Get your TRACES NT CHEDs and COIs through an API

What you can build on TRACES NT

• Check a CHED's status

  Build this

  Opens a CHED from Documents > CHED by its reference and reads its type, status, border control post and the operators named in Part I.

  Takes

  CHED reference

  Returns

  CHED reference, type, status, local reference, border control post, consignor, consignee, expected arrival

• List my pending documents

  Build this

  Reads the dashboard of documents pending an action from your user, sorted by document type.

  Takes

  Document type (optional)

  Returns

  Document type, reference, status

• Get a COI's details

  Build this

  Opens a COI from Documents > COI by its reference and reads the boxes of the certificate of inspection.

  Takes

  COI reference

  Returns

  COI reference, status, issuing control body, exporter, importer, country of origin, border control post, products, first consignee

• Prepare a CHED-P draft from an earlier one

  Build this

  Opens an earlier CHED-P, uses Copy as new, updates the local reference and prior notification, and saves it as a draft for you to check and submit.

  Takes

  Earlier CHED reference, local reference, expected arrival date and time

  Returns

  Draft reference, local reference, border control post, expected arrival

Automate TRACES NT with a workflow

A workflow runs your methods as one process, with nobody at the screen. A schedule or a call from your own system starts it, the steps run in order, and the result arrives in your inbox or in the systems you already use.

• Decisions on today's CHEDs, posted to your customs system

  Build this

  Starts

  When your system calls the workflow's webhook with the day's CHED references

  Step 1

  For each CHED reference you send, check the CHED's status in TRACES NT.

  Step 2

  Keep the CHEDs whose status changed since the last run.

  Step 3

  Post each one, with its status, border control post and local reference, to your customs or ERP webhook.

• Morning list of documents pending your action

  Build this

  Starts

  Every weekday at 7:00

  Step 1

  Read the dashboard of documents pending an action from your user.

  Step 2

  Keep the documents that were not there on the last run.

  Step 3

  Email you the list, grouped by document type.

• COI details handed to your purchasing system

  Build this

  Starts

  When your system calls the workflow's webhook with a COI reference

  Step 1

  Get the COI's details by its reference.

  Step 2

  Stop when the COI is not found.

  Step 3

  Post the reference, status, exporter, country of origin, products and first consignee to your webhook.

You can run a workflow by hand on every plan, Free included. Schedules and webhook triggers come with the paid plans, from $29 a month.

Once built, one call from your code

Once you have built a method, it is one POST to /v1/runs from your backend, or a tool an AI agent calls over MCP. This is what “Check a CHED's status” would look like.

curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "method": "webgate.ec.europa.eu/check_ched_status",
    "input": {
      "ched_reference": "CHEDP.NL.2026.0041872"
    }
  }'

{
  "status": "completed",
  "data": {
    "ched_reference": "CHEDP.NL.2026.0041872",
    "type": "CHED-P",
    "status": "Validated",
    "local_reference": "ACME-IMP-2211",
    "border_control_post": "Rotterdam port",
    "consignor": "Globex Seafood Exports",
    "consignee": "Acme Foods B.V.",
    "expected_arrival": "2026-11-12T06:30:00+01:00"
  }
}

An example with invented data, not a ready-made endpoint. The method exists in your organization once you build it, and its name, inputs and fields follow your request.

TRACES NT’s own options

TRACES NT is free to use with an EU Login account. Its public documentation describes the web interface and does not describe an API for operators. By default an operator sees only the data related to its own activities, and the FAQ sends operators who need other data to their competent authority. Authorities get analytics through Qlik Sense.

Read on November 12, 2026: TRACES NT Documentation: General Questions, TRACES on the Commission's food safety site, CHED-PP functionalities.

Signing in to TRACES NT

TRACES NT signs you in through EU Login, the Commission's sign-in service, with an email address and password. EU Login offers second factors by text message, the EU Login Mobile App, eID and security keys, and its password expires every six months. With Fous you sign in through TRACES NT's own sign-in with your own account, and the login is sealed with AES-256.

Worth knowing

Only production has legal value

Production, training and acceptance are separate environments. One EU Login works for all three, but roles and operator details have to be set up again in each, and only certificates submitted in production have legal value.

You see your own activities

By default an operator's account shows only the data related to its own activities. A method reads what your role can see, so give it a user with the operator role the documents belong to.

Pending means pending for you

The dashboard lists documents pending an action from the current user, so it depends on that user's roles. A document drops off it when a colleague has already acted on it.

An issued COI changes only in some boxes

The importer can still modify boxes 10, 19, 20, 23 and 24 of an issued COI. Once the COI is in verification of the goods or endorsed, it can no longer be changed.

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