eFTI: a new standard for European transport

The implementation of the eFTI regulation in August 2024 marks a decisive turning point for the European transport sector.

The accelerating digitalization of the transport sector is an opportunity to facilitate the management of regulatory constraints and meet the needs of transport professionals to simplify their daily lives. Companies are keen to improve their efficiency, and expect reliable, secure solutions to handle the growing amount of data exchanged digitally, whether relating to their missions, their regulatory obligations or their drivers. For IN Groupe, it's all about supporting EU countries in their mobility and road safety initiatives.

IN Groupe contributes to the eFTI4EU consortium, under which, in close collaboration with the French Ministry of Transport (Direction Générale des Infrastructures de Transport et Mobilité - DGITM), IN Groupe is developing the “eFTI Gate” national platform with the other member countries of the consortium.

This eFTI Gate will be the French access point for freight transport data, enabling the competent authorities to verify transport compliance, within the framework of the European eFTI (Electronic Freight Transport Information) regulation, which will come into force at the end of 2026.

Why go digital?

The digitalization of documents in the logistics sector, driven by the European Union's eFTI regulation, aims to improve the sector's competitiveness and productivity, notably by reducing administrative burdens. This reduces the time and resources needed to process documents and exchange data, while at the same time helping to improve the diversity, fluidity and agility of the service offering.

It reduces errors, as digital information is less likely to be lost or misinterpreted.
Finally, it's an ecological choice: using less paper helps protect the environment and makes logistics practices more sustainable.
IN Groupe is positioned as a trusted partner to meet the challenges of digitalization in the sector, thanks to its dual expertise in the transport sector and in the management of digital identities that respect data protection policies.

eFTI: the new cornerstone of European transport

The bulk of logistics processes are still paper-based, which is both inefficient and error-prone, with only 1% of freight transport operations in the EU fully paperless. To upgrade and modernize the logistics sector by making digital freight information mandatory, the European Union has introduced eFTI (electronic Freight Transport Information), a regulation designed to standardize and digitize freight transport information. Harmonizing procedures through a common standard for transport information simplifies exchanges between different countries and companies. Its main objectives include:

Dematerialization: Encourage and oblige EU member states to accept goods-related information in digital form.
Boost competitiveness: Make the logistics sector more competitive by reducing paperwork and human error, and simplifying information exchange.
Improve efficiency: Improve the efficiency of transport operations, reduce costs and speed up customs procedures.
Standardize transparency and traceability: Provide better traceability and transparency of transport information, facilitating supply chain management.

In addition, IN Groupe is making MESH Transport & Logistique, a complete, open and interoperable turnkey solution available to all players in the industry (shippers, logisticians, carriers, software publishers, service providers), so that all players, whatever their size and IT resources, can exchange all their data in the form of verifiable attestations in a digital wallet based on an open European standard, with confidence and consent. This system eases, standardizes and secures exchanges between shippers, carriers and software publishers in a common format recognized by all. This initiative strengthens confidence in the new digital ecosystem.

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