The European Safe Logistics Association Eumos will hold an Exam for the “EUMOS 40607 Qualified Expert in Cargo Securing and Transport Packaging” on site in Brussels and in Dublin on 1 December 2023 from 10.00h-12.00h local time. Registration will start at 9.30h local time (Brussels: C.E.T., Dublin: I.S.T).

Eumos in 2020 published a set of standards for qualifying experts in cargo securing for different professional groups:

EUMOS 40607-1:2015
Qualified Expert in General Cargo Securing and Transport Packaging. Minimum Requirements

EUMOS 40607-2:2020
Qualified Expert in Cargo Securing and Transport Packaging. Minimum Requirements for Logistics and Transport Directors

EUMOS 40607-3:2020
Qualified Expert in Cargo Securing and Transport Packaging. Minimum Requirements for Drivers and Forklift Operators

EUMOS 40607-4:2020
Qualified Expert in Cargo Securing and Transport Packaging. Minimum Requirements for Police and Public Authorities

The EUMOS qualification aims at training professionals to be able to perform their jobs related to cargo securing and transport packaging according to Annex 3 of EU Directive 2014/47/EU which describes the EU provisions for cargo securing for technical road side inspections of the road worthiness of commercial vehicles. The new standards specify the qualification criteria for professionals setting the minimum requirements to become a qualified expert in general cargo securing and transport packaging.

Costs for the Exam: 150€ excl. VAT
(Representatives of Public Institutions free of charge)

1. Digital copy of the guide in the language in question – Eumos has produced the “EUMOS 40607:2020 Guide: Qualified Expert for Cargo Securing and Transport Packaging – Minimum Requirements for Levels 1/2/3/4” to serve as a basis for the exam.
2. Examination costs
3. Eumos Qualified Expert Certificate
4. Administration costs

Please register here in order to take the exam in Brussels or Dublin. Upon submitting the registration form, you will receive an invoice. Payment of the invoice completes the registration and you will be sent the guide book as well as – closer to the date – the details for the exam. The second trial of the exam is free of charge. Duration for the exams for groups 1 (Expert) and 4 (Public and Police Authorities) will be 2 hours, duration for groups 2 (Logistics and Transport Directors) and 3 (Drivers and Forklift Operators) will be 1 hour.

The standard EUMOS 40607/2020 is available for purchase online as individual standards for the separate professional groups or in a package at the Belgian Bureau of Standardisation NBN – the organisation in charge of the sales of all EUMOS standards https://www.nbn.be/en/.

Kind regards,

Eumos Standards Department
standards@eumos.eu