Notice to Industry 9: Country-specific Appendix B certificates

The purpose of this document is to make country-specific Appendix B certificates that have been agreed by approved countries readily available to horse importers.

This document is provided for information only. To the extent that this document is inconsistent with any import permit or direction, the terms and conditions of the import permit or direction take precedence and will apply. Failure to comply with a condition of an import permit, direction or industry notice may constitute an offence.

The conditions to import horses into Australia requires horses to be resident in approved countries for at least 60 days immediately prior to export. When a horse has resided in more than one approved country during the 60 days prior to the date of export, an Appendix B certificate is required and makes up part of that horse’s health certification.

Appendix B certificates are to be completed for each country that the horse has resided in during the 60 days before export to Australia. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) negotiates Appendix B certificates individually with each approved country. Each Appendix B must be completed by the countries Official Veterinarian and additionally some Appendix B documents allow a section to be completed the owner/ person responsible for the horse.

Note: Some Appendix B documents allow completion by the Official Veterinarian only.

A guidance document to assist in completion of Appendix B documentation can be found at the following link:

If a horse for export to Australia was resident in an approved country that does not have a country-specific Appendix B certificate listed below, you may contact the department via email: horses@awe.gov.au and request the current status of that country’s specific Appendix B document OR you may use the generic appendix B that can be found at the following link:

Negotiated Appendix B certificates for the relevant country can be found in the following links:

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