ANNUAL REPORT 2015

The TRAde Control and Expert System (TRACES)

tracks the movements of ...
food and feed
animals

plants
... imported from outside
semen and the EU or travelling
embryos
through the EU

23 EU languages It aims to ensure:

+ • traceability;
• information
exchange;
• risk management.
2005 2004
TRACES timeline
INTRA
CVED 2009
2010
2006 2008

2007 EXPORT
IMPORT 2011
Transport and non-EU CVED
Statistics animal welfare RASFF
LMS
(BO)
CED
2012

2015
2013 REC
2014 DOCOM
Statistics
BOVEX (QlikView)
CHEDPP
EUROPHYT
The EU single market
Total Local Competent Authorities (EU/EFTA): 1 577

Intra-EU trade
health certificates (INTRA)
689 642 issued
Top origin countries: Top destination countries:
1. Netherlands (110 899) 1. Germany (150 695)
2. Germany (102 354) 2. Netherlands (87 284)
3. France (92 286) 3. Italy (74 899)
4. Denmark (53 489) 4. Belgium (64 622)
5. Belgium (45 250) 5. United Kingdom (46 739)

Commercial document for intra-EU

exchanges of animal by-products (DOCOM)
127 670 issued
Top origin countries: Top destination countries:
1. Germany (29 989) 1. Netherlands (22 326)
2. France (11 437) 2. Italy (16 964)
3. United Kingdom (11 424) 3. Belgium (15 147)
4. Netherlands (10 494) 4. Germany (12 545)
5. Ireland (8 853) 5. France (7 775)
 Animals traded (kilos for fish products)
Consignments traded

123 531
121 744

120 765
1 317 205 565

1 308 684 562

118 325 856

33 500 501

3 933 702

3 157 578

25 627
19 596

13 583

53 735
988
Poultry Hatching Pigs Cattle Sheep Goats Fish products
eggs (kilos)
EU border control Total number of border authorities (EU/EFTA): 348

Airport: 84 Port: 129 Road: 39 Train: 6 Designated Entry point: 41

Point of Entry: 49
Common veterinary entry document
for animals (CVEDA)

54 628 Top entry countries:

299 rejected 1. Germany (17 166)
2. United Kingdom (9 662)
3. Netherlands (6 711)
4. France (3 296)
5. Italy (3 175)

Common veterinary entry document

for products (CVEDP)
486 968 Top entry countries:
4 295 rejected 1. Germany (65 672)
2. United Kingdom (58 150)
3. Netherlands (57 063)
4. Spain (57 044)
5. Lithuania (50 523)
Common Entry Document
for products of non-animal origin (CED)

180 982 Top entry countries:

957 rejected 1. Spain (78 026)
2. Bulgaria (31 767)
3. United Kingdom (22 006)
4. Latvia (15 324)
5. Portugal (11 893)

Common Health Entry Document for

Plants and Plant protection (CHEDPP)

76 594 Top entry countries:

1 367 rejected 1. France (37 352)
2. Latvia (15 760)
3. Switzerland (9 969)
4. Estonia (6 383)
5. Lithuania (5 717)

Health and
Food Safety
Cooperation with non-EU countries
Total number Total number Total number
of countries: of Local Competent Authorities: of IMPORT issued:

44 354 75 783
 HN IS FO TN PH PG
493 1 316 6 2 268 1 632 1 064

PA PM
213 5
BA ID
1 505 2 579
MK
531
MA
17 232 RS XK
327 168
TR
DZ 917
48
MR IL
97 2 575
TW
225
CV VN
193 690
SV NI SN
338 651 SB
3 691 80
CI
989
UG KE
PE 3 478 104
339
SC NC
1 123 43 FJ
20
MU
2 888

GT EC UY TZ
347 8 462 256 NZ
219 14 191
PF MX CR FK ZA MG
136 1 265 195 164 1 235 1 485 Total IMPORT
TRACES users
31 902
32 %
from private sector
active
TRACES 68 %
from competent
users
authorities

Number of user profiles by type

19 797
Competent Authorities Business users

8 862

1 365
536 356 986

EU EFTA non-EU EU EFTA non-EU

TRACES Helpdesk
5 149 calls 2,7 % via
were made telephone
in 2015

97,3 %
via mail

Most frequently
asked questions by:
1. United Kingdom
2. France
3. Italy
4. Ecuador
5. Germany
Ecuador
TRACES Training

Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia,

19-23/01 2-6/02 Fiji, French Polynesia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
2-6/03 5-6/03
BTSF BTSF Myanmar, New Caledonia, Taiwan BTSF
Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
Vietnam Indonesia Singapore, Thailand, Vanuatu, Taiwan Belize
Vietnam

11-13/03 Costa Rica, El Salvador,

11-13/03 16-20/03 20-24/04
BTSF Guatemala, Honduras, EU Commission EU Commission TAIEX
Nicaragua, Panama
Nicaragua Saudi Arabia Peru Kosovo(1)

5-9/07
BTSF
Colombia
15-18/09
TAIEX
Serbia
5-8/10
EU Commission
Malaysia
26-29/10
TAIEX
Bosnia and
Herzegovina 2015
14-17/04 19-22/05 23-26/06 29/09-02/10 3-6/11
BTSF BTSF BTSF BTSF BTSF
CVED (Estonia) CED (Latvia) CHEDPP (France) CVED (Hungary) INTRA (Spain)

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.
Contact and Further Information
European Commission Email: sante-traces@ec.europa.eu
Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety Application: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/sanco/traces
TRACES Sector Website: http://www.ec.europa.eu/traces
F101 06/169 Presentation: http://www.prezi.com/user/TRACES
B-1049 Brussels TRACES Toolkit: https://circabc.europa.eu/w/browse/ac0bd3d2-66ae-
Tel.: +32 22976350 4234-b09c-a3fa9854acfd

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