TRACESTRACESAnnual Report 2016

TRAde Control and Expert System

Health and Food Safety

FOREWORD October 2017 under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842. The module for the certification of imports of precious woods (FLEGT: Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) of DG ENV was launched on 15 November 2016.

Finally, to fulfil the Juncker Commission’s objective of a ‘connected single market’, DG SANTE launched an invitation to tender in December 2016 to implement electronic certification through the digitisation of certificates and official attestations with the use of qualified electronic signatures, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on electronic transactions, which has been in force since July 2016. The selection of the company to act as trusted third party for the supply and recognition of electronic signatures is scheduled for the last quarter of 2017, as a prelude to the launch in 2017 of pilot projects with certain non-eu countries, notably Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire, New Zealand and Australia, on electronic certification on export, and with the Member States so wishing on border control documents.

2016 was therefore a year of consolidation of the traditional activity of TRACES, of collaboration with other directorates-general, through the launch of new modules for synergy of action and intensive preparation for the achievement in 2017 of two major objectives designed to contribute to the creation of the connected single market in our field: the launch on the TNT of modules relating to better traceability of imports and the monitoring of plants, and to the introduction of the electronic signature in veterinary and phytosanitary certificates for the dematerialisation of all associated administrative procedures.

In 2016, TRACES users further intensified their activities, with over 35 000 users worldwide generating nearly 2 million certificates and official attestations concerning trade within the European Union (EU), monitoring procedures at borders, but also imports and exports of animals, semen and embryos, food, animal feed, animal by-products and, last but not least, plants.

Compared to 2015, the number of certificates and documents generated under the TRACES system has risen by more than 10 %. At the level of the EU Member States and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries, this growth results mainly from an increase in the number of trade documents (25 %), border control documents for plants (50 %) and export certificates (70 %). Non-member countries and overseas territories issued nearly 100 000 certificates. This 30 % increase is attributable to the membership of four new countries (Australia, Myanmar, Moldova and Maldives), bringing the total to 50 countries, and to the increased use of TRACES by the countries wishing to participate.

In 2016, above all else the reorganisation of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) led to the creation of Unit G5, called ‘Alerts, Traceability and Committees’, responsible for the management of all the computerised health monitoring systems, TRACES, RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed), EUROPHYT (European Union Notification System for Plant Health Interceptions) and the administrative cooperation system against fraud, and with the aim in particular to develop essential synergies for the optimisation of health protection.

The adoption of the ‘Animal Health Law’ (Regulation (EU) 2016/429) and the ‘Plant Health Law’ (Regulation (EU) 2016/2031),

published on 31 March and 23 November 2016 respectively, supplemented by the new Regulation on ‘controls and official certification’ (Regulation (EU) 2017/625) of 7 April 2017, provides the future action framework for these computerised health systems, which are to be integrated in a single platform (IMSOC: information management system for official controls). This legislation will enter into force from December 2019.

In anticipation of the implementing act relating to the introduction of the harmonised common health entry document (CHED), designed to carry out health checks at borders and provided for in Article 56 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, discussions on control procedures at borders of animals, plants and food and feed have already been conducted within European Commission working groups and also, for plants, under the aegis of the rotating Presidencies of the European Union, held by the Netherlands and Slovakia. All these discussions allowed the creation of the document which forms the basis for the next border control module developed on the new TRACES platform: TNT (TRACES New Technology). This module for the control of plants will be brought into service during the last quarter of 2017, in association with the plant import certification module.

These two modules will be added to two other modules introduced in 2016, the result of the fruitful collaboration between DG SANTE and DG Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), on the one hand, and DG Environment (DG ENV), on the other, under memoranda of understanding, in order here too to develop synergies in matters of border control. In this way, the certification of inspection for imported organic products (COI) module, developed for DG AGRI, was launched on 19 April 2016. The use of TRACES will be mandatory for the preparation of these certificates from 19

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18 %

10 %

6 %

6 %

4 %

2 %4 %

17 %

16 %10 %

0.2 %

5 %

2 %

1

10

100

1 000

10 000

100 000

1 000 000

FO LI IS SM AD MT EE FI LU LT SI NO GR BG HR SE CH SK PT IE CZ HU AT PL DK RO GB ES IT BE FR NL DEGI MC CY LV

2 173

1 775

894

492

112

197

129

331

379

434

Intra-EU trade health certificates (INTRAs)

Some 1 531 local competent authorities (59 of which were EFTA Members), issued 778 469 intra-EU trade health certificates: of these, 31 757 were issued for export purposes while transiting through a Member State. About 50 % of INTRAs are issued for the trade of bovine, porcine and poultry species, each category representing roughly one third of the total. The number of INTRAs for registered horses is not comprehensive, because the

About 4 million heads of cattle, 33 million pigs, 3 million sheep and 1.3 billion poultry were exchanged between the Member States of EU and EFTA, in more than 390 000 movements.

Number of INTRA issued and received

THE SINGLE MARKET

WHAT IS TRACES? TRACES is a multilingual online management tool which notifies, certifies and monitors trade in animals, products of animal origin and feed and food of non-animal origin, as well as of plants, seeds and propagating material.

TRACES is an e-government system, following the requirements of the EU Digital Agenda towards dematerialisation of health documents.

TRACES is an efficient tool to ensure:

■ traceability (monitoring movements, both within the EU and from non-EU countries);

■ information exchange (enabling trade partners and competent authorities to easily obtain information on the movements of their consignments, and speeding up administrative procedures);

■ risk management (reacting rapidly to health threats by tracing the movements of consignments and facilitating the risk management of rejected consignments).

TRACES aims to strengthen cooperation with EU partners, facilitate trade, accelerate administrative procedures and improve the risk management of health threats, while combating fraud and enhancing the safety of the food chain and animal health, and in the future, of plant health.

Origins

Following the outbreak in Europe of classic swine fever in 1997, a report of the Court of Auditors (No 1/2000) prompted a resolution from the European Parliament (A5-396/2000) inviting the EU Commission to improve the traceability of animal movements within the single market.

As a consequence, Commission Decision 2003/24/EC of 30 December 2002 concerning the development of an integrated computerised veterinary system anticipated the elaboration of a new ICT system, followed by Commission Decision 2003/623/EC of 19 August 2003 concerning the development of an integrated computerised veterinary system known as TRACES. Commission Decision 2004/292/EC on the introduction of the TRACES system and amending Decision 92/486/EEC made the system compulsory for all Member States from 1 January 2005.

Exact numbers can be found in the country sheets.

FishEggs

Fertilisers

Semen/Embryos

Other

Other mammals

Horses other than slaughter

Pigs

Poultry

Cattle

Horses for slaughter

Sheep and goats

ReceivedIssued

issuance of an INTRA for this animal species is not compulsory. Trade of untreated manure represents 6 % of all INTRAs.

117 423 consignments have been controlled. 7 586 consignments were discovered to have violations relating to animal health and 2 251 relating to welfare.

Reason for refusal / Number of rejectionsof INTRA issued and received

Health infringements

Mis-match with documents

Address of destination invalid

Absence / Invalid certification

Absence or non legal identification

Non approved holding

Mishandling or negligence to the animals

Travel times exceeded

Non-compliance of the means of transport

Welfare infringements

Break downof INTRA

by species

Other live animals

Supplementary measures for the journeys of long duration

Watering and feeding not fulfilled

3

212

16 532 9 606 571

292 878

16 590 9 345

893 862

14 472 14 226

FRBE ES IT

GRBE

FRES

IT24 041

1 18222

8771371833263936516696767488591 1201 5071 641

2 3772 8232 8612 9573 4864 264

4 7086 1856 604

7 3978 3818 802

10 23911 476

13 12253 590

0 10 000 20 000 30 000 60 000IS

BG

CY

FI

SI

LU

LV

RO

SE

NO

IT

DK

PL

IE

FR

DE

MT

GR

CH

EE

LT

HR

HU

SK

CZ

AT

PT

BE

ES

NL

GB

6

2 286

50 472

15 461

7 100

51 381

1 129

2

3

67 115

2

327

79

88279

47 065

35 113

10 42010 047

6 3052 764 895 605 29

0

10 000

20 000

30 000

50 000

FR LV EE CH LT SK HU ES PL MT AT

270 199

40 000

BORDER CONTROL

Common Health Entry Document for Plants and Plant protection (CHEDPP)

This module launched on 22 April 2013 and connected to EUROPHYT on 21 October 2014 will be installed at the end of 2017 on the new TNT platform together with the import certification module in the EU. In December 2016, the control of invasive alien species was integrated. There is a total of 10 Member States and Switzerland who have used this module in 2016 to produce 113 712 CHEDPP. This means an augmentation of 75 % compared to 2015.Commercial document for intra-EU exchanges

of animal by-products (DOCOM)

To fulfil the obligation of Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption (regarding EU trade of animal by-products), the notification for the validation of a commercial document (DOCOM) was implemented in May 2012 in TRACES. The economic operator can prepare and validate this DOCOM directly; the competent authorities at the place of origin and destination are notified of the by-product movements. The competent authority at the place of destination must acknowledge receipt of the commodity. When necessary, as with untreated manure, a link is automatically implemented in TRACES between the DOCOM and the intra-EU trade health certificate.In 2016, 158 273 DOCOMs were issued by Member States of the EU and EFTA countries.

THE SINGLE MARKET Customs Single Windows and digitisation

The interconnection of TRACES with customs systems is ongoing as part of the set-up of a Single Window for Customs Administrations. The objective is to automate the integration of health documents developed in TRACES into their customs systems in order to completely digitize the border control procedures. France (2009), Spain (2012), the United Kingdom and Italy (2014) have implemented their own system. Bulgaria, Poland and Cyprus joined the Czech Republic, Ireland, Slovenia and Latvia and implemented the generic interface CERTEX (Certificates exchange; ex-SPEED 2) developed in collaboration with DG Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD).

Bovine Exchange (BOVEX)

BOVEX is a specific interface linked to TRACES, so as to allow automatic exchange of bovine identification data across relevant national databases. The objective is to digitise bovine passports, save time and avoid errors while introducing passport data into national databases upon reception of cattle. In March 2015 the requirement to list, in the health certificate, all passport numbers of marketed cattle was introduced to improve the quality of exchanged data. In 2016, Belgium, France, Greece and Italy have exchanged more than 1.4 million head of cattle in more than 52 000 consignments and more than 1 289 000 passports were automatically integrated via BOVEX in national databases, which makes 90 % of the shipments. Although these five pilot countries account for a third of all exchanged passports the challenge ahead is enormous, with approximately 4 million head of cattle exchanged over 120 000 consignments.

Number ofpassports (BOVEX)

Country of origin Coun

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f des

tinat

ion

Number ofCHEDPP

by category

Coffee, tea, maté and spices

Oil seeds and oleaginousfruits

Live trees and other plants

Edible fruits and nuts

Edible vegetables

Wood and articles of wood

Cereals

Salt, sulphur, earths and stones

Other

Mineral fuels and oils

Vegetable plaiting materials and other textile

fibres

Toys, games and sport requisites

Number of CHEDPP by issuing country

Products of the milling

industry

Cotton

TRACES

FR ES UK IT

CERTEXCZ IE SI LVBG PL CY

Number of DOCOM by issuing country

4

0 10 000 20 000 30 000 40 000 50 000 60 000 70 000

MD

GL

SK

CZ

SI

EE

LV

CY

RO

HU

SE

HR

PT

GR

BE

LT

ES

IT

FO

XK

RS

IS

LU

FI

MT

AT

IE

NO

DK

CH

PL

BG

FR

GB

NL

23144891251432443315428539081 3051 3271 3461 3841 610

2 3932 4192 5943 3594 3024 4665 427

7 83810 80511 36711 517

17 64025 238

38 07048 649

58 39459 06959 738

61 30966 936DE

2 713

40

644

80

195

56

134

182934

3

10

16

9

6

15216

22

42

64

60

245

0

10

20

30

40

RS UA US RU SR CO ID CA SG BA

60

5047

41

29

1916 15 14 14

12

10.66%4.87%

0.33%

1.30% 9.36%

1.33% 0.30% 1.05% 0.29%

11.54%50

0

200

400

600

800

1 000

1 200

1 400

US CN BR TH IN TR CA MA RU VN

1 238

328

191 189 152 146 145 109 98 97

1.49%

0.72%

0.56%0.57%

0.98%1.09% 1.05%

0.59%

0.20%

0.51%

663571

553541

528507

487453

343338336

261240

141140133

6630

141074

100 200 300 400 500 600 700

GRFIATCZLTDKSELULVIEHRBGHUPTEEMTCY

ROFOSK

IS

9 3746 946

3 7293 663

2 9921 923

1 7361 465

0 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000

DE

NL

FR

ES

PLCH

IT

BE

GB

SIRS

NO

430

1

17 599

BORDER CONTROL Common Veterinary Entry Document for products of animal origin (CVEDP)

Of the 511 814 CVEDPs issued, 4 356 were rejected. This represented 0.9 % of the total number of consignments. More than half of these were rejected due to an invalid certificate or the absence of a certificate. About 16 % of the total were issued for transiting purposes. Amongst these 83 739 consignments in transit, 17 267 headed for American military bases located in Italy (4), Germany (9), Greece (1), Spain (2) and Bulgaria (1).

Number of CVEDP by issuing country

Common Veterinary Entry Document for Animals (CVEDA)

Of the 56 224 CVEDAs issued, 429 were rejected. This represented 0.8 % of the total number of consignments. The principal reason for rejection was an invalid certificate or the absence of a certificate. In December 2016, the control of invasive alien species was integrated in accordance with the Article 15 of the regulation 1143/2014 " on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species" both animal and plants.

Number of CVEDA by issuing country

Reason for refusal / Number of rejections Reason for refusal / Number of rejections

Absence/Invalid certificate

Mismatch with documents

Non-satisfactory tests

Absence or non-legal identification

Absence national requirement

Prohibited species

Absence additional guarantee

Unfit for travel

Infringement of international transportation regulation

Non-approved country

Diseased/Suspect animals

Other

Absence/Invalid certificate

Chemical contamination

ID: Mismatch or error

Micro biological contamination

Physical hygiene failure

Prohibited product Non-approved country

Other

Non-approved establishment

Top 10 of origin countries (rejection) Top 10 of origin countries (rejection)

Rejected Percentage rejected Rejected Percentage rejected

5

1

161

193

256

2 246

1 071

4 172

12 727

11 170

358

329

23 462

2

76

5 543

2 932

3 888

2 636

262 480

18 460

9 147

8 781

26 860

133 468

31 575

6 044

11 93913 205

14 828

1 1 000 10 000 30 000 40 000 50 000

LTLU

EEGRSINOROATSEFRDEITBEHUGBPTLVBGES

20 000

SK

FI

5 000

6 0305 000

2 8072 590

2 2521 209

828420

362314

189907650339

89 93646 240

19 15 14 13 9 5 5 4 3 2

Total 123

29171715138 1

122468

BORDER CONTROL

Common Entry Document for products of non-animal origin (CED)

The CED module is used on a voluntary basis by 20 Member States (Slovakia joined the 19 voluntary Member States in 2016) plus Norway; 198 408 documents were issued of which 949 were rejected. The module was introduced in TRACES in June 2011 to give Member States the option to implement Commission Regulation (CE) No 669/2009 as regards the increased level of official controls on imports of certain feed and food of non-animal origin, and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 884/2014 imposing special conditions governing the import of certain feed and food from certain non-eu countries due to contamination risk by aflatoxins. Some Member States are using this module to declare other commodities not related to the above regulations, for example food contact material. No new Member State came to join the 20 volunteering countries in 2015.

Re-enforced checks (REC) and link to Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)Since September 2008, a link has been created between RASFF and TRACES, to obviate the need to resubmit data in RASFF which has already been logged in TRACES. This link makes it possible, wherever necessary, to supplement the pre-completed RASFF declaration form, to notify the national contact point and to inform the EU Commission.

In January 2012 the module of REC, defined in Article 24 of Directive 97/78/EC laying down the principles governing the organization of veterinary checks on products entering the Community from non-eu countries, was implemented in TRACES. This module enables the control on EU level 10 consecutive consignments originating from the same targeted establishment, instead of country or border inspection post level.

A total of 1 082 RASFF notifications were made through TRACES, 110 of which were notifications

for REC procedures. Fish products represent 76 % of the REC, followed by Minced Meat / meat preparations; each representing 9 %. Chemical (57 %) and microbiological (26 %) contaminants are the main reason for REC procedures. A total of 27 non-EU countries had to deal with RECs, predominantly Vietnam (17 %), India (14 %), Thailand (13 %), Morocco (12 %) and China (8 %).

Number of CED by issuing country

Number ofCVEDA

by species

Reptiles

Insects, otherthan bees

Other

Live aquaticanimalsOther mamals

Horses

Number ofCVEDP

by category

Honey

Casings

Milk

By-productsGelatine

Meat

Other

Animal feed

Leather

Semen/Emryos

Eggs

Fish products

Goats

Sheep

Poultry

Cattle

BeesHatching eggs

Birds, other than poultry

Countries with more than 1 REC

ThailandIndiaVietnam Morocco China Brazil Tunisia Indonesia Bangladesh Turkey,Argentina, Ghana,Ecuador, Serbia

REC category Number of REC

Heavy metalsSalmonella

Other bacteria and viruses

NitrofuransHistamine

Antibiotics

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonLabellingDyes

REC category Number of REC

Pigs

Sulphites

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugsTemperatureAnisakis

Electronic certificate of inspection for imported organic products (COI)

This module, launched on 19 April 2016, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 on imports of organic products and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842, which appoints TRACES as electronic management system for certificates of inspection, is integrated in the action plan for future organic production in the EU. The mandatory use of TRACES will come into effect only from 19 October 2017 and even though only 8 certificates were issued in 2016, training in the use of this module has been very intensive.

FLEGT licensing (Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade)

This module was launched on 15 November 2016 for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1024/2008 on imports of timber into the EU, under the EU environmental policy for forest protection. 331 licences have been recorded in TRACES and checked by customs. It covers timber only from Indonesia, the sole country meeting the requirements to issue licences.

6

DE FR PL FI DK BE GR IT CY GB CZ PT AT HU CH SE IE EE

11

12

1

1

3

2

38

1516

22

162

78

6

1133

4842

1

242

13

62

26

150

1

4192

148

28

3

187

78

911 3

129

247

582583

471

38

193

192

44323118

111

1

3211

1 36

36 23

5

92

9

38

8 3 7

178149

219

3

MX

1 6601 368

GT

286238

CR

155124

EC

8 6817 085

FK

164155

UY

22097

ZA

1 2121 025

TZ

612354

MG

1 3881 251

PF

5050

MU

3 1812 371

SC

1 4081 166

KE

6758PE

4 0733 622

SV

556483

NI

624570

UG

3 8422 185

SN

7 1776 782

CV

239222

MR

1 4871 443

DZ

66

MA

18 13616 916

HN

489459

PA

299176

PM

1312

IS

1 4471 437

TN

2 3802 316

BA

1 9751 863

RS

2 7582 591

IL

2 6892 278

CI

920901

MK

410386

TR

2 0161 986

ID

5 4404 326

PH

3 4572 432

PG

1 297865

TW

355262

VN

2 3961 883

SB

177164

NC

5853

FJ

2810

NZ

10 5957 911

MV

1 3981 394

MM

6251

AU

1 560825

FO

60

MD

11795

XK

150149

Certificates for importation into EU (IMPORT)

Created in 2006, this module was launched in 2008 to facilitate trade with non-EU countries by providing them with all the updated and consolidated export certificates to the EU, translated into all the EU official languages, and giving them access to the feedback of decisions taken by the border inspection posts. In 2016, 48 non-EU countries and overseas territories issued more than 99 282 certificates. Moldavia, Myanmar and Maldives started using TRACES through its interface, while Australia has connected its certification system to TRACES. About 86 % of the IMPORT certificates are used by border inspection posts to automatically generate the first part of a CVED, speeding up the administrative process at the border.

Number of EXPORT by issuing country

COOPERATION WITH NON-EU COUNTRIES

Worldwide presence

Gelatine

Fish productsMilk

Horses

Meat

Semen Other

Poultry

Animal feed

Cloned IMPORTTotal IMPORT

By-products

CasingsLeatherHatching eggs

7

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

900

816

488

477

444

322

309

276

251

159

156

156

150

145

135

133

121

113

100

99 98 90 68 63 61 58 54 50 50 37 36 35 34 33 30 29 26 25 25 23 22 20 19 18 18 18 17 17 16 16 16

800

900

1 000

DE FR GB AT IT NL

ES BE DK SE FI PT EC PE LV PL RO IE CZ MA

RS CH NO

HU IL ZA RU BG TR ID GR

MU

MX

LT US CA BA SC SI MT

AU MD TZ CL LU NI

MY

TW EE IN VN

2016

21/04BTSF

Sénégal

1

301

879

528

388

1 833

56

362

87

2

80

2

RS 22 %

XK 14 %

IS 50 %332

147

89

GL 7 %44

MD 0,3 %2

FO 7 %45

Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED)

It is the use by a non-EU country of the border control certification module for its own imports, with the candidate countries gaining experience in the real-life environment of TRACES in view to their EU accession. The mechanism of the CVED module is identical to that foreseen for Member States, without a business check upon countries or establishments authorised to export. In total, 659 CVEDs were issued by 5 countries (Kosovo(1) and Serbia, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Moldavia) and one overseas territory (Greenland under Council Decision 2011/408/EU).

(1) This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

TRAINING Member States

Under the ‘Better Training for Safer Food’ (BTSF) programme, six sessions were organised for the Member States in 2016 (one for CVED, one for CED, three for INTRA and one for CHEDPP). About 180 persons were trained on how to use the different modules of TRACES.

Under the internal budget of DG SANTE, four training sessions were organised in February

for all the EU Member States, Switzerland and Norway, to introduce them to the use of the inspection certification module for imported organic products (COI) 60 persons were trained.

Non-EU countries

Under the BTSF World programme, seven sustained training missions were organised in Vietnam (January), Myanmar (January), Paraguay (March), Maldivas (August) Sri Lanka (August), Bangladesh (November) and Namibia (November). These trainings were successful with Myanmar and Maldivas whose started

to use TRACES in 2016 and Bangladesh in the beginning of 2017 while Vietnam has intensified its use.

Under the instrument Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX), training sessions were organised for countries that fall under the neighbouring policy: Turkey (May) and Moldavia (October). Moldavia joined the countries that are using TRACES and Turkey has intensified its use.

Certificates for exportation from EU (EXPORT)

Created in 2009, this module was put to use in 2011. In 2016, 17 Member States and Switzerland issued 4 195 export certificates with one of the 60 harmonised certificates negotiated with Canada, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, United States and Russia since October 2016. 44 % of all these certificates concerned meat, 21 % milk, 13 % fish products, 9 % registered horses and 7 % semen.

Top countries having raised questions with the helpdesk

Gelatine

Fish products

Milk

Horses

Meat

Semen

Number ofEXPORT

by category

Number ofCVED by

non-EU countries

Leather

Other

Poultry

25-26/01BTSF

Vietnam

3-7/10TAIEX

Republic of Moldova

31/10-4/11BTSF

Namibia

14-18/11BTSF

INTRA (Italy)

28-29/01BTSF

Myanmar

24-27/05TAIEXTurkey

9-11/08BTSF

Maldives

30/10-3/11BTSF

Bangladesh

19-23/09BTSF

INTRA (Spain)

5-8/04BTSF

CVED (Spain)

15-18/03BTSF

INTRA (Italy)

15-19/08BTSF

Sri Lanka

10-13/05BTSF

CED (Estonia)

7-11/03BTSF

Paraguay

14-17/06BTSF

CHEDPP(Latvia)

Animal feed

By-products

Casings

Hatching eggs

18-23/02EU Commission

COI (Belgium)

3 %

778 469

511 814

198 408

158 273

113 712

331

4 19556 224

97 7165 %

6 %

8 %

10 %

<0.5 %

<0.5 %

41 %

27 %

329<0.5 %

8<0.5 %

9 880

21 596

436 1 3625791 744

2.2 %

97.8 % 70 %

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CONTACT AND FURTHER INFORMATIONEuropean CommissionDirectorate-General for Health and Food SafetyUnit G5, TRACES SectorB232 07/014B-1049 BrusselsTel.: +32 22976350

Mail: sante-traces@ec.europa.eu Application: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sanco/traces Website: http://www.ec.europa.eu/traces Presentation: http://www.prezi.com/user/TRACES TRACES Toolkit: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/ac0bd3d2-66ae-

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Annual Report 2016

TRACES TRAde Control and Expert System

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TRACES TRAde Control and Expert System

Certificates and documentsMultilinguism

TRACES is a multilingual online management tool with a user interface translated in 36 languages: 23 EU official languages plus Albanian, Bosnian, Chinese, Icelandic, Indonesian, Korean, of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Vietnamese and in 2016 the Bengali. The multilingual aspect of TRACES reduces the risk of error when issuing certificates in your native language, while complying with the obligation to produce certificates in the relevant languages, following Annex VI of Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption.

Users

In 2016, 35 597 active users were registered: of these, 67 % are originating from competent authorities and 33 % from the private sector.

USER SUPPORT

FACTS AND FIGURES

were made in 2016 via

telephone

via mailbeing resolvedin under 8 hours.

8 301 calls

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CED

CVEDA

CVEDP

Number of certificates

by typeNumber of users by type

CompetentAuthorities

Businessusers

non-EUEFTAEU non-EUEFTAEU

Total: 1 919 479

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EXPORT

(increase of 61 %/2015)

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