The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure will again be hosting a workshop on the transport of dangerous goods within the framework of the “transport logistic 2019” trade fair in Munich; the focus of the workshop will be on the use of electronic transport documents to enhance safety, security and economic efficiency.

During the workshop, particular emphasis will be placed on the activities to develop guidelines on the use of an electronic transport document. The objective of these guidelines is to support the introduction and evolution of a harmonized system for the use of electronic transport documents during the national and international transport of dangerous goods. To this end, recent developments in companies and authorities will be presented. In addition, information on the planned regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on electronic freight transport information and its significance with regard to the system agreed for the transport of dangerous goods will be provided.

During the workshop, the participants will have the opportunity to examine and assess the presented results.

Participation in the workshop is free of charge. The number of participants is, however, limited by the size of the conference room. We would therefore recommend that you register as early as possible by sending an email to ref-g16@bmvi.bund.de.

There is an admission fee for the trade fair.

During the workshop, simultaneous interpretation into the English or German language will be provided.

1. Welcome and introduction

10:00 - 10:15
Welcome and introduction to the current state of play regarding dangerous goods telematics and the electronic transport document
Gudula Schwan
Head of Division G 16 (Transport of dangerous goods) at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Bonn, Germany

2. Recent developments in the fully electronic transmission of the transport document

10:15 – 10:45
State of discussions in the Telematics Working Group of the Joint RID/ADR/ADN Meeting – Guidelines on the use of an electronic transport document
Claude Pfauvadel
Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, Paris, France

10:45 – 11:15
Demands placed on the internet-based use of the electronic transport document in an international context
Christian Lüpges
AlbrechtConsult GmbH, Aachen, Germany

11:15 – 11:45
Presentation and state of play of the technical working group TP1
Jean-Philippe Méchin
Cerema Méditerranée, Aix-en-Provence, France

12:00 – 13:00
Lunch break

13:30 – 13:50
New developments in the dangerous goods data model – lessons learned from the EU project “CORE”
Antonella di Fazio
FDC, Rome, Italy

Danilo Giaquinto
Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti
Rome, Italy

13:50 – 14:10
TP 1 exemplified by a practical use case
Ulrich Mann
GBK GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany

14:10- 14:30
From eCMR to eFTI - On the current status of electronic documents in freight transport Tim Schneider
Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik e. V. (German Association for Freight Forwarding and Logistics), Berlin, Germany

14:30 – 15:00
Coffee break

3. Recent developments at the European level

15:00 – 15:30
Proposal for a regulation on electronic freight transport information (eFTI)
Lia Potec
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

15:30 – 16:00
The Benelux strategy on the eCMR and the transition to the eFTI Europe
Rudy Hemeleers
Luxemburg

16:00 – 16:30
Final discussion with all participants