The 5 Steps Every EU Shipment Goes Through
The 5 steps, quickly
Quick breakdown of how a regulated shipment actually moves through EU TRACES:
Someone creates the certificate in TRACES NT
A competent authority validates it (often digitally signed)
The shipment travels with that certificate attached
At the border, officials check the goods against the CHED
The decision gets logged and everyone involved is notified
Where it actually goes wrong
Pretty clean process on paper. Where it usually breaks down is step 4, mostly because an establishment code that was fine weeks ago got delisted without anyone noticing. This EU TRACES certification process post goes into more detail on the documents involved at each stage.
Saving codes to check right before shipping, not weeks in advance, is honestly the move here.
Watch a demo to see how iTraces catches a delisted code before your goods even leave the warehouse.
