The EU is making electronic freight data the standard. CargoOwl is built around the common eFTI data model from day one — so you are ready well before enforcement begins.
eFTI stands for electronic Freight Transport Information. Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 establishes a common legal framework for sharing regulatory freight data between businesses and public authorities electronically.
The core principle: where a business chooses to provide freight information in electronic form through a certified eFTI platform, authorities across the Union are obliged to accept it. No more presenting paper at the roadside or the border simply because a member state hasn't gone digital.
To make that work, eFTI defines a common data set and technical standards so a record created in one country is readable by an authority in another.
Businesses sharing regulatory freight data — shippers, carriers, forwarders — and the authorities that inspect it: customs, road enforcement, and transport agencies.
Certified software that stores and exchanges eFTI data to the common standard and gives authorities controlled access on request. CargoOwl is built to the eFTI data model, to meet these requirements as they are finalised.
The eCMR and the DeCA are documents. eFTI is the broader framework for all regulatory freight info. Legally valid digital documents built to the eFTI data model are the building blocks of an eFTI-ready operation.
Indicative timeline of the eFTI regulatory roadmap. Dates depend on EU implementing and delegated acts — we keep this current as they land.
Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 enters into force, establishing the eFTI framework and the obligation for authorities to accept electronic freight information.
Implementing and delegated acts define the eFTI data set, access rules and platform requirements — the detail platforms build against.
eFTI platforms and service providers are certified against the standard. CargoOwl is engineered to meet these requirements as they are finalised.
Public authorities across the EU become obliged to accept freight information presented electronically via certified platforms.
We didn't bolt compliance on. The platform's data model is built to the eFTI data model from the ground up.
What each one means for your fleet
Gain the right to submit freight data digitally — and the operational savings that come with it.
Exchange standardised records across partners without bespoke integrations for each one.
Receive consistent, verifiable data on request — faster checks, less roadside friction.
The same record then carries your loads, partners and systems.
See the five stepsTalk to us about mapping your freight data to the eFTI model and rolling out across your network.