The Standing Committee shall re-establish the Working Group on Electronic Systems and Information Technologies to work in collaboration with the CITES Secretariat to undertake the following tasks: a) to further collaborate with the United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) their development of the Electronic Permit Information eXchange (EPIX) system as a conduit for the exchange of CITES permits and certificates, and as a central registry to facilitate validation of CITES permit data by CITES Management Authorities and Customs officials; b) identify where the progress in the EPIX system, and the subsequent facilitation of the reporting requirements of Parties, may potentially affect the provisions of Resolution Conf. 11.17 (Rev. CoP17) on National reports and the amendment of Guidelines for the preparation and submission of CITES annual reports distributed by the Secretariat. c) to worktheUnited Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT),the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),the International Trade Centre (ITC), the World Bank, theWorld Customs Organization (WCO), and theWorld Trade Organization (WTO)in the context of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation, and other relevant partners, to continue the development of joint projects that would facilitate Parties’ access to electronic permitting services and their alignment to international trade standards and norms, such as the revision of the CITES e-permitting toolkit and the development of the eCITES module in ASYCUDA; d) to work with the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) in the development of electronic trade documentation and learn from IPPC’s efforts to develop electronic phytosanitary certificates; and e) to monitor and advise on Parties’ work related to the development of traceability systems for specimens of CITES-listed species to facilitate their harmonization with CITES permits and certificates.