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<p>The Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System has been designed, for a
scenario where the UK no longer has access to the Trade Control and Expert System
(TRACES), to enable notifications of imports coming into this country, so that appropriate
border controls can be carried out and recorded. The notifications reveal the origin
of the consignments just as TRACES does now and so can be used to trace a consignment
back to its country of origin. It does not itself provide for traceability of movements
afterwards, however, once in the UK, horses and other equines must be identified in
accordance with UK law and recorded on the UK Central Equine Database (CED). This
records the identification details of the equine, including the name and address of
the owner. An exception is made for equines from other EU Member States that are only
in the UK for a short stay for specific purposes such as competition, racing or breeding,
on the basis that they are already fully identified in accordance with EU law. This
will include a record having been made in the CED of their Member State of origin.</p><p>
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