Update: Mandatory electronic certification for all egg exports from 1 July 2017 (2017-06)

Date of Issue: 12 April 2017

Date of Effect: 1 July 2017

Previous advice: 2017-05

Attention:

Industry - Exporters of egg and egg products, Export registered egg establishments

Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - Central and regional offices

State Regulatory Authorities (QLD & NSW)

Purpose

Provide additional advice to egg exporters on requesting certification before the mandatory electronic certification takes effect from 1 July 2017.

Background

Electronic certification will become mandatory for all egg exports from 1 July 2017. See previous Market Access Advice Notice (MAA 2017-05) for further information about the changes. 

Certificate templates currently available in EXDOC

Table 1, below, shows the health certificate templates and endorsements that are currently available in EXDOC for egg and egg products.

Table 1: Country and export documentation available

If the intended export destination country is not listed in Table 1

If you are exporting to a destination country not listed in Table 1 then certificate templates (and endorsement/s) may need to be created in EXDOC so you need to take the following steps:

1. Check the department’s Manual of Importing Country Requirements (MICoR) for known importing country requirements.
   1. If the destination country’s requirements are not listed in MICoR, you will need to confirm, in writing, the certification requirements with your importer or with the importing country authority.
2. Contact the dairy, eggs and fish program to ensure the appropriate certificate templates (and endorsement/s) are available in EXDOC before applying for export certification.

Please be aware that it may take some time to build new certification templates into EXDOC depending upon the requirements. Exporters currently using manual documentation for countries that are not listed in table 1 should take action now to ensure that the templates are available before 1 July 2017.

To use EXDOC post 30 June 2017

If you are not registered as an exporter on EXDOC then you will need to register as an exporter to obtain export documentation. Please see MAA 2017-05 for further information on registration in EXDOC as an exporter.

Further information

Contact Dairy Eggs Fish if you have any queries.

The information provided in this advice is current at the time of writing and is intended for use as guidance only and should not be taken as definitive or exhaustive. The Commonwealth endeavours to keep information current and accurate, however, it may be subject to change without notice. Exporters are encouraged to verify these details with their importers prior to undertaking production/exports. The Commonwealth will not accept liability for any loss resulting from reliance on information contained in this notice.