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ANIMO is a
computerised network linking veterinary
authorities.
It is used to
exchange information about the intra-Community
trade, importation or transit in the EU of live
animals, semen and embryos as well as trade in
mammalian animal waste, importation of certain
kind of animal products, their transit from a
third country to another third country, the
channelling (specific import under custom
supervision) of the goods and the importation
intended for free zones.
The tracking of live
animals and animal products (semen, ova and
embryos) which are transported between Member
States is supported by the obligation of the
competent authority of the Member State of
origin which issued the health certificate to
communicate on the same day to the central
competent authority of destination and to the
competent authority of the place of destination
information on the consignment of animals that
is being dispatched. This obligation is laid
down in Article 4(2) of
Council
Directive 90/425/EEC
 concerning
the veterinary and zootechnical checks
applicable in intra-Community trade in certain
live animals and products with a view to the
completion of the internal market.
The tracking of
imported or channelled live animals is laid
down in the
Council
Directive 91/496/EEC
of 15 July
1991 laying down the principles governing the
organization of veterinary checks on animals
entering the Community from third countries and
amending Directives
89/662/EEC
,
90/425/EEC
and
90/675/EEC
and for products in the
Council
Directive 97/78/EC
of 18
December 1997 laying down the principles
governing the organisation of veterinary checks
on products entering the Community from third
countries.
With a view to
facilitating the exchange of this information
the Commission has introduced a
computerised system, ANIMO,
linking the veterinary authorities of
the Member States.
The main detailed
rules for the ANIMO system are laid down in the
following Commission Decisions:
-
91/398/EEC
on a computerised network linking
veterinary authorities (ANIMO),
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91/638/EEC
on the designation of a common host centre
for the computerised network 'ANIMO',
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92/486/EEC
establishing the form of co-operation
between the ANIMO host centre and Member
States,
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93/70/EEC
on codification for the message
'ANIMO'.
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2002/459/CE
listing the units
in the ANIMO computer network and repealing
decision 2000/287/CE.
Nevertheless, the
improvement of the system and its adaptation to
new technologies is in progress. ANIMO, always
keeping the same objective of information
within a single European market without
internal borders, is going to be integrated in
a system of consultation concerning all the
rules and procedures for imports of animals and
animal products into the European Union. The
new system is named TRACES and should be set up
by the end of 2004.
TRACES, notably
replacing ANIMO, will allow the electronic
exchanges of the intra-Community trade
certificates and the importation documents
between the competent authorities in charge of
the health control. The economic operators
could be involved in drafting these documents.
The modification of the actual specific
codification towards a custom nomenclature will
also allow interoperability between the
different services linked to the health
controls.
Click
here
for a Power Point Presentation of TRACES.
Questions
and Answers on the Court of Auditors report on
the bovine identification database (SIRB)
(16 November 2004)
Modifications and
improvements of Version 2.1 of TRACES
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