The finance ministries of various countries, such as Romania, Turkey or India, monitor the transport of goods on their territory through their national tax and customs administrations. This also affects rail transport if the onward transport within the country takes place by road. The aim of introducing these systems is to curb tax evasion, reduce the VAT gap and prevent illegal trade.

With our SAP solution GOpus® eDelivery you will receive the right solution and integrate the creation of the XML message, the dispatch and the monitoring of the delivery data directly into your SAP system. All delivery and transport data and XML formats are supported worldwide. The processes and regulations of the respective country that requires electronic shipment information are taken into account.

How fworks GOpus® eDelivery?

The solution creates a structured file based on an SAP delivery document and sends it to the respective country portal for authorization.

• The machine-readable data structure is filled in SAP with the necessary delivery data and is part of the SAPSCRIPT, SMARTFORMS or Adobe Interactive Forms print program in the (NAST) message control or in the BRF+ Output Management of SAP SE. 
• Delivery-specific fields and requirements can be individually adapted and adopted by the customer through subclasses and redefinable methods.
• The delivery data (XML format) is sent to the country portal (e.g. to the Romanian ANAF portal). The respective system generates a code for this purpose as soon as the transport of goods has been reported, which GOpus® eDelivery was generated for each SAP SD delivery document. The ID returned by the portal is stored for each SAP SD delivery document and can be clearly displayed on any goods transport document.
• Monitoring of all digital outgoing messages with the GOpus® eDelivery Monitor including numerous functions, e.g. message processing before sending, forward navigation in master and document data, display of status information (e.g. message status, shipping status), master data, document information, portal information (ID, date, time), archived objects and much more.

Example from Romania

Away December 2023 or from the grace period 1 July 2024 In Romania, the obligation to use the RO e-Transport Systems (ANAF) and to apply for ITU codes for all national and international goods transports. This regulation no longer only applies to goods with a high tax risk, but to all goods. At the same time, the GPS tracking for road transport as well as national as well as international Transporters introduced. Intermodal Rail transport are affected if the subsequent journey is made by road within Romania.

The registration number for the transport of goods to Romania must be obtained via the Internet system RO e-Transport of the Tax Authority and is only for Valid for 5 calendar days (15 calendar days for intra-community transport). The data in the system must be completely correct and any changes must be updated before the vehicle enters Romania. The ITU number can must be requested a maximum of three calendar days before transport and must be communicated to all parties involved (CMR, freight forwarder, buyer/seller, dealer). If no ITU code is available, no shipment can take place.

Failure to comply with the rules of the e-transport system will result in Fines of up to 50,000 RON (approx. 10,000 €) for natural persons and 100,000 RON (approx. 20,000 €) for legal persons In addition, the value of the undeclared goods will be confiscated. For the international transport of goods that do not fall into the "high tax risk" category, the fines will only come into force after the grace period has expired in July 2024.

 Advantages of GOpus® eDelivery

Real-time monitoring for maximum transparency and control