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
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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