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Date of issue: 9 April 2020
Date of effect: 16 July 2020
Reference Number: MAA 2020-02
Attention:
Organic Producers and Exporters, Organic certifying bodies, Industry bodies
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment—Central and Regional offices
9 April 2020
Importers of animals, biological and animal based goods.
This temporary change is relevant to the use of original paper health certificates (HCs). It does not apply to countries that already provide original HCs in electronic format.
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the movement of airfreight/seafreight and courier mail in multiple countries.
Date of issue: 8 April 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2020-11
Attention:
Purpose
In April 2020, the Australian Government established the International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM) to keep global air links open in response to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
IFAM is a temporary, targeted, emergency measure to help Australian businesses deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of IFAM is to help:
Date of issue: 06 April 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Previous advice: MAA2020-02
Attention:
Purpose
To notify exporters of updated export certificate procedures to the European Union.
Date of issue: 06 April 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Previous advice: MAA2020-04
Attention:
Purpose
To notify exporters of updated export certificate procedures to the European Union.
Date of issue: 06 April 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Previous advice: MAA2020-07
Attention:
Purpose
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (the department) has received enquiries about how it is approaching its staffing, regulatory and operational obligations in relation to regulating export establishments and the risks posed by the COVID 19 outbreak.
This notice is to advise that the department is monitoring the rapidly changing circumstances while working to protect staff, establishments and on-going access to our international markets.
Date of issue: 6 April 2020
Date of effect: 6 April 2020
Reference Number: MAA2020-05
Attention:
Date of issue: 6 April 2020
Date of effect: 6 April 2020
Reference Number: MAA2020-03
Attention:
