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United Airlines enters enforceable undertaking for biosecurity breach
An international airline has entered an enforceable undertaking with the Australian Government after it failed to declare two dogs’ arrival to the country, breaching Australian biosecurity measures.
Award-winning help for exporters
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has once again walked away with a Good Design Award for simplifying processes to benefit industry.
217-2024: Self-Assessed Clearance (SAC) cost recovery charge: Fact sheet publication and trial updates
10 October 2024
Who does this notice affect?
All customs brokers, importers, self-reporting importers, freight forwarders of goods AUD $1,000 or less in value.
What has changed?
Fact sheets
The department has prepared the following documents to support industry:
Investing in avian influenza preparedness
Australia remains the only continent free from high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b (H5N1 HPAI), with unprecedented global spread of this virus and impacts on the poultry industries and wildlife populations abroad in recent years
2024-66: Plant Export Operations – European Union Deforestation Regulation implementation delay
8 October 2024
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise industry of a delay to the implementation of European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for certain products exported to the European Union (EU).
2024-65: Plant Export Operations – Updates to Plant Export Certificates and Request for Permits
08 October 2024
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to remind industry of updates to raising new Request for Permits (RFPs) for horticulture or grain commodities and updates to plant export certificates.
Summary of changes and key points
As of Wednesday, 9 October 2024 the following updates to phytosanitary certification and RFPs will come into effect: