diff --git a/trace_export_script/src/trace_export_script/core.py b/trace_export_script/src/trace_export_script/core.py
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+import json
+import csv
+import os
+from typing import List, Dict, Any
+
+
+def _load_json(file_path: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+    if not isinstance(data, list):
+        raise ValueError('Unexpected data format: expected list of TraceSample objects')
+    for item in data:
+        if not isinstance(item, dict):
+            raise ValueError('Each trace entry must be a dict')
+        for key in ('timestamp', 'value', 'source'):
+            if key not in item:
+                raise ValueError(f'Missing field {key} in trace data')
+    return data
+
+
+def _export_to_json(data: List[Dict[str, Any]], output_path: str) -> None:
+    with open(output_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        json.dump(data, f, indent=2)
+
+
+def _export_to_csv(data: List[Dict[str, Any]], output_path: str) -> None:
+    if not data:
+        raise ValueError('No data to export')
+    with open(output_path, 'w', newline='', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        writer = csv.DictWriter(f, fieldnames=['timestamp', 'value', 'source'])
+        writer.writeheader()
+        writer.writerows(data)
+
+
+def export_trace_data(file_path: str, format: str) -> None:
+    """Exportiert Trace-Daten aus einer Eingabedatei in das gewünschte Format (JSON oder CSV)."""
+    if not os.path.exists(file_path):
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f'Input file not found: {file_path}')
+
+    format = format.lower()
+    if format not in ('json', 'csv'):
+        raise ValueError("Format must be 'json' or 'csv'")
+
+    data = _load_json(file_path)
+    base, _ = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(file_path))
+    output_dir = os.path.join('output')
+    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    output_path = os.path.join(output_dir, f'{base}_exported.{format}')
+
+    if format == 'json':
+        _export_to_json(data, output_path)
+    else:
+        _export_to_csv(data, output_path)
+
+    # Kein Rückgabewert; Datei wird als Seiteneffekt erzeugt.