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Electronic Trade Documents Act—Paper to Data

Published on: 01 August 2023

Table of contents

  • What does ETDA 2023 do?
  • What documents are capable of being electronic trade documents?
  • What is required for a document to be an electronic trade document?
  • What is a ‘reliable system’?
  • Where do we go from here?

Article summary

Commercial analysis: On 20 July 2023 the long-awaited Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 (ETDA 2023) received Royal Assent, and will come into effect in the UK on 20 September 2023. Written by Charles Thain, partner at Mayer Brown.

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