Ukraine is implementing the European certification system for agricultural products

From January 15, 2024, it is planned to switch to the use in Ukraine of the online platform of the European Commission for certification and support of export/import/transit of animals, products of animal and plant origin, food products, feed (TRACES NT) for cargo certification. The State Production and Consumer Service informs about this.

As noted, the implementation of the system will significantly simplify the formal procedures for the export and transit of food products to the territory of the European Union when crossing the state border.

The scope of types of food products, the certification of which will be carried out using TRACES NT, is determined by the forms of certificates adapted and integrated into the system, currently these are the following forms:

official certificate for importing eggs intended for human consumption into the European Union;

an official certificate for importing into the European Union egg products intended for human consumption;

an official certificate for the import into the European Union of dairy products intended for human consumption that are subject to specific treatment to reduce risks other than pasteurization (MODEL DAIRY-PRODUCTS-ST);

an official certificate for importing honey and other beekeeping products intended for human consumption into the European Union;

an official certificate for the import into the EU of meat semi-finished products intended for human consumption (MODEL MP-PREP);

official animal health certificate for importing into the European Union live fish, live crustaceans and products of animal origin from these animals intended for human consumption (sample FISH-CRUST-HC);

official certificate for the importation into the Union of fresh meat intended for human consumption, with the exception of chopped meat and mechanically deboned meat, from poultry, except for a number of keelless ones (MODEL POU).

The department also noted that in the process of adaptation and implementation of certificate forms in TRACES NT, this list will be supplemented.