This document will specify the interface between the e-merchant (any commercial customer sending parcels) and the first logistic operator, including both public and private carriers. For the application of this document, a cross border parcel is a parcel crossing a border into and within Europe.

The interface is composed of two items:

the physical label attached on the parcel: contents, sizes, minimum requirements to guarantee the quality and efficiency of the logistic process (sorting, delivery).
the electronic exchanges between the sender and the logistic operator with the description of the data to be provided, the format of the exchanges.

While designated operators of UPU have drawn up business requirements using proprietary standards and related data components, online merchants have developed open, not-for-profit standards for final delivery which are integrated into their existing supply chain management environment.

NOTE 1

The data element enables the growth of integrated, data-driven systems which support highly efficient and customer-driven cross-border ecommerce. This reflects the current trend to B-to-B-to-C delivery solutions in the European and international cross border e-commerce markets. Delivery from original source to final consumer can be split over more than one service provider.

NOTE 2

C-to-B-to-B-to-C solutions will be an extension, in particular when returns are specified. The “first C” would indicate that consumers wishing to return items, or induct items themselves, will be able to print labels following the fundamentals specified in this standard.

E-merchants exchange data with logistic operators (i.e. the postal operators, but not limited to those designated to fulfil the rights and obligations of UPU member countries) to help, simplify and enable the consequential logistic and transactional tasks. The establishment of common definitions and electronic formats safeguards the reliability and decreases the overall costs by avoiding software development costs, multiple printing equipment, over-labelling during the process, and the manual sorting.

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2	undefined
7	1 Scope 2 Normative references
8	3 Terms and definitions 4 The physical parcel label 4.1 Contents in the label
10	4.2 Label dimensions 4.3 General display rules 4.3.1 Label text font
11	4.3.2 Colours 4.3.3 Label zones
12	4.3.4 Zone contents
13	4.4 Header zone 4.4.1 General 4.4.2 Header dimensions – zone A
14	4.5 Sender zone 4.5.1 General 4.5.2 Sender zone dimensions – zone B 4.5.3 FROM indicator
15	4.5.4 Address of sender – zone B0 and B1 4.5.5 Sender telephone number – zone B2 4.5.6 Customer account number and / or sender Email – zone B3
16	4.5.7 Requirements for rendering of addresses on item labels 4.6 Addressee zone 4.6.1 General 4.6.2 Addressee zone dimensions – zone C
17	4.6.3 TO indicator 4.6.4 Name and address of addressee – zones C0 and C1 4.6.5 Telephone number – zone C2
18	4.6.6 Email address – zone C3 4.6.7 Requirements for rendering addresses on item label 4.7 Instruction zone 4.7.1 General
19	4.7.2 Instruction zone dimensions 4.7.3 Symbol dimensions 4.7.4 Standard symbols 4.8 Item-identifier zone – Zone E 4.8.1 General
20	4.8.2 Dimensions of item-identifier zone – Zone E 4.8.3 Barcode printing quality 4.8.4 Unique item identifier – Zone E1
21	4.8.5 Additional barcode – Zone E2 4.8.6 Barcode zone example
23	4.9 Label examples
26	4.10 Address printed quality 4.11 Icons 4.12 Label materials
27	Annex A (informative)Electronic exchange connected to the parcel and the label
28	Annex B (informative)Description of the data to be transmitted to the logistic operator (case with S10 identifier)
30	Annex C (informative)Instruction symbols
32	Annex D (informative)Guideline for the Utilization of GS1 Standards in the CEP industry
35	Annex E (informative)IFTMIN – The necessary specification

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Status	Withdrawn
Pages	36
Publication Date	2020-02-27
Withdrawn Date	2020-08-25
ISBN	978 0 539 04926 8
Standard Number	PD CEN/TS 17073:2020
Title	Postal services. Interfaces for cross border parcels
Identical National Standard Of	CEN/TS 17073
Descriptors	Labels, Parcels, Delivery of goods, Postal services, Interfaces
Publisher	BSI
Committee	SVS/4
ICS Codes	35.240.69 - IT applications in postal services

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