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Pilot project on Digital Signature

applied to Official Controls

•Conference « Electronic official controls of food and plant products »

IMSOC 26 October 2017

Svetlana JUIN Didier CARTON Sante-traces@ec.europa.eu

TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System)

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The official control’s digital strategy : a new vision of exchanges

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Full dematerialisation of the documents: veterinary and phytosanitary certificates for importation, exportation and for intra EU trade, the border control documents (CVED, CED, CHEDPP), the organics certificates (COI), the timber licences (FLEGT) and the fish catch certificates

Dematerialisation of the sanitary control administrative procedures: Border control and intra EU trade

Dematerialisation of the border clearance process: EU

Customs Single Window

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Since 2005: Regulation on TRACES to make it compulsory for intra EU movements and import of animals and products of animal origin

Since July 2016 : Regulation eIDAS gave a legal value to the e-sanitary certificate without imposing it

Council directive 2000/29 on plants, article 13 and possibility of e-Certification

From December 2019 :New Official Control Regulation (2017/625) will entry into force e-sanitary and generalize the possibility of e-certification

Official definition of e-sanitary certificate (attributes, forms, etc.) to be specified with implementing acts (article 90)

The legal framework of the official control’s digital strategy

TRACES e-official certificate : a regulated offer

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A digital signature process in compliance with the eIDAS regulation (R (EU) N°910/2014)

a document […] writing in electronic form is admitted as evidence in the same way that written it on paper, subject to properly identify the person lodging it and that it be prepared and kept in conditions such as to ensure the integrity

a document signed with a digital signature technology in accordance with the regulation, has a legal value

means of electronic identification of the physical and legal signatories

TRACES e-official certificate : key elements of legal value

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WYSiWYS principle « What you see is

what you sign »

Electronic signature service for PDF

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The digital signature : an easy and free offer

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A common approach for different use-cases

No charge for MS and non EU countries

Technologies and methodology adapted for each types of exchanges (EDI, PDF, uploading of signed PDF)

A single interface : TRACES Limited interaction between MS or non EU countries & EC

Trust Services Provider The possibility to use its own digital signature technologies A few simple but mandatory requirements

Digital signature technologies = free services – included in TRACES

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ID collect (enrolment process)

distribution & management of physical personal certificates

distribution & management of authority seals

authority certification

verification of digital certificate’s conformity

Archiving the evidences

A single EC Trust Service Provider … in charge of

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ensure integrity, traceability and legal value of the digital documents

aims to strengthen cooperation with EU partners (between the competent authorities but also the traders and their competent authorities)

contributes to the enhancement of trust

accelerate administrative procedures reducing delays

facilite trade and reduce the cost

improve risk management of health threats, while combating fraud and enhancing the safety of the official controls

contributes to protect consumers

The digital signature : benefits

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Top 2 priority of the Commission Juncker a connected single market

TRACES: 2 platforms Classic: animals, food and feed TNT: Traces New Technology: organic products

(04/2016), FLEGT(11/2016), plants (7 /11/ 2017)

TRACES: 2 ways of using it Interface: 87 countries Electronic data exchanges: 2 countries (New Zealand and

Australia), and partially The Netherlands and Germany

TRACES Implementation Type of commodities Type of platform Type of communication

Digital signature and implementation in TRACES

TRACES Implementation (2016)

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Users : 35.597 Certificates: 1.926.100

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TRACES Implementation

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Morocco: ONSSA (Office National de sécurité sanitaire des produits alimentaires) First non-EU country in TRACES Same office for veterinary and phytosanitary Important commercial relation Training December 2017

Côte d'Ivoire Training January 2018

Member states Any voluntary MS using the CHEDPP Training upon request

Any non EU-countries

Digital signature TNT and plants

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Non-EU countries and interface Morocco (ONSSA), Senegal (DITP), Côte d'Ivoire (DSV) Ecuador (INP), Peru (SANIPES) Indonesia (IFQIA), Philippines (BFAR) First term 2018

Non-EU countries and data exchanges New Zealand and Australia First term 2018

Member states Any voluntary MS for CVEDA, CVEDP and CED Training first term 2018

Any non EU-countries Second semester 2018

Digital signature, TRACES and IMPORT

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Endorsing authority Limitation to the control competent authority

Member states Training second term 2018

Digital signature TNT and organic products

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Member states Any voluntary MS for INTRA Training second semester 2018

Digital signature, TRACES and INTRA

Web site - http://ec.europa.eu/traces

TRACES thank you! Annual report

Video (FR, EN, DE, ES, PT, RU)

sante-traces@ec.europa.eu

Tel.: +32 2 297 63 50