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From October 1, 2021, Ukraine will introduce changes in the procedure of registration of consignment notes. According to new rules, a consignor will be obliged to specify the vehicle and its parameters (length, width, height, total weight, including cargo, and gross weight) at the registration. This novelty raises many questions for clarifications are needed, as well as imposes a significant financial burden on the company. Therefore, the European Business Association asked the Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee to review this requirement and abolish the mandatory indication of these vehicle parameters.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the EBA experts, the obligation to issue consignment notes is imposed on shippers, but since the latter use the transport services of other companies, they generally do not have information on the parameters of the shipper’s vehicle. Therefore, they cannot verify such data and guarantee its correctness when entering it in the consignment note. In this regard, the EBA member companies have questions about the permissibility of errors in entering the vehicle parameters.<\/span><\/p>\n