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25 August 2025Who does this notice affect?All importers of plants, cats and/or dogs who will be required to use the Post Entry Biosecurity System (PEBS).All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who will be required to report pre-arrival information.InformationResolved time:As of: 15…
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21 May 2025Who does this notice affectAll clients required to use Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) web-based applications during this planned maintenance period.InformationDue to scheduled network maintenance, there will be a brief service degradation (several seconds up to…
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30 October 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) website during the unplanned outage.All shipping agents or operators of maritime conveyances who were required to report pre-arrival information during the unplanned…
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Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, May 2020
This Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) Regulatory Performance Report covers the period 1 December 2019 to 31 March 2020.
During this period, the department received 6 reports of non-compliance with…
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20 October 2025Who does this notice affect?All importers and customs brokers who will be required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment during this planned maintenance period (e.g. clients required to use the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS)).…
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24 February 2025Who does this notice affect?All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions System (BICON) during this planned outage.InformationTo support system maintenance, BICON will be unavailable from 23:00 Saturday 01 March to 01:00 Sunday 02 March 2025 (AEDT).…
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The Australian Government has announced new export screening requirements for air cargo. They will apply to all destinations from 1 March 2019.
All outbound international air cargo, regardless of its destination, must be examined under the Enhanced Air Cargo Examination (EACE) program before it…
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Date of issue: 7 June 2021
Date of effect: 14 June 2021
Attention:
Registered dairy exporters, manufacturers, agents, freight forwarders, automated export permit issuers and EDI users.
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment - Central and Regional offices.
Purpose
To notify…
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18 March 2026Who does this notice affect?All clients submitting the below import declarations:Full Import Declaration (FID)Long Form Self Assessed Clearance (LFSAC)Short Form Self Assessed Clearance (SFSAC)Cargo Report Self Assessed Clearance (CRSAC)Cargo Report Personal Effects (PE)Cargo Reports…
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