Trucking companies will be banned from working with anonymous customers

Cargo carriers in Russia may be banned from handling anonymous orders in order to reduce the flow of contraband and dangerous goods that threaten public safety. Digital transportation exchanges (aggregators) should monitor counterfeiting and dual-use goods, as well as monitor the legality of senders.

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The Public Consumer Initiative (OPI) has submitted such a proposal to the Cabinet of Ministers.

"The draft law on the register of cargo carriers, which is being considered by the State Duma, does not require transport and logistics platforms (freight exchanges, order aggregators, etc.) to verify the legality of customers and performers allowed on their sites," the OPI said in a letter to the government of the Russian Federation.

It is noted that the widely discussed draft law on the platform economy also does not establish appropriate regulation for transportation aggregators.
At the moment, there are about a dozen large digital platforms on the market where carriers take orders for cargo delivery. This is Roolz, Ati.su , "Monopoly", Transport24, Traffic and others.

"Some sites register virtually anonymous senders," Oleg Pavlov, the head of the OPI, told Izvestia.

According to him, anonymous accounts are used for the supply of illegal goods, counterfeit goods, contraband, as well as dual-use goods that can be used, among other things, to commit sabotage.

The OPI asked the government to develop criteria for the admission of companies to the transport and logistics market and oblige aggregators to ensure control over the legality of counterparties.

The OPI suggests verifying customers and cargo owners by INN before registering on the digital platform, checking their performance of basic duties for entering data into government information systems (register of business start notifications, register of participants in the turnover of labeled products, etc.). Otherwise, aggregators should block senders and prevent them from entering the market.

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