EU4Digital Facility EU4Digital: eTrade Network, 10th

EU4Digital Facility

EU4Digital: eTrade Network,

10th Online Workshop

Online conference | 8 - 9 June 2021

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Opening

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Status and review of eTrade Network Action Plan

and priorities

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Progress of EU4Digital Facility

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eDelivery: pilot cross-bordereTrade among the Eastern partnercountries partner countries andwith the EU MSs

eCustoms: pilot mechanisms ofexchange of information, includingpre-arrival information from exportdeclarations for goods, among theEastern partner countries and withthe EU

eCommerce: pilot interoperableeCommerce trading platformsamong the Eastern partnercountries and with the EU

Digital Transport Corridors: setin place preparatory actions to pilota Digital Multi-modal (bothmaritime and land) TransportCorridor between the Baltic Seaand the Black Sea

EU4Digital eTrade includes 25+ experts from 9 countries +

local teams

▪ Ana Burkovskiene

▪ Laimis Zlabys

▪ Vladimir Obucina

▪ Greta Matulyte

And other 2 experts supporting

in eCustoms

▪ Walter Trezek

▪ Florian Seikel

▪ Toralf Schneider

▪ Zoltan Patkai

▪ Silvio von Kruchten

And other eCommerce experts

Counterparty – The EC: DG

CONNECT, DG DIGIT.

OpenPeppol

EU4Digital Facility Team leader: Arturas Piliponis EU4Digital eTrade stream leader: Ruta Salvyte-Tamosiuniene


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Activity is complete and the

next steps are being discussed

Activity is complete and the

next steps are being discussed

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eCommerce

1. Recommendations are finalised

with actionable points to:

• Eliminate the barriers for cross-

border eCommerce and boost

volume

• Establish fundamentals that

must be in place for cross-

border eCommerce with the EU

to work

2. eCommerce pilot between Armenia,

Azerbaijan, Georgia – Germany

was launched in May-June

3. eCommerce pilot between

Azerbaijan and Georgia was

launched in June

eDelivery

1. eDelivery pilot activity between

Ukraine & Poland and Armenia &

Ukraine was successfully concluded

in January 2021

2. Recommendations for further

rollout of eDelivery in Eastern

partner countries and beyond were

completed and aligned with the

working group

3. The bilateral discussions with non-

pilot Eastern partner countries on

eDelivery testing / implementation is

ongoing

eCustoms

1. eCustoms pilot scenarios between

Belarus and Lithuania were piloted

and completed

2. Further, the recommendations for

required changes for full-scale

solution implementation is being

prepared

3. Discussions regarding the inter-EaP

eCustoms pilot pair is still ongoing

The key latest achievements of eTrade

eLogistics

Discussions and alignments are taking

place with the global organisations as well

as beneficiaries in the EU and the Eastern

partner countries to align on the way

forward for the transport corridor.

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Facilitated volunteer

transactions during

EU-EaP pilot

Data exchange scenarios

covered under

EU-EaP

pilot pair 3

Completed 2 handover

packages and 1 set of

recommendations for further

rollout of the solution

Countries willing to

test / further

implement eDelivery

solution

More than

90%of empty trucks transactions were

completed successfully

Countries involved during the

pilot 3

The highlights of EU4Digital eTrade

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eDelivery eCustomseCommerce

Involved stakeholders in eCommerce Awareness event to

prepare for the EU changes in July 2021

70+Strengthened cooperation

between Ecommerce Europe and

the pilot Eastern partner

countries

Countries involved during the

pilot 3 16

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EU4Digital libraryArticles on ongoing activities, events and key achievements

To stay updatedEU4Digital Facility team is sharing the latest news, information and key deliverables on eufordigital.eu

https://eufordigital.eu/

EU4Digital Facility



Day 1: eDelivery


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3.1 eDelivery

Output 1

Piloted eInvoice exchange via

eDelivery

January, 2021

Timeline of eDelivery activity

Output 2

Recommendations for full scale eDelivery

implementation

February, 2021

Completed In progress

Planned for the upcoming 6 months

AS-IS situation

in EaP

September,

2019 – January,

2020

EU baseline

October, 2019

– March, 2020

eTrade pilot

solution concept

April – June,

2020

Preparation of

software /

infrastructure

April – November,

2020

Legal analysis and

recommendations

September –

December, 2020

Pilot launch

October –

November, 2020

Preparation of

software /

infrastructure

November, 2020 -

January, 2021

Final

recommendations

January, 2021 –

February, 2021

Pilot launch

January, 2021

Analysis phase

EU-EaP pilot

Inter-EaP pilot

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Pilot tested paperless information exchange in pilot EaP countries and with EU using established EU-wide

solution and standards

Conclusion of eDelivery pilot activity

Overview: perform standardised invoice data exchange between cross-border partners in Peppol eDelivery

Network (30+ members in Europe and globally)

Countries covered: Armenia – Ukraine (inter-EaP); Poland – Ukraine (EU-EaP)

Participants: cross-border importing and exporting companies, established eDelivery Access Point owners

and coordinating institutions

Impact: increasing efficiency and safety to exchange electronic information in cross-border trade

Imports and receives

eInvoice

Company

A

Company

B

Exports and sends

eInvoice via eDelivery

Imports and receives

eInvoice

Company

C

Company

D

Exports and sends

eInvoice via eDelivery

UA

AM

PL

UA

UA

AM

PL

UA

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Key benefits of eDelivery pilot

1. Reach. Pilot countries connected to the global Peppol eDelivery Network, which enables the exchange of

procurement data with any member of the Network. Currently, there are members from more than 30 countries

worldwide

2. Interoperability. Tested the enablement of interoperability across borders

3. Applicability. eDelivery Building block can be a trusted and secure channel for data exchange in any sector.

Therefore, the obtained knowledge on the solution can be reused and applied in other domains as well (e.g. Justice,

Public & Governmental, etc.)

100 %of the of the pilot participants, who provided the

feedback on pilot activity noted that they would

be willing to continue using eDelivery for the

exchange of invoices instead of a current

process

“more efficient way of cooperation”

“if enabled in full scale, the potential to save time, money

and resources”

“ready-to-use technological solution for public

procurement purposes”

Feedback from pilot participants

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Way forward with eDelivery

Next steps:

1. Most of the Eastern partner countries already expressed their readiness and willingness to test & implement

eDelivery (completed)

2. It is foreseen that in the coming month European Commission will issue an official recommendation to rollout

eDelivery as a successfully tested concept for data exchange

3. Further, based on willingness the discussion between EU Delegations and interested Eastern partner countries

will be initiated to discuss next steps and potential support opportunities

4. In a long run, it is aimed that the eDelivery Access points are established in all Eastern partner countries for the

procurement data exchange (e.g. invoices, catalogues, orders, etc.)

5. Further, the use of eDelivery could be considered in other domains and possibilities to introduce additional CEF

Building Blocks to Eastern partner countries could be explored

Examples of potential eDelivery use cases:

1. Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information system (data on illness, pensions, unemployment, etc.)

2. Online Dispute Resolution (platform to exchange data and solve issues between consumers and traders)

Examples of other Building Blocks: Big Data Test Infrastructure (BDTI), European Blockchain Services Infrastructure

(EBSI), eArchiving, etc.

EU4Digital Facility



Day 1: eCustoms


3.4 eCustoms

Output 1

Timeline of eCustoms activity

Output 2

Recommendations for full scale SEED

solution implementation

Piloted customs information

exchange



AS-IS situation

in EaP

August 2019 –

December 2019

Existing solutions

analysis

June 2019 –

September 2019

Selection of pilot

countries

December 2019

– January 2020

Preparation for

pilot

February 2020 –

December 2020

Pilot launch

December 2020 –

May 2021

Legal analysis

October 2020 –

May 2021

Preparation for

pilot

July – October

2021

Pilot launch

October -

November 2021

Legal analysis

September –

October 2021

Analysis phase

EU-EaP pilot

Inter-EaP pilot

Current progress

EU-EaP pilot: Belarus and Lithuania

Overview: facilitated customs-to-customs data exchange and introduced more advanced customs risk management

processes

Scope of functionalities selected and piloted:

• Scenario 1: Empty Trucks (freight means of transport)

• Scenario 2: Exchange of exit data from export declarations (limited data set)

• Scenario 3: Full declaration data set from the export declarations for volunteers

Needs covered for:

• Secure and automated links for structured real-time exchange of customs-related information to verify accuracy

of information and match data on the spot (at BCP) in order to identify inconsistencies

• Reliable and timely information for improved risk management and assessment

• improved handling of high traffic flow

Inter-EaP pilot: TBC

Discussions regarding the inter-EaP eCustoms pilot pair is still ongoing and decision hasn‘t been made yet

Upcoming activities

1. Ongoing eCustoms pilot between Belarus and Lithuania is being finalized and recommendations

on further enablement of data exchange via SEED solution will be prepared by July 2021

2. After the completion of the pilot activity the tested SEED solution will be transferred for the further

use and development of the pilot countries

3. Discussion on inter-EaP pilot pair is ongoing and once confirmed, the preparatory activities for

pilot implementation will be initiated

4. Further, the possibilities to rollout the use of the SEED solution in all Eastern partner countries

to enable efficient exchange of customs data across borders will be considered

EU4Digital Facility



Day 2: DTC


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3.5 DTC

Timeline of DTC activity



Best practice

analysis

February 2020

State of play

analysis

April 2020

DTC concept

May 2020

DTC

implementation plan

June 2020

Output

Action plan for DTC piloting and DTC pilot

description

(June 2020)

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Digital Transport Corridor (DTC) concept in EU4Digital

6. Connected with the EU; no central platform development is planned in EU MSs (i.e. Lithuania), the connection is

planned with existing government or private systems.

1. Established as a federated network of platforms in the Eastern partner countries. It should support information

exchange among participating countries while providing different types of services.

2. Developed on the planned extensions of TEN-T to Eastern partner countries. The EU4Digital concept for a corridor

between the Baltic Sea – Black Sea complements the extension of North Sea – Baltic TEN-T corridor.

3. Built in accordance with the EU existing requirements (DTLF, eFTI) and ongoingly adapted based on new

specifications.

4. Built on National eLogistics Systems (NeLS) as core components. NeLS are central national platforms facilitating

provision of information for authorities and cross-border exchange. NeLS shall perform as eFTI platforms in the long term.

5. Established and tested through multiple Living Labs initiated based on priority logistic documents in Eastern partner

countries (data not documents to be exchanged).

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Roadmap for Digital Transport Corridor (DTC)

Year 2 H1Year 1 H1 Year 1 H2 Year 2 H2 Year 3 H1 Year 3 H2 2024-2025

Aligned with developments in the EUDTLF

eFTI (2028)

FEDeRATED (2023)

FENIX (2022)

Phase 3

Harmonise

with eFTI

Phase 2

Develop DTCPhase 1

Establish DTC Living Labs

1. Systems for document exchange

National eLogistics System and cross border eCMR data exchange

2. Systems for tracking

eSMGS/eCIM, cross-border eCO, other data exchange

Usage of tracking data for faster border crossing

3. Harmonisation with the EU

eFTI release milestoneseFTI application by

2025

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Note: roadmap has been designed in 2019 as part of the EU4Digital study.

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What’s next?

▪ EU4Digital Facility completed the activity

▪ The European Commission is in the process of finding possible modalities to implement the designed

programme

▪ Upcoming news will be communicated to EU4Digital Network

EU4Digital Facility



Day 2: eCommerce


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Recommendations for piloted

solution adoption and scale up

(by June 2021)

Recommendations for eCommerce

harmonisation

September - December

Scenarios:

1. Overall eCommerce

strengthening (legal, standards,

ecosystem areas) in the EaP;

2. Facilitate selling / buying of the

EU in the EaP;

3. And vice versa.

Timeline of eCommerce activity



eCommerce

Framework

April 2020

The EU baseline

May 2020

Questionnaire

and guidelines

June 2020

Collect data in

the countries

July – October

2020

Output 1Gap analysis of

the countries

September –

October 2020

Output 2Stakeholders

onboarding

January –

February 2021

Defining

requirements for

data exchange

March 2021

Setting up goods

listing in virtual

warehouse

March – April

2021

Final preparation

and pilot launch

between AZ and

GE

June 2021

Final preparation

and pilot launch

between AM, AZ,

GE and DE

April – May 2021

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Pilot tests a digital solution supporting retailers, marketplaces, delivery operators and customs to place

products for sale abroad and complete cross-border delivery

eCommerce pilot

Overview: set up national virtual warehouses as standardised digital catalogues of local goods, which

facilitate automated exchange of information about sales, delivery and customs

Countries covered: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Germany + 192 countries of the UPU

Impact: helping to place goods for sales abroad, strengthening eCommerce ecosystem and increasing

eCommerce volumes

Participating sellers:

▪ AZ: ISAR Group (handcrafted wooden accessories), supported by

national marketplace Azexport

▪ GE: women-led businesses RKO (children’s clothing) and Funduki

(eco-friendly housewarming gifts)

▪ AM: Zeal Socks (socks), supported by the national post

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eCommerce pilot: virtual warehouse – what is it?

Pain points for sellers

• Lack of knowledge and resources to sell online, especially cross-border.

• High cost to enter cross-border markets – adjust to different requirements of marketplaces, delivery services.

• Need to input additional data for different actors for complicated export procedures.

Seller in the EaP country Virtual warehouse Marketplace in the EU

(other EaP country)

Post in the EaP Post in the EU

(other EaP country)

End buyer

Pilot solution: virtual warehouse / digital catalogue of local goods to place goods for sales abroad in the

EU and the EaP markets. The solution provides a single place for sellers to enter data needed by customs and

delivery businesses for cross-border eCommerce.

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Key benefits of the eCommerce virtual warehouse

1. List products on different marketplaces at the same time.

2. Manage product data in one place.

3. Facilitate the exchange of product data between eCommerce actors creating a seamless and

standardised data exchange process.

4. Faster delivery as the exchange of product data is instant.

5. Eliminate intermediaries along the product placing and delivery process as all the necessary data is

exchanged directly between the actors.

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Way forward with eCommerce pilot

By June 2021 by EU4Digital Facility:

▪ Conclude the final recommendations to adopt the piloted solution in production as well as scale-up.

▪ Handover the solution and the technical documentation to the beneficiaries.

How the Eastern partner countries can implement the piloted solution technically?

▪ EU4Digital with the pilot countries raised awareness of the new ways of digital eCommerce as we

tested with an MVP in real environment how the solution supports digital exchange of eCommerce data

from technical and organisational perspectives.

▪ After the pilot, EU4Digital will issue technical documentation and recommendations on how the solution

should be installed and enhanced to be used full-scale for eCommerce facilitation.

▪ Eastern partner countries should consider taking proactive actions to initiate implementation and scale

up of the solution.

▪ The next steps to support the countries after the pilot are to be discussed and considered on a bilateral

level.

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Virtual warehouse –how does it look like?

Join the live presentation of

the virtual warehouse and

discussion at 10:45 CET.

Link is shared in the chat.

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Thank You

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