The government's decision was welcomed with agreement by the domestic road haulage and logistics sector, including the Federation of National Private Transporters (NiT Hungary), the Hungarian Road Transport Association (MKFE), the Association of Hungarian Freight Forwarders, and i-Cell Mobilsoft Zrt, according to a press release sent to the Budapest Business Journal.
In Government Decision No. 1211/2024 (VII. 8.) published in the Hungarian Official Gazette No. 74 of 2024, the Government of Hungary expressed its agreement with the presented text of the Supplementary Protocol on the Electronic Waybill to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road and authorized the Minister of Construction and Transport to finalize the text of the protocol. The government called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade to issue the instrument of delegation necessary for the finalization of the text of the protocol, to approve the draft Government Decree on the promulgation of the Protocol and, once the text of the Protocol has been finalized, to order its publication in the Hungarian Gazette.
The use of e-CMR will speed up and simplify transport processes, reduce costs, increase efficiency, and make logistics greener. The digital waybill makes it easier to track and trace shipments and to manage transport documents in a fast, secure, and reliable way. The introduction of e-CMR will have a positive impact on the development and competitiveness of the logistics sector and contribute to the economic growth of domestic businesses, the press release argues.
A new, Hungarian-owned company, e-CMR Europe Kft. was founded in cooperation with NiT Hungary, MKFE, the Association of Hungarian Freight Forwarders, and i-Cell Mobilsoft Zrt., in expectation of the finalization of Hungary joining e-CMR soon.
The Hungarian e-CMR platform and the associated application are primarily intended to meet the needs of Hungarian businesses, while at the same time creating the possibility for the relevant market players to access and enjoy all the benefits of digitalized transport document management at the international level.
The introduction of the electronic waybill service will be another major milestone in the digitization of logistics processes, increasing the competitiveness of carriers and contributing significantly to a more efficient and transparent supply chain, the associations explain, adding that the sooner the system is launched and the more people join the Hungarian system in a competitive international market environment, the more the Hungarian logistics, freight forwarding, road transport and indirectly the Hungarian state budget can benefit from the use of this system.
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