On July 30, 2021, Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment issued MAA 2021-30: “European Union (EU): Dairy, fish, honey and edible non-prescribed goods: New export certification from 21 August 2021”

The following companies and organizations should pay attention to:

• Industries—Industry bodies – Dairy Australia, Dairy Export Industry Consultative Committee, Infant Nutrition Council, Seafood Export Consultative Committee, Australian Food and Grocery Council, Australian Honey Bee Industry Council

• Export dairy and seafood establishments

• Exporters

• Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment —Central and Regional offices

Purpose

To notify stakeholders that from Saturday 21 August 2021, there will be new EU export certificates.

Affected certificates

From 21 August 2021, the below EU certificates will be replaced by new certificates as per Regulation (EU) 2020/2235. A further market access advice (MAA) will be published advising exporters of the new certificate details once they have been finalised.


The changes to the certificates

Exporters may be required to provide new information when raising a request for permit (RFP) in EXDOC or a request for export (REX) in NEXDOC. Please note the following examples of new information requirements:

• Place of destination - this will be compulsory for all consignments, not just those in transit across the EU. This should be, for example: Destination Name, Address, Registration/Approval No (if applicable), Country and ISO country code.

          o Country codes can be viewed at Eurostat Glossary:Country codes

• CN code - this was provided as the Harmonized System (HS) code previously but this will be entered in EU format as 4, 6 or 8 digits number as stipulated in Council Regulation EU 2021/632.

• Batch number - This number should match what is labelled on the cartons. For fish, this should be entered as the relevant processing date in the format of DD-MMM-YYYY (i.e. 29-MAY-2020).

• Final consumer - This should be “Yes” if the commodity is packaged for final consumers. This includes product packaged for retail sale i.e. a supermarket or packed in individual portions for consumer use. This should be “No” if the products are packed in bulk and to be separated for sale to individual consumers by the retailer i.e. such as a butcher’s shop or fish vendor.

Please also note from page 2 onwards in the certificates, there are updated references to EU Regulations and extended public and animal health attestations.

For More details, please refer to https://www.agriculture.gov.au/export/controlled-goods/dairy/din/2021-30