The electronic accompanying document serves a clear compliance function: it ensures that a shipment remains uniquely identifiable throughout transit and that mandatory data—shipper, consignee, goods type, quantity—are available in machine-readable form at all times.
Source: https://www.customs.gov/elektronisches-begleitdokument
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