Frequently asked questions.
The questions we are actually asked, each at its own address and with its source beside it: you can link to one of them alone.
The language does not tell you the country: this page is in the language you chose, not in your country’s, so it does not tell you what your country requires, but what each country’s rule says. Every row names the provision and links it, so you can check it.
The national document, country by country.
- Does the eCMR work for domestic carriage in my country?
Fourteen countries we have reviewed, each with its own conditions on the document (content, form or signature), two where we do not claim it, and the ones we have not verified yet.
Fourteen countries, case by case.
We reviewed sources for fourteen countries: each row says which provision supports it and links what was read. They do not all say the same: some require no transport document at all, others admit any document carrying the data they list themselves, and one adds a condition of signature or seal.
Spain
Document carta de porte
The DeCA may take the form of a carta de porte when it carries the article 6 data, and the parties may issue the carta de porte electronically.
France
Document lettre de voiture
The lettre de voiture is free in form, on paper or electronic, with eight minimum particulars; the international document serves as the lettre de voiture when it carries them.
Article 4 IV states that the international transport document serves as the lettre de voiture when it carries the particulars of paragraph II, and it states that for the pre- and post-carriage of combined transport. Extending it to a domestic haul is a reading of «nationale ou internationale», not a sentence of the article.
SourceArrêté du 9 novembre 1999 relatif aux documents de transport
Germany
Document Begleitpapier
The document carried on board has no prescribed form, and an electronic Frachtbrief is equivalent to a paper one; the Frachtbrief is demanded separately and there is no general duty to carry one.
SourceGüterkraftverkehrsgesetz (GüKG) § 7Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB) § 408Begleitpapiere im Güterkraftverkehr
Austria
Document Begleitpapier
Any document with the three data items is enough, on paper or electronic, and the administration itself names the CMR-Frachtbrief as an example.
Netherlands
Document vrachtbrief
The vrachtbrief may be kept electronically and shown on a screen.
SourceDe vrachtbriefElektronische vrachtbrief: wetgeving in het kort
Poland
Document list przewozowy
Any document containing the article 38 data counts, including an electronic transmission or a computer printout.
Czechia
Document nákladní list
The act applies, by analogy, the CMR convention rules on the contract and the nákladní list to domestic carriage.
That the CMR nákladní list meets the section 3 duty is what the legal department of the hauliers’ association CESMAD BOHEMIA states, not the wording of the act; section 9a applies the CMR regime by analogy from 1 January 2019.
SourceZákon č. 111/1994 Sb., o silniční dopravěNákladní list CMR ve vnitrostátní dopravě
Romania
Document CMR
The act applies the CMR regime itself to domestic road carriage.
Sweden
Document fraktsedel
It is drawn up only if the sender or the carrier asks for it; the electronic version requires the carrier to sign it with an advanced electronic signature or to seal it with an advanced electronic seal.
Finland
Document rahtikirja
It is required only for international carriage.
Norway
Document fraktbrev
Sender and carrier may agree not to draw one up in domestic carriage.
Slovakia
Slovak law prescribes no national transport document, neither its content nor its form. The náložný list of § 612 is a document of title transferable by endorsement, and our sheet is not one: if a Slovak contract requires it, that is a question of the contract, not of a national document.
SourceObchodný zákonník (513/1991 Zb.) §§ 610-613Zákon č. 56/2012 Z. z. o cestnej doprave § 7(d), 7(n), 32(1)
United Kingdom
Document consignment note
There is no domestic road transport document; the convention governs international carriage only.
SourceCarriage of Goods by Road Act 1965Carry out international road haulage
Italy
For domestic carriage the Italian rule that required a document to accompany the goods has been repealed: the lettera di vettura is issued only if the carrier asks for it, with the particulars of article 1683 of the codice civile.
The sectors article 1 of DPR 472/1996 excepts are outside this. The documento di trasporto (DDT) is the seller’s fiscal document, with the data paragraph 3 of that article fixes, and it is what allows the invoice to be deferred (D.Lgs. 10/2026, article 72, paragraph 4, letter a). We do not issue it, and we do not claim to meet the conditions of those sector documents.
SourceCodice civile, art. 1684 (lettera di vettura)DPR 472/1996, art. 1 (documento di accompagnamento e documento di trasporto)D.Lgs. 10/2026 (T.U. IVA), art. 72
Two countries, and we do not claim it.
Here the rule requires a document with prescribed content, and we have found no permission that admits an equivalent form. The product does not issue the national transport document of these two countries. That does not change international carriage, which is governed by the CMR Convention and, among the parties that have adopted it, by its Additional Protocol.
Türkiye
The taşıma senedi is mandatory with prescribed content, and the carrier must also carry the sevk irsaliyesi issued by the sender.
Greece
The digital dispatch note must be transmitted through the myDATA platform of the tax authority; a PDF of ours cannot do that.
What we have not verified yet.
We have not yet read the domestic road transport rule of these countries, so we claim nothing about it:
- Hungary
- Portugal
- Switzerland
- Denmark
- Albania
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Bulgaria
- Estonia
- Iran
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- Moldova
- Oman
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
The DeCA, question by question.
- When does the digital DeCA become mandatory?
Mandatory in digital form from 5 October 2026, for domestic transport and cabotage within Spain.
- Can a consignment note serve as a DeCA?
Section Eight of the Resolución allows the DeCA to take the format of a consignment note, of an ADR transport document or of a waste identification document, provided it carries every item of data in article 6 of the Orden FOM/2861/2012.
- Does the driver have to carry it printed?
No. It can be carried on a phone or on paper, but always with the QR code, and the QR code on its own is enough.
- What about international transport?
The DeCA is for domestic transport and for cabotage in Spain. On an international transport the same sheet is your CMR consignment note or your eCMR, and WeCMR adds nothing from the DeCA to it.
The price, and what happens to your documents.
- How much does it cost to create a DeCA with WeCMR?
Right now, nothing. There is no fee, no document limit and no minimum term. The service is in its test phase: free for an indefinite period and being calibrated. One day it will stop being free, and we will tell you first. It will be announced by e-mail to every active account at least seven calendar days in advance, with the prices, the plans and the date it takes effect. Anyone who does not accept the new terms will be able to download their documents and close their account at no cost, and will keep read-only access for the period stated in the notice, which will not be shorter than thirty days.
- What happens to my documents if I close my account?
And if one day you leave: closing the account deactivates it, it does not delete it, and your documents stay there. A consignment note whose archived sheet is less than 366 days old cannot be deleted, so that no party is left without the evidence of the carriage. The document's QR code asks for no account: whoever has the link can keep seeing it. And the record of who signed what is kept for at least ten years.
Where each fact comes from.
Checked on 23 September 2026.
BOE-A-2026-12784
Resolución de 5 de junio de 2026Digital obligation from 5 October 2026, native PDF up to 5 MB, QR carrying the document URL, direct download without authentication, one year minimum retention, advanced signature at least where the DeCA is also used for a contractual purpose and has to be included signed, and section Eight on the consignment note format.
BOE
Ley 9/2025, de 3 de diciembre, de movilidad sostenibleEntry into force on 5 December 2025 and transitional provision eight: the administrative control document of public road haulage of goods must be digital ten months later, which sets 5 October 2026.
BOE
Orden FOM/2861/2012Article 6: the list of data the control document has to carry.
Ministerio de Transportes
Preguntas frecuentes DeCAScope of the obligation, and the role of SIMPLE.
Comisión Europea
Reglamento (UE) 2020/1056Full application on 9 July 2027 and who it binds, with its implementation page.
Naciones Unidas
Protocolo Adicional al CMRElectronic consignment note: states party, and article 3 on a reliable method of signature.
BOE
Ley 15/2009Inland carriage contract: articles 10 bis, 11 and 15 on the consignment note.
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