On 15 June 2026, the Danish Transport Authority (Transportstyrelsen) hosted a eFTI stakeholder workshop in Copenhagen, alongside the Finnish eFTI Contact Point and eFTI Gate, bringing together representatives from competent authorities in Denmark, Sweden and Norway, transport industry associations, freight forwarders and logistics companies. The workshop aimed to validate priority eFTI use cases, assess operational needs from both authorities and economic operators, and prepare the next phase of pilot activities.
Through hands-on walkthroughs of dangerous goods, cabotage and trailer swap scenarios, participants analysed how transport data is registered, updated and accessed during inspections. The workshop confirmed that cabotage control is currently the most promising eFTI use case, particularly when combined with transport history and drivers’ hours data. Authorities highlighted the need for clear presentation of eFTI information, stronger guarantees for data availability and completeness, and additional clarification regarding signatures, timestamps, access rights and event coverage. The discussions also demonstrated that further training and awareness-building on eFTI are needed among both authorities and economic operators.
The workshop produced several concrete outcomes for the project. Future pilot candidates were identified, including cabotage, cabotage combined with trailer swap, transport operations where data changes during transit, and scenarios aimed at reducing inspection times or enabling remote controls. Economic operators confirmed potential business benefits such as fewer inspections, faster data availability and improved information sharing, while also stressing the importance of user-friendly solutions and a clear business case, especially for smaller transport companies.
In parallel, the Peppol workstream aligned participating organisations on a common technical roadmap toward a potential pilot in Autumn 2026 and identified key dependencies, including the pending European Commission XSD specifications. The workshop also initiated discussions on whether pilot phase 2 should be organised as a joint Nordic pilot or as coordinated national pilots. Overall, the event increased stakeholder alignment, validated priority use cases for further testing, identified key risks and knowledge gaps, and provided a concrete basis for planning the next phases of the Nordic Joint eFTI Gate collaboration.
