Kazakhstan is updating its legislation to strengthen the country’s transport and transit potential. The Kurultai has approved ratification of the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) concerning the Electronic Consignment Note. The protocol will allow shipment information to be recorded and processed electronically. According to lawmakers, the move will help businesses cut costs, reduce administrative barriers and, above all, speed up the exchange of information between carriers and relevant authorities. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev previously stressed the need to fully digitalise the transport sector, including international routes, in his state-of-the-nation address.
«Kazakhstan has already begun implementing this mechanism within the Eurasian Economic Union. On October 15 this year, the first pilot project using electronic consignment notes for international road freight transport was launched on the Kazakhstan–Russia route. The launch laid the groundwork for further expansion of digital cooperation in the transport sector,» said Maksat Kaliakparov, Kazakh Deputy Minister of Transport.
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