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26 March 2020
All industry stakeholders involved in imports.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the department has enacted Business Continuity Plans (BCP), which include all biosecurity operations. Incident Management Teams are now meeting daily to discuss and progress any issues.
25 March 2020
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of disruptions to services as a result of measures being taken to limit the spread of COVID-19.
25 March 2020
This notice is of interest to all vessel masters and shipping agents who represent international commercial and non-commercial vessels for the purposes of Australian biosecurity clearance.
The department has updated MARS with a revised question in the Human Health section of the pre-arrival report (PAR) and also in the Human Health Update report.
The question (2.1.7) of the human health section of the PAR was:
25 March 2020
This notice is for all airlines, freight forwarders, pet transport companies and importers of cats and dogs to Australia.
The department is currently handling an unprecedented number of enquiries due to the impact of COVID-19. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we respond to these enquiries.
Date of issue: 24 March 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Attention:
This Market Access Advice provides information on the recent decision from the European Commission (EC) to accept scanned copies of export certificates in cases where it is not possible to present the original certificate with the consignment.
Date of issue: 24 March 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA 2020-02
Attention:
Date of issue: 24 March 2020
Date of effect: Immediate
Reference Number: MAA2020-07
Attention:
24 March 2020
All clients required to use the department’s Biosecurity Import Conditions (BICON) system during this planned maintenance period.
Due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance, BICON users may experience several intermittent outages from 16:00 to 23:59 on Sunday 29 March 2020 (AEDT).
Users are advised to frequently save any in-progress permit applications during this maintenance period.
23 March 2020
Importers and prospective importers of processed plant-based stock feed products including (but not limited to):
20 March 2020
All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment using recent versions of Google Chrome.
A recent update to Google Chrome is preventing some Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) users from submitting lodgements using this browser.
