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European Union: Passed EU regulation 2020/1056 on electronic freight transport information including Data protection regulation by Council of the European Union

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Passed EU regulation 2020/1056 on electronic freight transport information including Data protection regulation by Council of the European Union

On 7 April 2020, the Council of the European Union passed EU regulation 2020/1056 on electronic freight transport information (eFTI) on first reading. The regulation requires eFTI platforms to treat personal data in compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and commercial data in a way that ensures its confidentiality. In addition, eFTI platforms shall keep logs of changes and deletions as well as of the natural or legal person responsible for each input.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases, infrastructure provider: other
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2018-05-17
under deliberation

On 17 May 2018, the EU Commission proposed EU regulation 2020/1056 on electronic freight transport …

2019-03-12
under deliberation

On 12 March 2019, the EU Parliament passed EU regulation 2020/1056 on electronic freight transport …

2020-04-07
under deliberation

On 7 April 2020, the Council of the European Union passed EU regulation 2020/1056 on electronic fre…

2020-07-08
adopted

On 8 July 2020, the EU Parliament adopted the Council's first reading of EU regulation 2020/1056 on…

2020-08-20
in grace period

On 20 August 2020, the EU regulation 2020/1056 on electronic freight transport information entered …

2024-08-21
in force

On 21 August 2024, the EU regulation 2020/1056 on electronic freight transport information is fully…