ECMR, DECA & EFTI
Making Sense of Europe's Digital Transport Documents
A practical guide for shippers, carriers and logistics service providers to the new legal landscape — and how one compliant, cross-border workflow replaces the paperwork
Why is transport documentation going digital?
For decades, the paper consignment note has been the backbone of European road freight. It travels with the truck, gets signed at loading and unloading, and ends up in a folder or lost. Today, that model is breaking down under three simultaneous pressures: new regulation, rising compliance risk and the cost of manual work.
Across Europe, authorities are moving from allowing electronic transport documents to expecting them.
Spain leads the way: under its Sustainable Mobility Law, the Documento de Control Administrativo (DeCA) becomes mandatory on 5 October 2026. At EU level, the eFTI Regulation will require authorities to accept electronic freight information from July 2027.
Together, these deadlines make the shift to paperless no longer a nice-to-have, but a strategic necessity for European shippers.
Staying ahead of the EU's incoming regulations is no longer optional and it is also an opportunity to unlock significant savings.
Customer highlights
Sertrans went paperless with Transporeon Digital transport Documents, accelerating cash flow and eliminating paper-based delayss.
in revenue
during peak months by removing paper bottlenecks
driver adoption
in the first month (no app required)
The question is no longer whether to digitalize transport documents,
but how fast.
For shippers, carriers and logistics service providers, the question is no longer whether to digitalize transport documents, but how fast and with which solution to ensure compliance across every country they operate in.
This document explains the eCMR legal landscape, what is changing and when, why early adoption pays off, and how Transporeon's Digital Transport Documents solution turns a compliance obligation into an operational advantage.
