French Customs ELO becomes mandatory - 20 April 2026

French Customs has given notice that the envelope logistique obligatoire (ELO) is to become mandatory on 20 April 2026.

ELO (the Obligatory Logistics Envelope) was deployed in the spring of 2025 for goods moving at the Smart Border between the UK and the EU. ELO consolidates all the necessary information and declarative formalities for crossing the Smart Border under a single barcode. All trucks (whether loaded or empty) will need to present a single ELO barcode for scanning at the Smart Border, for imports, exports and transits. 

The official communication is available via this link : Obligatory Logistics Envelope (ELO) - A Key Transition for RoRo Trade with the United Kingdom | Portail de la Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects