TRACESTRACESAnnual Report 2017

TRAde Control and Expert System

Health and Food Safety

FOREWORD In 2017, TRACES has maintained its steady double-digit annual growth in terms of the number of active users and documents managed in the system.

A clear inflexion of the strategy has been initiated to move towards serious discussions with the largest trading partners of the European Union (EU) with a view to activate electronic data exchanges between their SPS certification platform and TRACES, together with the activation of the electronic signature capacity to support paperless SPS certification enabling the simplification of transaction processes and thus facilitating trade.

The migration of the TRACES Classic platform to the TRACES New Technology (TRACES-NT) platform is still ongoing and should allow coping with the enlargement of the scope of TRACES established by the Official Control Regulation [OCR - Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council]. The OCR has indeed created a single framework for official controls along the entire agri-food chain and required the Commission, in collaboration with Member States, to set up and manage a computerised Information Management System for Official Controls (IMSOC) to manage, handle and automatically exchange data, information and documents in relation to official controls. The OCR provides that TRACES be integrated in the IMSOC by mid-December 2019 and requires operators to use entry documents in TRACES for the notification to the competent authority at EU border of arrival of consignments of all goods and animals covered by the OCR.

In parallel, the Plant Health Law [PHL - Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council] provides that TRACES should play a central role in the issuance of the electronic phytosanitary certificates, especially in the context of electronic exchange.

The TRACES development team is actively preparing for this huge challenge and has started offering to interested third countries and Member States the capacity to use TRACES-NT for the issuance of electronic phytosanitary certificates and related entry documents on a voluntary basis, well ahead of the legal deadline.

The same capacity will be made available for autumn/winter 2018 for entry documents covering food and feed of non-animal origin and before summer 2019, for animal health certificates for imports of animals and animal products and related entry documents.

The capacity to use TRACES-NT for intra-Union trade certificates will be provided in 2020, one year in advance of the date of application of the Animal Health Law [AHL - Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council]. However an electronic signature capacity will be made available for these certificates in TRACES Classic by the first quarter of 2019.

To help handle the migration challenge for TRACES users, the TRACES support team has been substantially reinforced and its methods modernised. In addition, in the framework of the Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) Commission's initiative, a careful and accurate cooperation with external contractors is ongoing with a view to prioritise and maximise the training capacities on TRACES-NT for the full benefit of TRACES users.

The first feedback of TRACES users regarding the new TRACES-NT platform, and in particular the new user-friendly functionalities offered by the platform, is very positive and the migration to TRACES-NT went smoothly for the 11 Member States which use the TRACES Classic platform since some years now.

Finally, a change in the scope of the statistics provided for in this annual report is proposed for the year 2017. While in previous publications statistics mainly focused on the use of TRACES by EU trading partners from third countries, this report primarily highlights the activities of the EU Border Inspection Posts in providing the number of entry documents produced (and the related quantity managed) that makes this report a very useful tool and reference on imports of animal, animal products, feed and food of non-animal origin and plants into the EU as well as on the intra-Union trade in animals.

Bernard Van GoethemDirectorate-General for Health and Food SafetyDirector Unit G

2

18 %

11 %

7 %

5 %

3 %

2 %3 %

17 %

15 %

11 %

0.2 %

5 %

2 %

Break downof INTRA

by species

Fish

Fertilisers

Other

Semen/Embryos

Horses other thanslaughter

Other live animalsSheep and goats

Horses forslaughter

Eggs

Cattle

Poultry

Pigs

Other mammals

1

10

100

1 000

10 000

100 000

1 000 000

FO LI IS SM AD MT EE FI LU LT SINOGR BG HRSE CH SK PT IE CZ HU AT PL DK RO GB ES IT BE FR NL DEGL MC CYLV

Issued Received

1 966

1 652

530

250

75

159

76

168

309

516

Mis-match with documents

Address ofdestination invalid

Non approvedholding

Absence/Invalidcertification

Absence ornon legal identification

Non-compliance of themeans of transport

Supplementary measures for the journeysof long duration

Travel times exceeded

Mishandling ornegligence to the animals

Data registered in thelog book

Intra-EU trade health certificates (INTRAs)

Some 1 505 local competent authorities (52 of which were EFTA Members), issued 792 815 intra-EU trade health certificates: of these, 32 303 were issued for export purposes while transiting through a Member State. About 50 % of INTRAs are issued for the trade of bovine, poultry and porcine 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, 34 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.

issuance of an INTRA for this animal species is not compulsory. Trade of untreated manure represents 5 % of all INTRAs.

103 278 consignments have been controlled. 8 057 consignments were discovered to have violations relating to animal health and 1 487 relating to welfare.

Reason for refusal / Number of rejectionsof INTRA issued and received

Health infringements Welfare infringements

3

BE FR IE IT

GR

BEFR

ITES

IE

979 214

486 196

2 341 6 63416 973

24 258

611

1 52715 152

4882232966

7 442

13 0827225514 215

1 10127822 406

ES

Number ofpassports (BOVEX)

Coun

try o

f des

tinat

ion

Country of origin

0 20 000 40 000 50 000 60 000

BG

CY

FI

LU

LT

LV

HU

SK

NO

IT

DK

ES

PL

GB

DE

MT

GR

CH

EE

SI

HR

RO

CZ

SE

AT

PT

BE

IE

FR

NL

10 000 30 000

26461321892393904016136417988691 1021 7871 8712 1712 3532 9683 4053 7634 1475 034

6 1766 272

7 7698 1298 974

10 24112 508

16 20555 240

73 29453 212

53 087

15 354

7 001

2 396

1 622

66

372

257

64

12

8

3

1

Number ofCHEDPP

by category

Edible fruits and nuts

Edible vegetables

Live trees and other plants

Oil seeds and oleaginous

Coffee, tea, maté and spices

Cereals Mineral fuelsand oils

Woods and articles of wood

Products ofthe milling

industry

Preparations ofvegetables,

fruit, nuts

Miscellaneous

Salt, sulphur, earths and stones

Vegetable plaitingmaterials and other

textile fibres

Toys, games andsports requisites

Cotton

0

10 000

20 000

30 000

50 000

FR LV EE CH LT SK HU ES PL MTAT

40 000

49 623

38 098

11 3719 215

4 6084 5071 954 604 420 171 149

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 has been installed in November 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 2017 to produce 120 720 CHEDPP. This means an augmentation of 6 % compared to 2016.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 2017, 164 459 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, Estonia, 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 2017, Belgium, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Spain have exchanged more than 1.7 million head of cattle in more than 56 000 consignments and more than 1 592 000 passports were automatically integrated via BOVEX in national databases, which makes 92 % of the shipments. Although these six pilot countries account for 41 % of all exchanged passports the challenge ahead is enormous, with approximately 4.3 million head of cattle exchanged over 129 000 consignments.

Number of CHEDPP by issuing country

TRACES

FR ES UK IT

CERTEXCZ IE SI LVBG PL CY

Number of DOCOM by issuing country

EE

4

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

GL

SK

CZ

SI

EE

LV

CY

RO

HUSE

HR

PTGR

BE

LT

ESIT

FO

IS

LU

FI

MTAT

IE

NO

DK

CH

PLBG

FR

GBNL

DE 69 30865 061

60 08459 160

56 55352 831

38 21224 702

17 50813 703

11 794 11 687

7 339

4 061

6 4054 341

3 3942 7732 6832 6222 5082 3731 9501 4961 3639997125605192682057061

Reason for refusal / Number of rejections

3 725

56

674

175

405

70

181

340 1 135

Non-approved establishment

Absence/Invalid certificate

Chemical contamination

Other

Micro biological contamination

Id: Mismatch or error

Prohibited product

Physical hygiene failure

Non-approved country

Reason for refusal / Number of rejections

1

11

19

10

4

24826

36

39

74

63

307

Diseased/Suspect animals

Unfit to travel Mis-match with documents

Absence or non legal identification

Absence national requirement

Absence/Invalid certificate

Infringement of international transportation regulation

Absence additional guarantee

Non satisfactory tests

Prohibited/Invasive species Other

Non approved country

0

20

60

80

120

100

40

UA RU US RS CO BR SR ID CN TH

100

67 60

3126 19 19 17 16 15

9.05%

2.45% 0.44% 7.93%

2.59%1.45%

12.10%

0.38% 0.75% 0.75%

UA RU US RS CO BR SR ID CN TH

1 536

581

212 186 183 150 125 122 115

1.77%

1.93% 1.01%

1.34% 0.57%1.25% 1.12%3.21%

24.16%

0.64%

491

0

200

600

800

1 000

1 200

1 400

400

1 600

150 300 450 600 750 900 1 050

FIGRLTSELUCZDKATIEBGHRPTLVHU

MTEENO

SK

0 5 000 10 000 15 000 20 000

DE

NL

BE

ES

PLCH

IT

FR

GB

ROSI

CY

17 599

3323

54120122

155283

301303322328

381444

479500506518

567611

993

1 4081 5201 910

2 9383 5093 898

7 1448 820

19 313

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

Of the 526 906 CVEDPs issued, 5 761 were rejected. This represented 1.1 % 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 17 % of the total were issued for transiting purposes. Amongst these 91 212 consignments in transit, 19 780 headed for American military bases located in, Germany (11), Italy (4), Spain (2) and Greece (1).

Number of CVEDP by issuing country

Common Veterinary Entry Document for Animals (CVEDA)

Of the 57 476 CVEDAs issued, 567 were rejected. This represented 1 % 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 Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 for both animal and plants.

Number of CVEDA by issuing country

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

Rejected Percentage rejected Rejected Percentage rejected

5

31 036

10 604

29 896

9 909

335 862

2 768

3 707

6 9336 035

94 492

1 413

7 424

Honey

Number ofCVEDP

by category

Milk

Casings

Animal feed

Other

Meat

Fish product

Eggs

Semen/Embryos

Gelatine

By-productsLeather

0 1 000 3 000 5 000 6 000 7 000

LT

LUEE

GR

SI

NOROAT

SEFR

DEIT

BEHU

GBPTLV

BGES

4 000

SK

FI

2 000 8 000 9 00010 000

CY

549294103123157

391495

665850

1 1611 381

2 3872 995

3 2305 247

7 072

113 65455 18417 43916 80715 701

17 57 356 12 11 10 4 4

Brazil India Viet Nam Thailand Indonesia Tunisia China Chile Sri Lanka Ecuador

Total 152

42

4

7

59

20

5

3

REC category Number of REC REC category Number of RECSalmonella Heavy metals AntibioticsOther bacteriaHistamineSulphitesDyes

Other Non-steroidal anti-inflammatorydrugsUnauthorised ingredientCarbon monoxideAntiparasiticsSalicylic acid

Total 152

1122

33

3

275

178

2 770

1 071

4 385

10 725

492

370

22 066

14 813

163

165

Fish

Number ofCVEDA

by species

Pigs

Other mammalsHorses

Other

Insects otherthan bees

Hatching eggs

Birds other than poultry

Poultry

Bees

Cattle

Reptiles

Sheep andgoats

BORDER CONTROL

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

The CED module is used on a voluntary basis by 21 EU Member States (Cyprus joined the 20 voluntary Member States in 2017) plus Norway; 245 282 documents were issued of which 1 110 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.

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 1 450 RASFF notifications were made through TRACES, 152 of which were notifications

for REC procedures. Fish products represent 51 % of the REC, followed by minced meat 23 % and meat preparations representing 15 %. Microbiological (46 %) and chemical (45 %) contaminants are the main reason for REC procedures. A total of 15 non-EU countries had to deal with RECs, predominantly Brazil (37 %), India (11 %), Viet-nam (8 %), Thailand (7 %) and Indonesia (7 %).

Number of CED by issuing country

Countries with more than 1 REC

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 certification system of inspection, is integrated in the action plan for future organic production in the EU. The mandatory use of TRACES came into effect from 19 October 2017.

About 21 267 COI certificates were issued in 2017.

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. 9 405 licences were 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 IT PL BE GR FI GB DK CZ CY PT HU EE AT SE LT SK LV IE HR NL CH

3 10 2 14

23

101936 6

73

8 417

61 3 1

2820

915 45

9

26 53

58 3 362 2 2

37 43 2 19 334

125

2

20694

1041 3 46 19 4

82 3

4

181

24 8 21678

1 1 5 1 6

154

34

586

15

1905

616

1 437

486

60 132

220 20109 89

12 2 10 222 7 11 8

432524864

90

25

252

387

523

131

896

397

602

1 522Live animals other than horsesLeatherHatching eggsBy-productsCasingsGelatineOtherAnimal feed Semen Horses Fish productsMilk Meat

MX

1 3711 099

GT

341258

CR

175107

EC

9 7157 625

FK

215197

UY

294135

ZA

1 4411 253

TZ

718390

MG

1 2891 192

MU

3 1452 619

SC

1 3951 153

KE

6861PE

4 1983 808

SV

563502

NI

672601

UG

3 4891 885

SN

6 4756 356

CV

335326

MR

4 7124 608

MA

17 61216 365

HN

565537

PA

346217

PM

88

IS

1 4394

TN

2 9102 860

BA

2 6392 369

RS

3 7853 603

IL

2 6482 242

CI

875836

MK

586520

TR

3 4803 462

ID

5 6204 542

PH

4 4182 684

PG

1 416702

TW

305149

VN

14 0029 297

SB

7372

NC

3736

FJ

4236

NZ

13 7268 733

MV

5 5075 476

MM

106105

AU

2 3821 053

FO

40

MD

318253

XK

127124

LK

1610

TH

1 570565

SG

42

AL

699686

BD

19585

SA

2925

AE

32

PF

4642

Cloned IMPORTTotal IMPORT

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 2017, 54 non-EU countries and overseas territories issued 128 149 certificates. United Arab Emirates, Albania, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Thailand started using TRACES in 2017 through its interface, while New Zealand and Australia have their electronic certification systems connected to TRACES. About 79.5 80% 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

7

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

2 94

22

068

1 44

71

052

764

729

620

552

442

335

285

282

217

214

205

192

186

174

154

153

129

123

122

117

117

111

109

105

103

101

94 86 75 70 68 62 61 58 57 56 53 53 49 47 46 43 42 41 38 37 35

800

900

1 000 Top countries having raised questions with the helpdesk

DE

FR GB

IT BE NL

ES PL DK

VN SE US

CH IE CZ EC PT LV AT PE FI RS CA NO

RO AU SI MA

HU

IL LT JP ZA EE AR HR

TR IN GR

RU BG MX

BR CR LK TH ID CY BO PG MU

2017

21/04BTSF

Sénégal

16-20/01BTSF

Thailand

30/01- 03/02EU CommissionFLEGT (Greeceand Cyprus)

24/02EU Commission

COI (France)

07-10/02TAIEX

Montenegro

08-09/03EU Commission

United Arab Emirates

12-13/03EU Commission

Saudi Arabia

18-21/04TAIEX

Albania

08-11/05TAIEXIran

13-16/06BTSF

CVED (Lithuania)

04-07/07BTSF

CHED-PP/PHYTO (France)

06-07/09EU Commission

PHYTO (Germany)

17-22/09BTSF

CED (Portugal)

05-06/10EU CommissionCOI (Germany)

17-20/10BTSF

INTRA (Greece)

14-18/11BTSF

COI (Spain)

04-08/12EU Commission

Ivory Coast

12-15/12BTSF

CVED (Portugal)

17-22/12EU Commission

Morocco

3 045 4 940

21

5

12

23 29 42113

1 042

521

440

265

182

126

Number ofEXPORT

by category

Meat

Other livemammals

Pigs

Live poultry

Cattle

Leather

Hatching eggsBy-products

Casings

Milk

Fish products

Horses

Semen

Animal feed

Other

Gelatine

MD 91 %4 797

1

3

45

61GL 1 %

RS <1 %

XK <1 %

ME <1 %

IS 5 %

FO 2 %

268

87

Number ofCVED by non-EU

countries

Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED)

This module concerns 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, 5 262 CVEDs were issued by 6 countries (Faroe Islands, Iceland, Kosovo (1), Moldova, Montenegro and Serbia) 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, seven sessions were organised for the Member States in 2017 (two for CVED, one for CED, two for INTRA, one for CHEDPP/PHYTO and one for COI). 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 for EU-Member States in 2017: one for FLEGT (Greece and Cyprus), two for COI (France and Germany) and

one for PHYTO (Germany).

Non-EU countries

Under the BTSF World programme, one sustained training mission was organised in Thailand (January). This training was successful with Thailand who started using TRACES in March 2017.

Under the instrument Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX), two training sessions were organised for countries that fall under the neighbouring policy: in Montenegro (February) and in Albania (April). Albania joined

the countries that are using TRACES in April 2017.

Along with the lifting of the sanctions in Iran, a training session was held in May under TAIEX. This training was organised in order to have a better follow-up of the importations from Iran, in the framework of the normalization of the relations with the EU.

Under the internal budget of DG SANTE, four training sessions were organized for non-EU countries: in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia (both in March), in Côte d'Ivoire and in Morocco (both in December).

Certificates for exportation from EU (EXPORT)

Created in 2009, this module was put to use in 2011. In 2017, 22 EU-Member States, Switzerland and Customs union issued 10 788 export certificates with one of the 76 harmonised certificates negotiated with Canada, Chile, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, United States, Ukraine and Russia since 2017 October 2016. 46 % of all these certificates concerned meat, 28 % milk, 10 % fish products, 5 % registered horses and 4 % semen.

3 %

792 815

527 296

245 282

164 459

128 149

9 405

21 26757 476

120 7206 %

6 %

8 %

12 %

1 %

<0.5 %

38 %

25 %

9 046<0.5 %

375<0.5 %

CVEDA

CHEDPP

IMPORT

DOCOM

CED

FLEGT

EXPORT

DECLAR

INTRA

CVEDP

COI

Number of certificates

by type

11 928

23 985

468 1 9056021 963

were made in 2017

being resolved in under 8 hours.

16 011 calls 1.8 % via telephone

98.2 % 84.23 %via mail

Luxembourg: Publications Officeof the European Union, 2018

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

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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 39 languages: 23 EU official languages plus Albanian, Bengali, Bosnian, Chinese, Icelandic, Indonesian, Korean, Macedonian, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Vietnamese and in 2017 Farsi, Montenegrin and Ukrainian. 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 2017, 40 851 active users were registered: of these, 65 % are originating from competent authorities and 35 % from the private sector.

USER SUPPORT

FACTS AND FIGURES

Number of users by type

CompetentAuthorities

Businessusers

non-EUEFTAEU non-EUEFTAEU

Total: 2 076 290