Notice to Industry 9: Country-specific Appendix B certificates
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Purpose
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, direction or authorisation to enter a quarantine facility, the terms and conditions of the import permit, direction or authorisation to enter a quarantine facility take precedence and will apply. Failure to comply with a condition of an import permit, direction, industry notice or authorisation to enter a quarantine facility may constitute an offence.
Background
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 by an official veterinarian of each country that the horse has resided in during the 60 days before export to Australia. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) negotiates Appendix B certificates individually with each approved country.
Current Appendix B certificates
Negotiated Appendix B certificates for the relevant country can be found in the following links:
Download
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Document |
Pages |
File size |
|---|---|---|
Austria PDF  |
2 | 610 KB |
| Belgium PDF |
3 | 364 KB |
| Canada PDF |
2 | 50 KB |
| Denmark PDF |
3 | 364 KB |
| France PDF |
3 | 238 KB |
| Germany PDF |
4 | 387 KB |
| Hong Kong PDF |
3 | 368 KB |
| Iceland PDF |
2 | 307 KB |
| Ireland PDF |
4 | 230 KB |
| Italy PDF |
3 | 401 KB |
| Netherlands PDF |
3 | 210 KB |
| New Caledonia PDF |
4 | 528 KB |
| Portugal PDF |
3 | 88 KB |
| Spain PDF |
4 | 720 KB |
| United Kingdom PDF |
3 | 261 KB |
| Japan PDF |
3 | 732 KB |
| Singapore PDF |
3 | 376 KB |
| Sweden PDF |
2 | 92 KB |
| Switzerland PDF |
4 | 2.3 MB |
| United Arab Emirates PDF |
17 | 143 KB |
| United States of America PDF |
3 | 463 KB |
Sample certificates may not meet Australian Government accessibility requirements as they have not been prepared by the DAWE. If you have difficulty accessing these files, visit web accessibility for assistance.
If a horse for export to Australia was resident in an approved country that does not have a country-specific Appendix B certificate listed above, please contact DAWE via email: horses@awe.gov.au request the current status of that country’s specific Appendix B document.
Version history
The following table details the published date and amendment details for this document.
| Version | Date |
Amendment details |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 21/03/2017 | To provide readily available country-specific Appendix B certificates to importers of live horses. |
| 2.0 | 20/10/2020 | Updated department name and format. |