1. TRACES TRAde Control and Expert System
HERAKLION
8-10/10/2008
Status and perspectives

2. TRACES TRACES and DRAFT DECISION
Consider timing and inclusion of legal basis for introduction of food products of non-animal origin
Exclude reference 882/2004 if not required
Art 1: clearly specify differences for intra trade, third country and transit (animals/products)

3. TRACES TRACES and DRAFT DECISION
Contingency plan if down time of TRACES
Real time entries but provisions or note for guidance for practical difficulties to be taken into account (big quantities, working time…)
Legal basis as references to be checked
New decision or amendments of 92/486 to be considered

4. TRACES Decision on TRACES units
Use of ISO Locodes to be confirmed by ISO
ISO Locodes restricted to BIP
Communication of the ISO contact point for completion of missing data

5. TRACES Service Level Agreement
Approved text with minor modifications (‘created’ instead of ‘validated’ certificate, working days, web services and DWH)
Presentation to SCoFCAH

6. TRACES Communication tool
Forum to be implemented for direct communication between MS
Translation tool to be delivered beginning of 2009
Designation of the lead translator amongst MS sharing the same language

7. TRACES IMPORT Module MS general support for this module
Need for the MS active participation (cloning mechanism)
Difficulties where discrepancies between electronic and paper certificates
Communication with customs agents and importers for them to be integrated in the process
NZ pilot project to begin soon

8. TRACES SANREF Organizations and web services
Cleaning tool ready but clean-up to be done by MS, considering archiving the original data
Procedures to be defined for the creation process
Consider rapid creation
Introduce the same type of activities as those existing in 853/2004
Improve the search engine

9. TRACES Bovine ID exchanges
Clarify the use of ID (ear tag or passport number)
Guidance on assembly centres when animals come from various MS
Business rule in certificate for adequacy between number of animals and number of ID

10. TRACES VERSION 3 Animal welfare GIS to be extended to third country
Overwriting of calculated journey time when more than stated
Web services and automatic update of transporters and means of transport
CH to be excluded from the calculation process

11. TRACES VERSION 3 Export module
Disconnect Russian certificates until agreement
Integrate pre-export certificates when ready (RU)
Possibility to be used for other 1/3 countries (CA, US, HR, NZ)

12. TRACES VERSION 3 Laboratory module and RASFF
Disconnect reinforced control
Guidance on reinforced check in process
Group residues for test requests
Consider the same product category as in RASFF

13. TRACES
VERSION 3
Box 10 and time limit to be removed (warehouse incompatibility and no legal basis)
No limitation for the printing of the ID of animals
Transport tab in CVEDP must be compulsory even for re-dispatch

14. TRACES IMPROVEMENT WISHES
Multiple CN codes to be discussed in mixed WG including possible extension to 8 digits
Multiple CN codes and ship suppliers
Advanced search criteria
Screen display to match certificate display
Consider consignment partially accepted (legal basis)
DWH and access to the BO universe
Interface for CVED

15. TRACES IMPROVEMENT WISHES Display the reason for refusal
Free text box for refusal
Competency and certificate validation (regionalization)
Control and intra trade
CVEDA and direct rejection

16. TRACES
BIP controls
Data mining tool to be experimented and extended to identity checks
Country profiles to be transparent