Platform

Data

Pipeline

(various

providers)

Single

eGovernment

environment

Blockchain/

5G

API

API

e-Carrier LUe-Invoicing/

e-RecognitionAPI

Customs

Government

Agencies

ERP/TMS

Shipper

Forwarder

Carrier

Agent

API

Traces

❖ Migration and adoption strategies❖ Creation spaces - foster long term, trust based relationships on multiple levels with the

prospect of significant higher performance by everyone (WIN-WIN)

❖ Standardization of the API’s

❖ Governance option❖ Governance protocols - (to mediate differences/change management)

❖ To allow for Interaction: Authorization, Authentication and Identification procedures

❖ Financial issues - subscription dues, …

❖ Business models (shaping acts and assets)❖ What is the shaping view of the platform (direction/trajectory) to create leverage for all

participants

❖ Identify services to be provided by platform

❖ Incentive structures - to encourage the formation of robust and diverse peer-to-peer networks that expand knowledge sharing and knowledge creating

Things to do..