The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a bill that provides for the transition to electronic consignment notes (e-CMR) for domestic freight transport. After the document is adopted by the Verkhovna Rada, the electronic waybill will become the main form of processing shipments, and the use of paper documents will be allowed only in exceptional cases.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Koretskyi announced this on November 9.
According to the bill, each operation with an electronic consignment note will need to be confirmed with a qualified electronic signature.
Paper waybills will be allowed to be issued only if it is technically impossible to create an electronic document. At the same time, even in such a case, the information from the paper waybill will need to be entered into the electronic system on the same day.
According to the Prime Minister, for businesses the new rules should reduce the volume of paper document flow, reduce logistics costs and speed up settlements between the consignor, carrier and consignee.
The government also expects to strengthen control over the freight transport market and reduce the number of shadow operations thanks to electronic accounting.
A separate function of the e-CMR will be monitoring compliance with weight and dimension regulations. The waybill will record information on the weight and dimensions of the vehicle, which should simplify the detection of overloaded trucks.
The Cabinet expects that such a mechanism will help monitor road transport more effectively and prevent premature destruction of the road surface.
At the same time, the system of electronic waybills is already operating in Ukraine. Enterprises can use it voluntarily, and control authorities have the opportunity to check documents directly during transportation.
As Koretskyi noted, if the electronic waybill is properly issued, the driver does not need to carry a paper copy of the document. Inspectors can check the necessary information through the electronic system.
We remind that in April 2026, "Kurs Ukrainy" reported that the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development published a bill on the introduction of e-CMR in domestic transport. At that time, the mandatory transition to electronic waybills was proposed to be implemented from January 1, 2027.
The government now calls a new approximate date for the start of the rules - June 1, 2027. Thus, the proposed transition period has shifted by five months compared with the April version.
The relevant bill will be submitted by the Cabinet to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration. To introduce the mandatory use of e-CMR, the parliament must adopt the document, after which it must pass the procedure for entry into force stipulated by law.
Until then, businesses may continue to use the electronic system on a voluntary basis in accordance with current rules.
According to materials: Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Koretskyi, official portal of the e-CMR system
