Starting from September 1, companies are required to switch to digital processing of order requests and orders to the forwarder through the state information system of electronic transportation documents - GIS EPD. The requirement is spelled out, the deadline is set. The problem is something else.
The current regulatory framework does not provide a mechanism for correcting these documents after sending. Transportation is a living process. The route changes, the load is redistributed, and the driver records the deviation right on the way. Previously, such changes were made to paper documents on the spot. Now the system requires you to cancel the entire document and create a new one, which means that transportation is technically interrupted.
"Without the titles of the changes, the market will be overwhelmed by double paperwork," follows from the position of the association. Companies will be forced to keep paper records in parallel as a backup layer — exactly the situation that GIS EPD was supposed to eliminate.
The Ministry of Transport and the Federal Tax Service received the letters. September 1 is less than two months away.
In parallel, there is a mitigating rule: until March 1, 2027, the absence of an electronic invoice entails only an oral remark, not a fine. But this does not solve the operational problem: if the document cannot be adjusted on the way, the business will receive not a fine, but a delivery failure.
For freight forwarders and shippers, whose routes change along the way, this is not a question about fines, but about the efficiency of logistics from September 1. Monitor the regulators' response and see if there is a mechanism for making changes before the rule comes into force.
