Second Phase - Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) 2019-2021
General Information:
The BTSF Contract on the EU Trade Control And expert System - TRACES (CHAFEA/2016/96/02) aims at organising and implementing 16 three-day training sessions between 2019 and 2021 in different EU locations.
A total of 480 participants from the Competent Authorities of EU Member States, Candidate Countries, and selected non-EU countries are expected to be trained.
The project is divided into the following courses and sessions:
- Course 1: TRACES use at import of live animals and products of animal origin. 4 training sessions
- Course 2: TRACES use at controls on imports of food and feed of non-animal origin. 3 training sessions
- Course 3: TRACES use at import of live plants. 4 training sessions
- Course 4: TRACES use at import of organic products. 2 training sessions
- Course 5: TRACES use in intra-EU trade of live animals. 3 training sessions
Objectives:
The programme will aim at ensuring a harmonised use of TRACES, taking into account the latest updates available. As TRACES is an IT tool in continuous development, the programme will also be flexible and able to adapt its contents to the new upcoming possibilities of the system.
Both the private and the public sector will benefit from a more harmonised use of TRACES and a deeper knowledge on the system by staff responsible for the official controls: better cooperation with customs, statistical data available, reduction of administrative work, faster clearance of the consignment at the border, etc.
Targeted Public:
The profiles of the applicants should respect the following criteria:
- Be officers of the National Competent Authority, relevant Government Ministries or Inspection services involved (or that may be potentially involved) in the use of the TRACES application at:
- Course 1: BIP level
- Course 2: DPE level
- Course 3: Inspection Post
- Course 4: BIP and DPE level
- Course 5: LVU level
- Be involved at national level in the drafting or adaptation of regulations in line with Official Controls Regulation, and related to the use of TRACES.
- Be familiar with the principles of the organic farming scheme (for course 4).
- Be committed to disseminate the expertise acquired during training.
- Be proficient in the language of the training (English/French according to the session) and comfortable in front of a computer.
Please note that:
- Courses 1 and 5 are designed for officers with an intermediate/advanced level on TRACES and,
- Courses 2, 3 and 4 are addressed to both TRACES users and participants without extensive experience in TRACES.
Who We Are:
CONSORTIUM MEMBERS:
- Leading company: Agriconsulting Europe S.A.
- Partners: AETS
TECHNICAL PARTNERS
Bulgaria: Bulgarian Food Safety Agency
Spain:
Consejería de medio ambiente, administración local y Ordenación del Territorio. Comunidad de Madrid. Regional Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Planning.
Dirección Territorial de Comercio (SOIVRE) en Valencia, Secretaría de Estado de Comercio.
Greece: Directorate General of Sustainable animal Production and Veterinary Services. Ministry of Rural Development and Food.
Latvia: Food and Veterinary Service of the Republic of Latvia. Ministry of Agriculture.
Training Calendar:
13-17 September 2021
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3A |
16 -19 July 2019 |
RIGA, LATVIA |
English |
AESA |
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2A |
14 - 17 October 2019 |
ATHENS, GREECE |
English |
AESA |
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2B |
12 -15 November 2019 |
RIGA, LATVIA |
English |
AETS |
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2C |
03 - 06 December 2019 |
ATHENS, GREECE |
English (With interpretation into french) |
AESA |
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3B |
14 - 17 January 2020 |
SOFIA, BULGARIA |
English (With interpretation into french) |
AESA |
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3C |
11-14 February 2020 |
RIGA, LATVIA |
English |
AESA |
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3D |
21-25 June 2021 |
ONLINE |
English |
AESA |
| 3E (new) | to be decided | Online to be confirmed | English | AETS |
| 2D (new) | 12-16 July 2021 | ONLINE | English | AESA |
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4A |
ONLINE |
English |
AESA |
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4B |
4-8 October 2021 |
ONLINE |
English |
AESA |
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1A |
20-24 September 2021 |
ONLINE |
English |
AESA |
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1B |
18-22 October 2021 |
ONLINE |
English |
AESA |
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1C |
7- 11 February 2022 |
ONLINE |
English (With interpretation into french) |
AESA |
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1D |
10-14 January 2022 |
ONLINE |
English |
AESA |
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5C |
28 February – 4 March 2022 |
ONLINE |
English |
AESA |
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5B |
31 January – 4 February 2022 |
ONLINE |
English (With interpretation into french) |
AESA |
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5A |
28 June - 1 July 2022 | ATHENS | English |
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How To Apply:
Official "Better Training for Safer Food" contact points have been designated for EU Member States, as well as Candidate, Acceding, and Associated Countries. Each contact point interfaces with the Commission in order to coordinate aspects of the initiative's activities relevant to their own country, in particular the selection of training participants. Staff of competent authorities interested in finding out more about participating in "Better Training for Safer Food" activities are invited to refer to the appropriate national contact point. To know more about who is your national contact point, please click on the following link: