Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2243 of 6 November 2025 laying down detailed specifications regarding the functional requirements for eFTI platforms in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council

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2025/2243 7.11.2025

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2020 on electronic freight transport information [^ntr1-L_202502243EN.000101-E0001], and in particular Article 9(2) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

Article 2

eFTI platforms system architecture

The system architecture of eFTI platforms shall consist of any combination of ICT components or systems that comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation.

CHAPTER II ACCESS TO eFTI PLATFORMS

Article 3

Access to eFTI platforms by competent authorities

1.

eFTI platforms shall enable competent authorities to access eFTI data solely by means of machine-to-machine communication, via a secure connection between the eFTI platform and an eFTI Gate. An eFTI platform shall establish such a connection with at least one eFTI Gate.

2.

To enable the communication referred to in paragraph 1, an eFTI platform shall provide the following functionalities:

Article 4

Access to eFTI platforms by business users

1.

eFTI platforms shall allow business users to access and process eFTI data by means of one or both of the following modalities:

2.

For access and processing of eFTI data by means of human-to-machine interfaces, eFTI platforms shall provide functionalities that ensure:

3.

The electronic identification scheme referred to in paragraph 2, point (a)(i), shall comply, as a minimum, with the requirements laid down in Article 8(2), point (b), of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014.

For users accessing and processing eFTI data that corresponds to the information requirements referred to in Article 2(1), point (a)(iv), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1056, the electronic identification means referred to in paragraph 2, point (a)(i), of this Article shall include reference to the identification number of the waste shipments operator referred to in Article 9 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1290.

4.

For access and processing of eFTI data by means of machine-to machine communication, eFTI platforms shall provide functionalities that ensure for each tributary ICT system:

5.

eFTI platform operators shall establish and implement measures for the appropriate onboarding of tributary ICT systems that include, as a minimum:

6.

For each login session, the eFTI platform shall ensure the identification, authentication and authorisation of the business user, before allowing the business user to process eFTI data.

Article 5

Authorisation mechanism

1.

eFTI platforms shall use one or both of the following types of authorisation mechanisms:

2.

The authorisation registries referred to in paragraph 1 shall be established and maintained as a separate ICT component. This separate ICT component shall be either internal to the eFTI platform or part of an ICT system external to the eFTI platform with which the eFTI platform establishes secure communications, in accordance with Article 12(4).

3.

The authorisation registries referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), shall maintain a uniquely identified ‘user profile’ for each onboarded business user, by recording at least the following information:

4.

The eFTI platform operator or, where the authorisation registry is established as a component of an ICT system external to the eFTI platform, the operator of the external ICT system, shall take measures to ensure the appropriate onboarding of the business users that may act as ‘primary authoriser’. Those measures shall, as a minimum, consist of:

5.

The authorisation mechanism referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), shall include functionalities that comply, as a minimum, with the following specifications:

6.

The information recorded in the authorisation registries in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 5 shall be retained for auditing purposes, as a minimum, for the same period of time for which the eFTI CMDS, on which the respective users performed processing operations, is required to be kept available, in accordance with the applicable national or Union law, pursuant to Article 9(1), point (i), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1056.

7.

eFTI platforms shall delete all information that constitute personal data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 within a reasonable time after the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph 6.

Article 6

Communication with DIWASS

1.

To allow economic operators concerned to make available to competent authorities the regulatory information referred to in Article 2(1), point (a)(iv), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1056, eFTI platforms shall establish secure connections with the central system referred to in Article 27(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157, through an application programming interface as referred to in Article 5(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1290, or where made available by a Member State, through connection to the local system operated by a competent authority in that Member State in accordance with Article 27(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 and that connects to the that central system in accordance with the requirements of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1290.

2.

Where eFTI platforms establish either of the connections referred to in paragraph 1, they shall also provide corresponding additional functionalities in accordance with Article 9(2) of this Regulation.

Article 7

Transparency

1.

eFTI platforms shall provide functionalities that allow business users to request and receive notifications, including in the form of periodical reports, based on appropriate authorisations. Those notifications and reports shall cover requests for access to eFTI data by competent authorities and related follow-up communications. They shall also cover processing operations by business users, when the business user requesting those notifications or reports constitutes a data holder or has processing rights for that data assigned in the authorisation registry referred to in Article 5(1), point (a) in relation to that data.

2.

Where the notifications or reports referred to in paragraph 1 concern requests for access to eFTI data by competent authorities and related follow-up communications, those notifications shall contain at least the following information:

CHAPTER III DATA PROCESSING ON eFTI PLATFORMS

Article 8

The eFTI CMDS

1.

eFTI platforms shall manage the processing of eFTI data based on uniquely identified data sets, each constituting an eFTI CMDS.

2.

eFTI CMDS shall be generated by selecting all the data elements that constitute the eFTI data subsets corresponding to the applicable regulatory information requirements for a specific consignment movement, where all the data elements common to two or more eFTI data subsets shall be included only once.

3.

All eFTI data processed on an eFTI platform shall comply with the definitions and technical characteristics, including structure, code lists and business rules, established by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2024.

Article 9

Processing operations

1.

eFTI platforms shall provide functionalities that enable business users, following validation of their processing rights by means of an authorisation mechanism referred to in Article 5, to perform the following processing operations on eFTI data:

2.

The eFTI platform functionalities referred to in Article 6 shall enable business users, following validation of their processing rights by means of an authorisation mechanism referred to in Article 5, to perform the following processing operations on eFTI data:

3.

The processing operations referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be as specified in the Annex, together with the actions to be performed by eFTI platforms to enable business users to perform those operations.

4.

Before allowing a business user to perform processing operations on eFTI data, the platform shall inform the user through clearly worded messages that, by processing the data on the eFTI platform, the user consents that:

5.

eFTI platforms shall log each processing operation performed by a business user on an eFTI CMDS, by recording in relation to each data element processed, the following information:

6.

eFTI platforms shall record and keep the eFTI CMDS data readily available for access by both business users and competent authorities on an online data storage system, for at least the period in which the eFTI CMDS has the status ‘active’ and, where applicable, ‘inactive’, as assigned by the eFTI platform in accordance with the specifications laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.

7.

eFTI platforms shall maintain the eFTI CMDS that have the status ‘ready to archive’ or ‘archived’ and the corresponding processing operation logs accessible for access by competent authorities for the periods of time referred to in Article 9(1), point (i), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1056.

8.

eFTI platforms shall delete all information that constitute personal data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 within a reasonable time after the expiration of the periods referred to in paragraph 8.

Article 10

Human-to-machine user interfaces

1.

The human-to-machine interfaces referred to in Article 4(1), point (a) shall provide the following web or application-based functionalities:

2.

The human-readable copies referred to in paragraph 1, point (d), shall include a machine-readable coded reference of the eFTI platform certification mark and an indication of the date and time of the download in the form of a time stamp.

3.

eFTI platforms’ human-to-machine interfaces shall include access protection features to prevent unauthorised access to eFTI data and eFTI platform functionalities when the device by the means of which the business user accesses the eFTI platform is not under the control of the user.

CHAPTER IV AVAILABILITY, SECURITY AND RESILIENCE MEASURES

Article 11

Availability

An eFTI platform shall remain available for access by competent authorities, as specified in Article 3, for at least the period of time for which the eFTI CMDSs recorded on that platform have the status ‘active’ and, where applicable, ‘inactive’, as assigned by the eFTI platform in accordance with the specifications laid down in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 12

Security of data exchanges

1.

For communication with an eFTI Gate, eFTI platforms shall:

2.

The access points referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), shall use security certificates issued, through a certificate authority, by the Member State where the eFTI platform received the compliance certificate referred to in Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) 2020/1056.

3.

All communication between the eFTI platform and the eFTI Gate shall take place by means of message exchanges that comply with the specifications laid down in Article 9(3) and (4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1942.

4.

For communication with tributary ICT systems or other external ICT systems hosting components that perform certain eFTI platform functionalities, eFTI platforms shall, as a minimum:

5.

For communication with DIWASS, eFTI platforms shall:

Article 13

Security of stored data

eFTI platform operators shall define and implement measures that ensure the security and preservation of the data stored on eFTI platforms, and in particular:

CHAPTER V FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 14

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 November 2025.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

[^ntr1-L_202502243EN.000101-E0001]: OJ L 249, 31.7.2020, p. 33, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/1056/oj.

[^ntr2-L_202502243EN.000101-E0002]: Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/765/oj).

[^ntr3-L_202502243EN.000101-E0003]: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1942 of 5 July 2024 laying down common procedures and detailed rules for accessing and processing electronic freight transport information by competent authorities in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/1942, 20.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1942/oj).

[^ntr4-L_202502243EN.000101-E0004]: Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/910/oj).

[^ntr5-L_202502243EN.000101-E0005]: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2024 of 26 July 2024 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1056 by establishing the eFTI common data set and eFTI data subsets (OJ L, 2024/2024, 20.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2024/2024/oj).

[^ntr6-L_202502243EN.000101-E0006]: Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on shipments of waste, amending Regulations (EU) No 1257/2013 and (EU) 2020/1056 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (OJ L, 2024/1157, 30.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1157/oj).

[^ntr7-L_202502243EN.000101-E0007]: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1290 of 2 July 2025 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements necessary for the interoperability between the central system for the electronic submission and exchange of information and documents related to shipments of waste and other systems or software, as well as other technical and organisational requirements necessary for the practical implementation of such electronic submission and exchange of information and documents (OJ L, 2025/1290, 14.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/1290/oj).

[^ntr8-L_202502243EN.000101-E0008]: Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj).

[^ntr10-L_202502243EN.000101-E0010]: Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 and Decision No 1247/2002/EC (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 39, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1725/oj).

[^ntr11-L_202502243EN.000101-E0011]: Council Directive 92/106/EEC of 7 December 1992 on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (OJ L 368, 17.12.1992, p. 38, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1992/106/oj).

ANNEX

PROCESSING OPERATIONS TO BE PERFORMED BY BUSINESS USERS ON eFTI PLATFORMS

(referred to in Article 9)

The following table describes the processing operations on eFTI data that eFTI platforms enable business users to perform, pursuant to Article 9(1) and (2), and the automatic actions that eFTI platforms must perform in order to ensure the performance of those processing operations, where:

Table

Operation Business user action eFTI platform action
(a) Create eFTI CMDS Request eFTI platform to create a new eFTI CMDS. 1. Following the business user’s request, the eFTI platform shall generate an eFTI CMDS template, based on information provided by the business user. The eFTI platform shall request the business user to provide the necessary information to allow it to determine the appropriate eFTI data subsets that contain the applicable regulatory information requirements. 2. Once it has generated the eFTI CMDS template, the platform shall allocate a UUID to the eFTI CMDS, as provided for in Article 11(2), point (c), of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1942, assign the CMDS the status ‘draft’ and make it available for processing by business users.
(b) Edit eFTI CMDS Input consignment movement information to the eFTI CMDS data fields. 1. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to input data in the corresponding data elements fields of the eFTI CMDS, including by modifying previously recorded data, for all regulatory information for which that business user has processing rights, as provided for in Article 5. 2. The eFTI platform shall record the data inputted by the business user on the online storage system of the eFTI platform, following the validation process referred to in point 3 and upon the user’s confirmation that he/she does not want to process that data further. 3. Before recording the data, the eFTI platform shall perform validation checks on the data inputted by the business user, by: (a) verifying whether data has been provided for all data elements for which the legal status is identified as mandatory or conditional for the eFTI subsets on the basis of which the eFTI CMDS was established, in accordance with the description of the eFTI data subsets in Sections 3 and 4 of the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2024; (b) verifying whether the values provided for each data element correspond to the technical characteristics (e.g. data type, format, code list) laid down for those data elements in the Annex to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2024; (c) informing the business user, by appropriate messages, of the results of the validation process. 4. When the edited data element(s) correspond to data that constitute identifier(s) in accordance with Article 11(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1942, and the status of the eFTI CMDS is ‘active’, the eFTI platform shall update the value(s) of the corresponding identifier(s) of that eFTI CMDS, on the registry of identifiers of the eFTI Gate where those identifiers were initially uploaded.
(c) Read eFTI CMDS data Request access to data inputted in the eFTI CMDS. The eFTI platform shall enable, by default, read-only access to all the data elements of an eFTI CMDS to which the business user has processing rights.
(d) Download a copy of eFTI CMDS data Request a copy of eFTI CMDS data. The eFTI platform shall generate and make available for download by the business user a copy of the eFTI CMDS data, in both human-readable and machine-readable formats.
(e) Consignor signature Read or edit and then sign eFTI CMDS data. 1. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to read and, according to the user’s processing rights, to perform other processing operations on the eFTI CMDS. 2. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to sign electronically, upon the user’s confirmation that: (a) he/she has read all the eFTI CMDS data for which he/she has processing rights; and (b) he/she does not want to process that data further. 3. The eFTI platform shall record metadata that allows verifying whether the business user signed using means that comply, as a minimum, with the requirements for advanced electronic signature or advanced seal in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, and assign value ‘1’ to data element eFTI65.
(f) Carrier signature Read or edit and then sign eFTI CMDS data. 1. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to read and, according to the user’s processing rights, to perform other processing operations on the eFTI CMDS. 2. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to sign electronically, upon the user’s confirmation that: (a) he/she has read all the eFTI CMDS data for which he/she has processing rights; and (b) he/she does not want to process that data further. 3. The eFTI platform shall record metadata that allows verifying whether the business user signed using means that comply, as a minimum, with the requirements for advanced electronic signature or advanced seal in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, and assign value ‘1’ to data element eFTI115. 4. The eFTI platform shall generate the UIL of the eFTI CMDS, in accordance with the specifications provided for in Article 11(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1942, and upload the UIL, together with the corresponding identifiers, on the registry of identifiers of the eFTI Gate to which the eFTI platform is connected, and the reference to which is included in the UIL, as specified in Article 11(3) of that Regulation. 5. The eFTI platform shall assign the status ‘active’ to the eFTI CMDS and make it available for access and processing by competent authorities.
(g) Consignee signature Read or edit and then sign eFTI CMDS data. 1. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to read and, according to the user’s processing rights, to perform other processing operations on the eFTI CMDS. 2. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to sign electronically, upon the user’s confirmation that: (a) he/she has read all the eFTI CMDS data for which he/she has processing rights; and (b) he/she does not want to process that data further. 3. The eFTI platform shall record metadata that allows verifying whether the business user signed using means that comply, as a minimum, with the requirements for advanced electronic signature or advanced seal in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, and assign value ‘1’ to data element eFTI84. When the consignee is a waste treatment facility as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 the eFTI platform may, alternatively, record the data related to the consignee signature received from DIWASS, by means of the application programming interface referred to in Article 12(5), point (c). 4. The eFTI platform shall update on the registry of identifiers of the eFTI Gate the identifier corresponding to data element eFTI188. 5. The eFTI platforms shall assign the status ‘ready to archive’ to the eFTI CMDS, unless data element eFTI581 of the eFTI CMDS has the value ‘3’, corresponding to ‘road transport’. 6. When data element eFTI581 of the eFTI CMDS has the value ‘3’, corresponding to ‘road transport’, the eFTI platform shall assign to the eFTI CMDS the status ‘inactive’, for the cumulation of the periods of time referred to in Articles 8(2) and 8(2a) of Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council[^ntr1-L_202502243EN.001501-E0001] and, at the expiration of that cumulated period, the status ‘ready to archive’.
(h) Combined transport ‘stamp’ by authority in sea port, inland waterway port, or railway station Confirm combined transport details. 1. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to read and, according to the user’s processing rights, to perform other processing operations on the eFTI CMDS. 2. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to sign or stamp electronically, upon the user’s confirmation that: (a) he/she has read all the eFTI CMDS data for which he/she has processing rights; and (b) he/she does not want to process that data further. 3. The eFTI platform shall record metadata that allows verifying whether the business user signed or stamped using means that comply, as a minimum, with the requirements for advanced electronic signature or advanced electronic seal or, respectively, qualified electronic time stamp, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, and assign value ‘1’ to data element eFTI608.
(i) Archive eFTI CMDS Request archiving of the eFTI CMDS. 1. Upon confirmation by the business user, the eFTI platform shall assign the status ‘archived’ to the eFTI CMDS. 2. In the absence of a specific business user request, the eFTI platform may assign the status ‘archived’ to an eFTI CMDS that has the status ‘ready to archive’, provided that the business users that have corresponding authorisations in relation to that eFTI CMDS are duly informed of such action.
(j) Download copy of waste shipment documents Request a copy of waste shipment documents. 1. Based on the document number(s) provided by the business user, the eFTI platform shall request and retrieve from DIWASS a copy of the waste shipment document(s) identified with that/those number(s). 2. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to read and download the information in the waste shipment documents in non-editable human-readable format.
(k) Submit or edit waste shipments carrier transfer confirmation Read or edit and then sign eFTI CMDS data. Authenticate waste shipment documents. 1. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to read and, according to the user’s processing rights, to perform other processing operations on the eFTI CMDS. 2. The eFTI platform shall enable the business user to sign electronically, upon the user’s confirmation that: (a) he/she has read all the eFTI CMDS data for which he/she has processing rights; (b) he/she does not want to process that data further; and (c) he/she has read the copy of the waste shipment documents and wants to proceed with authenticating those documents. 3. The eFTI platform shall record metadata that allows verifying whether the business user signed using means that comply, as a minimum with the requirements for advanced electronic signature or advanced seal in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014, and assign value ‘1’ to data element eFTI115. 4. The eFTI platform shall record the information referred to in Article 14(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1290, and upload on DIWASS carrier confirmation data corresponding to the specifications provided for Annex II, Part B, points 3 and 4 and Part C, points 3 and 4, to that Regulation, as applicable.

[^ntr1-L_202502243EN.001501-E0001]: Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 72, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1072/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2243/oj

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