General Principles for Phyto Ecert (day 1)

Peter Johnston Plant Exports

Future Official Assurances!

Let’s make MAF export certification mean

something!!!

Let’s make official certification

mean something!!!

General Ecert Principles!

• An internet-based solution.

• IT solution based on user functional requirements & specifications (i.e. the business rules).

•Has a database component to record & manage user operations (e.g. user permissions, passwords & logons), input (e.g. records of certification requests) and system information (e.g. certification records)

Internet-based means?

•Server-based IT solutions that provide or consume services through the internet.

•Users communicate with the server-based solution by using a web browser.

•The solution processes the user requests and automatically facilitates communications between the appropriate participating parties (e.g. certification body)

Guiding Principles

• Authentication of source and security of assurance data are paramount

• There must be a common understanding of the certification data to be exchanged (i.e. ISPM12)

• Simple message transaction types• Focus on transporting certification data rather than

total system end-to-end functionality• Loose coupling rather than tight coupling• Standard rules of engagement

Ecert Business model

Government

CERTIFICATIONProcessing

Plant/Store Exporter Farm

Overseas Authorities

Customer

JüTRANSPORT

Importer

E-cert

1 2

Company

Requests E-cert by supplying product information

Government

Agency

Verify E-cert data

4Import CA acknowledges

receipt of cert data2 3

E-cert

Issues hard

copy certificate

1

E-cert

Issues electronic

Certificate data

• Reduce risks

• Strengthen assurances by ensuring authenticity

• Minimises opportunities for certificate fraud

• Opportunities for improved risk management & efficiencies (e.g. pre-clearance of

electronic assurances)

Benefits of electronic certification

Core features may include:

• Electronic production of hard copy certificates.• Online data entry• Batch (B2G) data entry• Online view/verification of certificate request data• Local language• Use of UN/CEFACT SPS XML data Schema• Online clearance of certification data• Online user manual• Collection of business intelligence/statistical data

Ecert is NOT!

•The detailed & often complex certification systems, registers & data bases (i.e. that sit in behind an internet-based Ecert solution).

• Faxed certificates

• Scanned &/or Emailed certificates