REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the delegation of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic freight transport information
Date: 2025-02-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, carriage of goods, common transport policy, delegated legislation, electronic document, exchange of information, freight rate, powers of the institutions (EU), transfer of competence, transport document

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 5.2.2025  COM(2025) 32 final  REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the delegation of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic freight transport information  
 
 
1. Introduction 

Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 on electronic freight transport information1 (the ‘eFTI Regulation’) 
establishes a legal framework to allow economic operators to share with enforcement authorities 
information in an electronic format on the transport of goods by road, rail, inland waterways and 
air in the EU. 

The eFTI Regulation aims to encourage the digitalisation of freight transport and logistics, in order 
to reduce administrative costs, improve competent authorities’ enforcement capabilities and make 
transport  more  efficient  and  sustainable.  The  eFTI  Regulation  entered  into  force  on  20 August 
2020. While most provisions applied from their date of entry into force2 or as of 21 August 20243, 
the  requirement  for  Member  State  authorities  to  accept  information  presented  for  control 
electronically will start applying only as of 9 July 20274. 

The cornerstones of the eFTI Regulation are the harmonisation of data definitions and formats, 
and measures to improve data flows for increased efficiency. To this end, Articles 2(3), 7, 12(5) 
and 13(3) of the Regulation empower the Commission to adopt delegated acts. In particular: 

a)  Article 2(3) empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts amending Annex I, which 

contains regulatory information that falls within the scope of the eFTI Regulation; 

b)  Article 7  empowers  the  Commission  to  adopt  delegated  acts  to  supplement  the  eFTI 
Regulation  by  establishing  and  amending  the  eFTI  common  data  set5  and  eFTI  data 
subsets6; 

c)  Article 12(5) empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts to supplement the eFTI 
Regulation by laying down rules on the certification of eFTI platforms7 and on the use of 
the  certification  mark,  including  rules  on  the  renewal,  suspension  and  withdrawal  of 
certification; 

d)  Article 13(3) empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts to supplement the eFTI 
Regulation by laying down rules on the certification of eFTI service providers8, including 
rules on the renewal, suspension and withdrawal of certification. 

1 OJ L 249, 31.7.2020, p. 33. 
2 According to Article 18(3) of the eFTI Regulation, Articles 2(2), 5(4), 7, 8, 9(2) and 10(2) apply from the date the Regulation 
enters into force. 
3 Cf. Article 18(2). 
4 Cf. Article 5(1), this date was calculated as 30 months after the date of entry into force of the first delegated and implementing 
acts adopted under Articles 7 and 8 of the Regulation. These latter acts entered into force on 9 January 2025. 
5 ‘eFTI common data set’: a comprehensive set of structured data elements that correspond to all the eFTI data subsets, where the 
data elements common to the different eFTI data subsets are included only once. 
6 ‘eFTI data subset’: a set of structured data elements that correspond to the regulatory information required pursuant tospecific 
Union legal act or national law referred to in Article 2(1) of the eFTI Regulation. 
7 ‘eFTI platform’: a solution based on information and communication technology (ICT), such as an operating system, an operating 
environment, or a database, intended to be used for the processing of eFTI. 
8 ‘eFTI service provider’: a natural or legal person which provides an eFTI service to the economic operators concerned on the 
basis of a contract. 

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The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in the above-mentioned articles is conferred on the 
Commission for a period of five years from 20 August 2020. The delegation of this power is tacitly 
extended for periods of identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes 
such extension no later than three months before each period ends. 

In accordance with Article 14(2), the Commission is required to draw up a report on the delegation 
of power no later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. This report covers this 
obligation. 

2. Exercise of delegated powers 

As of the date of adoption of this report, the Commission has twice exercised its power to adopt 
delegated acts under the eFTI Regulation: 

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In  accordance  with  Article 2(3),  on  15 July  2024  it  adopted  Commission  Delegated 
Regulation  (EU)  2024/20259  to  amend  Part  B  of  Annex  I  to  the  eFTI  Regulation, 
incorporating references to regulatory information requirements in national law notified to 
the Commission by the Member States in accordance with the eFTI Regulation. 
In  accordance  with  Article 7,  on  26 July  2024  it  adopted  Commission  Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2024/202410 to supplement the eFTI Regulation as regards establishing 
the eFTI common data set and eFTI data subsets. 

The Commission has not yet used the delegated powers provided for in Articles 12(5) and 13(3). 
However,  the  respective  delegated  acts  are  in  preparation  and  are  expected  to  be  adopted  by 
Commission in the second quarter of 2025. 

The Delegated Regulation which supplements the eFTI Regulation as regards establishing the eFTI 
common data set and eFTI data subsets was adopted after the deadline of 21 February 2023 set in 
Article 7(3) of the eFTI Regulation. This was mainly due to the complexity of the data mapping 
and modelling activities of the high number of EU and national legal acts that fall within the scope 
of  the  eFTI  Regulation11.  The  COVID-19  crisis  also  had  an  impact  on  data  collection  and 
consultation, as Member State authorities in the transport sector were at the time engaged in crisis 
management. 

In accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 
on Better Law-Making12, before adopting a delegated act the Commission must consult experts 
designated by each Member State. When preparing the two delegated regulations, the Commission 
carried out appropriate and transparent consultation with Member State experts and business sector 

9 OJ L 2024/2025, 20.12.2024 
10 OJ L 2024/2024, 20.12.2024 
11 182 pieces of EU and national legislation in total are currently under the scope of the Regulation, on the basis of which an 
equal number of eFTI data subsets have been established. 
12 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. 

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operators participating in the Digital Transport and Logistics Forum (E03280), specifically in Sub-
Group 3: Electronic Freight Transport Information (eFTI) Delegated Acts. The experts supported 
the provisions included in the delegated regulations13. 

Throughout  the  procedural  and  decision-making  process,  the  Commission  sent  the  relevant 
documents to both the European Parliament and the Council. Parliament and the Council had no 
objections to the adoption of the two delegated regulations. 

The Commission considers that the power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 2(3), 7, 
12(5) and 13(3) of the eFTI Regulation should be kept in place for as long as the eFTI Regulation 
remains applicable. This is to ensure the update of the eFTI common data set and eFTI data subsets, 
in  line  with  changes  to  EU  and  national  legal  provisions  in  scope  of  the  Regulation  and  with 
developments in relevant EU or international standards, and to lay down and keep updated the 
rules on the certification of both the eFTI platforms and the eFTI service providers14. 

3. Conclusion 

With this report, the Commission has met its obligation to report to the European Parliament and 
the Council on its use of delegated powers under Article 14 of the eFTI Regulation. 

The Commission has actively and appropriately exercised the delegated powers conferred on it by 
the eFTI Regulation. The Commission considers that extending this delegation of power to adopt 
delegated acts was and remains appropriate, in accordance with Article 14 of the eFTI Regulation 
(tacit extension). Such extension will enable the Commission to continue to supplement the eFTI 
Regulation and amend its Annex I, ensure the update of the eFTI common data set and eFTI data 
subsets  and  the  adoption  of  provisions  for  a  seamless  and  secure  data  flow  in  the  eFTI  data 
exchange environment (rules on the certification of eFTI platform and of eFTI service providers). 

The Commission invites the European Parliament and the Council to take note of this report. 

 13 Documents and reports of the relevant meetings can be found on the Register of Commission expert groups and other similar 
entities (europa.eu). 
14  These  rules  have  a  technical  content.  They  will  be  included  in  the  delegated  acts  (currently  under  preparation)  that  the 
Commission is empowered to adopt pursuant to Articles 12(5) and 13(3) of the eFTI Regulation. 

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