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Last updated: 31.03.2021
Track and Trace means the process of monitoring and recording the past and present whereabouts of a ship shipment, as it passes through different handlers on its way to its destination, through a network. Tracing refers to where the product has been, while tracking refers to where it is going next.
(Source: draft revision of Commission Regulation (EU) No 415/2007 (Tracking and Tracing))