Closely watched freight goods

In accordance with a ministerial decree, the first storage place of imported food products must be reported to the authorities – and this can very well be connected with the Electronic Freight Goods Tracking System (EKÁER). The reporting obligation refers to all food products and the authorities to report to are the Animal Health and Food Control Office and the Directorate of Plant Protection and Soil Conservation of the county’s Government Office. If the goods directly arrive at the end user’s premises, then the seller is considered to be the first storage place in Hungary. Since lots of data have to be reported to the authorities and some of these are difficult to acquire or they only become available later, the operator of the storage place is allowed to transfer the data providing obligation to the cargo’s owner or the transportation company, but a written agreement must be concluded in advance and presented to the authorities.