transportation movement of people and goods from one location to another performed by modes, such as air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space and the field comprises the attributes of infrastructure, vehicles, and operations

movement of goods in one and the same loading unit (e.g. intermodal container) or vehicle which uses several modes of transport successively without handling the goods themselves when changing modes

system by which organizations are directed and controlled

formal affirmation that an applicant has satisfied all the requirements for appointment as a service provider

written agreement made between an approval authority (regulatory) and a service provider

NOTE An approval agreement recognises the fact that a ‘service provider’ having satisfied the ‘approval authority (regulatory) requirements for appointment as a ‘service provider’, is appointed in that capacity, and sets out the legal obligations of the parties with respect to the on-going role of the ‘service provider’.

set of rules determined by the jurisdiction to trigger the generation of reports

EXAMPLE Compliance or non-compliance reports, exception reports, condition reports, events, alarms and passage reports.

methodical examination/verification/evaluation of the information associated with items in a cargo and other relevant data

admittance, entry, permit to use the road network and/or associated infrastructure (bridges, tunnels etc.)

function of maintaining status information of goods, goods items, consignments or equipment

report that is generated according to the condition(s) in an application, and forwarded to a jurisdiction by a service provider