1. Animal identification and certification systems (TRACES) to support animal health control Brussels 08/09/2011 D1 : Animal health Kaido.kroon@ec.europa.eu

2. TRACES : origin  Sanitary crisis  Classical swine fever 1997  Reports  Court of Auditors (Report N°1/2000)  Parliament resolution (Resolution A5-0396/2000)  Objective  Better traceability

3. TRACES : e-government system  Functionalities  Certification ( INTRA, IMPORT, CVED, EXPORT )  Notification  Help to decision  Control registration  Availability to  Member states (compulsory from 01/01/2005)  Non-EU countries (Voluntary)

4. TRACES: Policy areas  Animal Health  Animal Welfare (EU exclusive)  Veterinary Public Health  Live animals  Semen and embryos  Products of animal origin

5. TRACES’ main characteristics  Workflow between private and public  Centralized system  Interoperability (Custom Nomenclature)  Multilinguism  Statistics automatisation;

6. TRACES:WEB EC CCA LVU BIP

7. Creation (EO,AC) TRACES CVEDs Validation (CA Origin) TRACES: Workflow Certificates Route plans Control (CA Destination)

8. TRACES: Implementation  Countries:  EU, EFTA, AD, FO  HR,BA,MA,MU,SC,YT,MX,NC,PF,MG,GT,CR  NZ (S2S)  Users: 16 000  BIP/ LVU: 2000/8000  EO/AGENT: 3000/3000  Certificates: 100 000 (monthly)  INTRA : 50 000  CVEDP/CVEDA : 45 000/5000  IMPORT: 3 000

9. TRACES : Management tool  Notification and Controls Planning  BIP, Control post, Abattoir…  Follow up of the decision taken  End to end information  Help to decision (reinforced controls)  Statistics and Crisis management  DWH, S2S  Trace back and forth animals and products movements

10. TRACES : Fraud preventing tool  IMPORT and false certificates  Help to decision tool  Rejected consignments at the EU BIP  Cross controls with Customs

11. TRACES : Trade facilitation tool  Integration of private sector  Integration of non-EU countries  Speed up of the border procedures  Automatic transfer from IMPORT to CVED  Customs clearance and interconnection  Pilot project (TRACES-Delt@ (FR))

12. TRACES : Improvements A better traceability for higher consumer confidence  Extension of the scope of TRACES  Products of plant origin  Extension of the participation  Neighboring policy (UPM, Eastern borders)  Remote countries  Towards the electronic certification

13. TRACES and benefits  Rapid reaction system  Cooperation between services and sectors  Fight against fraud  Facilitation of trade  Standardisation of the procedures  Increase in security and speed of data transmission

14. TRACES THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

15. TRACES Glossary BIP: Border Inspection Post LVU: Local Veterinary Unit CCA: Central Competent Authority EO: Economic Operator TRANSITAIR: EO at the border CVED: Common Veterinary Entry Document Animal/Product INTRA: Intra trade certificate IMPORT: Import certificate into EU ADM: Administrator TRACES MS: EU Member states EC: European Commission 1/3C: Non-EU country vis à vis EU LCA: 1/3C Local Competent Authority RCA: Regional Competent Authority DWH: Data Warehouse S2S: System to system