Logic organizes a workshop on the new law of the contract for ground transportation of goods

The 'seminar on land transport and logistics activity contract' organized mid-May by logic, Ernst & Young and AECAF, and partially subsidized by the Ministry of development, has analysed the impact of this new law in the logistics operators for the first timeconsidering their legal aspects and the effects of this in the different logistical typologies of the sector.

The law 15/2009, which came into force last February 12, is a challenge in the operations on a daily basis to maintain the logistics operators with customers and suppliers, but misses a great opportunity to regulate its activity. An expected and necessary change did not finish get and which highlights the ignorance of the importance of the figure of the logistics operator in the supply chain.

In this sense, as points out Gonzalo Sanz, President of logic - employer comprising about 80% of the operators - "We regret much have been outside the law taking into account that more than 30% of the transport of goods contracts are signed under the figure of logistics operator"", for that since employers continue to betting on the transparency of the sector, responsible management, the code of good practice and the seal of logic as a guarantee for customers and logistics operators commitment."

The new law, which draws new obligations but not rights for operators, required to prepare to mitigate their possible effects on the regulation of the logistics activities. And it is that these are still assuming a heavy responsibility to sign the transport contracts which need to be supported by agreed terms with the client as a mean of protection with regard to the porte, insurances, deadlines/delivery letter in its own name, charges/discharges, among other things. According to Jose Dominguez, director of the legal area of Ernst & Young lawyers "is therefore necessary to normalize and establish procedures to cover the gap of responsibilities of logistics operators are exposed with the new law".

The law 15/2009 is launching a series of standards in the market for the future that directly affect the operator, as for example, the introduction of telematics systems and electronic signature, that although will allow ' contractual strength ' and arbitration systemIt will require significant economic investments.

These days are the first approach to the law of the contract for ground transportation of goods from the point of view of the operator, which bring into relief the main weaknesses and responsibilities of the logistic operators in the sector.