Prior Information Notice to organise and implement training activities on the Official Controls Regulation under the Better Training for Safer Food initiative

HaDEA has published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) for a call for tenders to be funded under the Better Training for Safer Food initiative (BTSF) of the European Union.

Interested parties are invited to consult the EU Funding and Tenders Portal possible publication of the contract notice and tender documents.

PIN for HADEA/2025/OP/0036 – Harmonising the implementation of EU legal requirements in the fields of the Official Controls Regulation, border controls, and the use of Trade Control and Expert System (TRACES) through the ‘Better Training for Safer Food’ Initiative

The subject of this call for tenders is the organisation and implementation of training activities on the Official Controls Regulation – Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (OCR) including border controls at border control posts (BCPs) and use of TRACES. 

Estimated budget: €3 900 000

Background

The EU Single Market Programme brings together the Union actions in the fields of competitiveness of enterprises, especially SMEs, consumer protection, customers and end-users in financial services, policymaking in financial services and in the plant, animal, food and feed areas.

The BTSF Initiative is a training initiative of the European Commission, which has the objective to improve the knowledge and implementation of EU rules covering food safety and plant and animal health.