TRACES TRAde Control and Expert System By Didier CARTON Animal health and welfare, zootechnics Unit SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES OBJECTIVES The Integrated Computerised Veterinary System - TRACES - aims at providing an integrated structure for the existing ‘computerised network linking veterinary authorities’ - ANIMO - and the upcoming ‘database covering import requirements’ - SHIFT. SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES POLICY AREAS Animal Health Animal Welfare Public Veterinary Health SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES LEGAL OBLIGATIONS: ANIMO Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra- Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market (Article 20) SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES LEGAL OBLIGATIONS: SHIFT 92/438/EEC: Council Decision of 13 July 1992 on computerisation of veterinary import procedures (Shift project) 92/563/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 November 1992 on the database covering the Community's import requirements, envisaged by the Shift project SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS Report 1/2000 of the Court of Auditors on Classical Swine Fever (CSF); Resolution A5-396/2000 of the EP on CSF; Report A5-0405/2002 of the EP on Foot- and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Commitment towards the European Parliament (EP) for the development of SHIFT; SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES CASCAIS CONCLUSIONS Integration of ANIMO & SHIFT: 1. User interface and application levels (avoid double data entry) 2. European server (statistics, traceability, risk assessment) Automated receipt notification of messages SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES CASCAIS CONCLUSIONS Acknowledgment of the merchandise (transit, animal waste, animal welfare) Risk assessment tool Extension to animal products Introduction of animal identification SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES CASCAIS CONCLUSIONS Messages for complementary information (to be standardised) Warning messages on EU imports (wrong destination, non conformity of consignment) Rejected consignments database extended (rerouted, destroyed and/or transformed consignments). SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES GOALS Control and traceability of animals and animal products; Assistance in decision-making for imports of animals and animal products; Central risk assessment warning; Reduction in administrative workload. SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES SYSTEM’S MAIN CHARACTERISTICS Electronic certification; Updated information and alert awareness; Interoperability; Risk assessment; Statistics automatisation; SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES SYSTEM’S MAIN CHARACTERISTICS Databases (legislation, safeguard measures, transport, operators, animal products, animals, staging points); Multi-criteria search engine; Multilingualism; Custom nomenclature (ND) as common codification. SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES DIFFUSION OF CERTIFICATES Route Plans Internal Transport Imports, Transit Certificates Border Certificates TRACES CVEDs SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION Certificates CVEDs Route Plans Veterinary Authority TRACES Border inspection Control, validation & diffusion SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES Border inspection post Central veterinary authority Local veterinary authority SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES UPDATED AWARENESS: CONFIRMATIONS Safeguard Measures Route Plans Transit deadlines Central & local veterinary authorities Veterinary Authority Border inspection Border inspection posts TRACES SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES UPDATED AWARENESS: DATABASES Animal & public health Legislation Safeguard Measures Approved Establishments Approved Countries Animals Animal Products SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES UPDATED AWARENESS: DATABASES Animal welfare Legislation Transport operators Staging points SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES SEARCH ENGINE TRACES SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM Veterinary Authority TRACES LIST OF IMPORTERS? Veterinary Authority TRACES Border inspection DATA REQUEST SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM Veterinary Authority TRACES LIST OF IMPORTERS Veterinary Authority TRACES Border inspection DATA TRANSFER SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES STATISTICS 94/360/EC: On the reduced frequency of physical checks of consignments of certain products to be implemented from third countries 97/794/EC: Laying down certain detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 91/496/EEC as regards veterinary checks on live animals to be imported from third countries SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES STATISTICS 97/152/EC: Concerning the information to be entered in the computerized file of consignments of animals or animal products from third countries which are re-dispatched 97/394/EC: Establishing the minimum data required for the databases on animals and animal products brought into the Community SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES STATISTICS: AUTOMATISATION TRACES SANCO Dir. E - 2003

EXAMPLE: Common Veterinary Entry Document SANCO Dir. E - 2003

PROVISION OF ROUTE PLANS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) PROVISION OF ROUTE PLANS Route Plan SANCO Dir. E - 2003

HELP IN DECISION-MAKING EU Import Certificates Import Regulations Import Safeguard Measures SANCO Dir. E - 2003

RISK ASSESSMENT Reinforced Controls Increased frequency of physical checks (94/360/EC & 97/794/EC) Taking into account data from the Rapid Alert System SANCO Dir. E - 2003

PROVISION OF STATISTICS 97/794/EC 97/152/EC 97/394/EC PROVISION OF STATISTICS 94/360/EC SANCO Dir. E - 2003

MULTILINGUALISM SANCO Dir. E - 2003

MULTILINGUALISM SANCO Dir. E - 2003

ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION Port of Rotterdam ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION SANCO Dir. E - 2003

Signed Didier CARTON ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION SANCO Dir. E - 2003

CUSTOM NOMENCLATURE Use of a Common Codification between custom and veterinary services SANCO Dir. E - 2003

Transit Official Services TRANSIT Sampling IMPORT TRACES Validation Transit Official Services TRANSIT Destination Official Services Sampling DELIVERY SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES BENEFITS Avoidance of resources redundancy in the EU’s 285 Border Inspection Posts (BIP) Standard application of laws and procedures Simplification of tasks for official services through a reduction of data entry and automatisation SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES BENEFITS Increase in security through data entry in national languages Speed of data transmission Cooperation between services SANCO Dir. E - 2003

TRACES Thank you for your attention! SANCO Dir. E - 2003