Dr. Erik Evtimov, Senior Legal Adviser & Project Coordinator CIM/SMGS UNECE Workshop on Trade Facilitation, Odessa, 1 June 2011 Electronic Consignment Note CIM/SMGS
Manual: GLV CIM/SMGS and Appendix 22 SMGS D. Electronic Consignment note CIM – Article 6 § 9: Principle of the functional equivalent SMGS – Article 7 § 14: Principle of the contractual agreement between carrier and customer EDI – Agreement: Legal specifications (CIT/OSJD) Functional specifications (CIT/OSJD) Technical specifications (Raildata/CIT/OSJD)
Electronic consignment note CIM/SMGS (1) Legal & Functional Specifications: –Agreed on the level of the project “Legal interoperability CIM/SMGS between CIT and OSJD –Recommendation for the RU implementing the Electronic consignment note CIM/SMGS (“Viking” train or “Electronic train” of the CCTT)
Electronic consignment note CIM/SMGS (2) Technical specifications: -Finalized by the Raildata, CIT and OSJD -Agreed on the level of the Project on 8 July 2009 trough the Steering Group CIM/SMGS -Practical implementation
Electronic consignment note CIM/SMGS (3) Implementations RAILDATA Relationships between the RU -Technical specifications - Implementation of the different interfaces e-RailFreight functional and legal specifications Railway undertakings (RU) Relationships between railway undertakings, customers and customs -Technical specifications -Implementation of the different interfaces -Organizational issues Trough the participating RUTrough the participating RU Tests:Tests: -CIM Consignment note beginning of No experiences till now with the Electronic consignment note CIM/SMGS
Implementations: e-RailFreight a short summary The project’s objectives: to develop EDI processes for the exchange of consignment note data, to reduce administrative costs, to make the consignment note data being exchanged more accurate and to speed up the exchange of data.
e-RailFreight – future development of the system Priority given to electronic procedures, paper processes becoming the exception Reduction of the functions which the consignment note can play CIT Expert Group Next revision of the CIM Uniform Rules