Driver posting declaration (IMI).
Enter the trip and you will know where to declare.
An employed driver is posted when they do cabotage or transport between two countries other than the one where the company is established. A bilateral trip from or to Spain, transit and the permitted additional activities are not declared. Enter the loadings and unloadings and Cofactu tells you, with the Commission's rules and cases, in which countries you need to declare. The checker assumes a haulier established in Spain.
Your trip
Each loading with its unloading, in the order you load. Company established in Spain.
Declare the posting in: France and Germany.
What data the declaration asks for
- Identity of the carrier: at least the Community licence number
- Contact details of a transport manager or other contact person in the country of establishment
- Identity, address and driving licence number of the driver
- Start date of the driver's employment contract and the applicable law
- Expected start and end dates of the posting (from one day to six months per declaration)
- Registration plates of the vehicles
- Type of service: goods, international or cabotage
What the driver carries
- Copy of the posting declaration, on paper or on the phone
- Proof of the operations in the host country: consignment note (CMR or e-CMR)
- Tachograph data, with the symbols of the countries the driver was in
Before, during and after.
- Before
Declare
On the European Commission portal, at the latest when the posting starts. One declaration covers from one day to six months and can be updated or withdrawn.
- During
Carry
The driver carries the copy of the declaration, the consignment note of the operations in that country and the tachograph data with the country symbols.
- After
Reply
If the country asks for it, within eight weeks the tachograph records, consignment notes, payslips, contract, schedules and proof of payment are sent through the same portal.
- 24 months
Record
The declaration is kept in the IMI for twenty-four months so that the authorities can check it.
The file of each posting, kept with the trip.
In Cofactu Logistics the same checker is in the app, next to the file of each driver, country and period: operations, vehicle, linked services and the copies of what you file on the portal, with their history. And if you are asked for documents, you prepare them from there with the consignment note and the tachograph.
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Talk to usWhat is the posting declaration for drivers?
The notification that an EU haulier sends to the country where its driver is posted, through the portal connected to the IMI (Internal Market Information System), at the latest when the posting starts. It is regulated by Directive (EU) 2020/1057 since 2 February 2022.
When is a driver posted?
In cabotage and in transport between two countries other than the one where the company is established (cross-trade). Not in bilateral transport from or to Spain, not in transit and, with a second-generation smart tachograph, not in one additional activity per trip (1+1) or two on the return leg if the outward leg had none (0+2).
In which country do I declare a transport between France and Germany?
In both: according to the Commission's guide, the driver is posted in the loading country from going to load until leaving, and in the unloading country from entering until unloading. Countries that are only crossed do not count.
Does it affect self-employed drivers?
No: Directive 2020/1057 applies to employed drivers of companies established in a Member State. A country may have its own rules for other cases.
What about the United Kingdom, Switzerland or Norway?
With the United Kingdom the Trade and Cooperation Agreement governs: transport with the EU is exempt and cabotage in the United Kingdom follows its own rules. In Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein the general posting rules apply, not this directive or the IMI portal.
Does Cofactu file the declaration?
No: the haulier files it with its own account on the Commission portal. Cofactu tells you whether you need to, prepares the data and keeps the file with the copies of what you filed (Logistics plan). The checker on this page is free.
