1. TRACES TRAde Control and Expert System
By Didier CARTON
Animal health and welfare, zootechnics Unit
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2. 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.
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3. TRACES POLICY AREAS Animal Health Animal Welfare
Public Veterinary Health
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4. 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)
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5. TRACES LEGAL OBLIGATIONS: SHIFT
92/438/EEC: Council Decision of 13 July 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
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6. 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;
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7. 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
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8. TRACES CASCAIS CONCLUSIONS
Acknowledgment of the merchandise (transit, animal waste, animal welfare)
Risk assessment tool
Extension to animal products
Introduction of animal identification
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9. 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).
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10. 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.
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11. TRACES SYSTEM’S MAIN CHARACTERISTICS Electronic certification;
Updated information and alert awareness;
Interoperability;
Risk assessment;
Statistics automatisation;
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12. 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.
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13. TRACES DIFFUSION OF CERTIFICATES Route Plans Internal Transport
Imports, Transit
Certificates
Border Certificates
TRACES
CVEDs
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14. TRACES ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION Certificates CVEDs Route Plans
Veterinary Authority
TRACES
Border inspection
Control, validation & diffusion
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15. TRACES Border inspection post Central veterinary authority
Local veterinary authority
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16. TRACES UPDATED AWARENESS: CONFIRMATIONS Safeguard Measures Route Plans
Transit deadlines
Central & local veterinary authorities
Veterinary Authority
Border inspection
Border inspection posts
TRACES
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17. TRACES UPDATED AWARENESS: DATABASES Animal & public health Legislation
Safeguard Measures
Approved Establishments
Approved Countries
Animals
Animal Products
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18. TRACES UPDATED AWARENESS: DATABASES Animal welfare Legislation
Transport operators
Staging points
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19. TRACES
SEARCH ENGINE
TRACES
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20. TRACES DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM Veterinary Authority TRACES
LIST OF IMPORTERS?
Veterinary Authority
TRACES
Border inspection
DATA REQUEST
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21. TRACES DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM Veterinary Authority TRACES
LIST OF IMPORTERS
Veterinary Authority
TRACES
Border inspection
DATA TRANSFER
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22. 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
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23. 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
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24. TRACES
STATISTICS: AUTOMATISATION
TRACES
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25. EXAMPLE: Common Veterinary Entry Document
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26. PROVISION OF ROUTE PLANS
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)
PROVISION OF ROUTE PLANS
Route Plan
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27. HELP IN DECISION-MAKING
EU Import Certificates
Import Regulations
Import Safeguard Measures
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28. RISK ASSESSMENT Reinforced Controls
Increased frequency of physical checks
(94/360/EC & 97/794/EC)
Taking into account data from the Rapid Alert System
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29. PROVISION OF STATISTICS
97/794/EC
97/152/EC
97/394/EC
PROVISION OF STATISTICS
94/360/EC
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30. MULTILINGUALISM
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31. MULTILINGUALISM
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32. ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION
Port of Rotterdam
ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION
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33. Signed
Didier CARTON
ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATION
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34. CUSTOM NOMENCLATURE
Use of a Common Codification between custom and veterinary services
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35. Transit Official Services TRANSIT
Sampling
IMPORT
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Validation
Transit Official Services
TRANSIT
Destination Official Services
Sampling
DELIVERY
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36. 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
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37. TRACES
BENEFITS
Increase in security through data entry in national languages
Speed of data transmission
Cooperation between services
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38. TRACES
Thank you for
your attention!
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