Import Conditions Database - ICON


	Condition C8446 30 March 1994 1. A valid Import Permit is required and must be issued prior to importation. Permit applications should be sent to Live Animal Imports, AQIS Canberra, for assessment. Live Animal Imports Fax +61 2 6272 3110 GPO Box 858 Email animalimp@aqis.gov.au Canberra ACT 2601 Phone +61 2 6272 4454 2. The importer or agent must lodge a Quarantine Entry for each consignment. The inspecting AQIS officer must be advised of the entry number prior to inspection. 3. It is the importers responsibility to ensure they have complied with requirements of any other regulatory and advisory bodies prior to and after importation. It is the importer’s responsibility to arrange for any additional testing for genetic and endemic infectious diseases, or for movement of animals or genetic material into certain animal health zones within Australia. 4. The importer, as listed on the Import Permit, or nominated agent, must be accessible to AQIS officers and accept responsibility for ensuring that all import conditions are met including the AQIS inspection. 5. Consignments must be addressed and sent to AQIS at the port of arrival. Each consignment must be accompanied by a valid Import Permit or by means to allow the identification of the Import Permit and the animal veterinary certificate as required by these conditions. 6. The importer or agent must make an appointment for AQIS inspection of goods and documentation. The importer or agent will be required to be present at this inspection. The consignment will be held by AQIS until completion of inspection. Fees are payable to AQIS for all services. 7. Consignments that do not meet the AQIS import conditions will either remain in quarantine control, be re-exported or destroyed without recompense.

	Condition C8447 16 August 1989 Format of the veterinary certificate - semen and embryos Definitions A shipment may consist of a number of sealed tanks/containers. Each sealed tank/container must be individually and clearly identified and be listed in the relevant veterinary certificate(s) accompanying the shipment. On each veterinary certificate(s), genetic material must also be listed against the identity of the sealed tank/container in which it was shipped. 1. General A veterinary certificate must accompany each consignment. The semen and embryo certificates must: · Be written in English, and a language understood by the Official Government Veterinarian of the country of export · Reference the AQIS import permit number · Name the country of export (country of residence of all donors) · Name the certifying Ministry / Department · Meet all requirements of the “veterinary certification” section of these conditions 2. Semen The veterinary certificate for semen must display the following information against each donor: · Breed · Herd/stud book number · Ear-tag or tattoo or brand or microchip number · Name · Date/s of semen collection/s · Number of straws in this consignment · Straw identification · Date of pre-entry isolation (for deer semen and bovine semen from Argentina only) · Date of entry into the collection centre / resident herd · Dates of sampling for any tests required, type of test used, test results (this information must be contained in a table against donor information) · Where reproductive material was removed from containers for further processing or aggregation with other reproductive material at an approved centre or laboratory, the dates of transfer, reason for transfer (e.g. for sex sorting), name of the approved centre of laboratory and the Approved Veterinarian must be listed against the containers. The unique serial number of each shipping container must be included in this documentation. 3. Embryos The veterinary certificate must display the following information against each semen donor: · Date/s of semen collection · Semen identification · Where reproductive material was removed from containers for further processing or aggregation with other reproductive material at an approved centre or laboratory, the dates of transfer, reason for transfer (e.g. for sex sorting), name of the approved centre of laboratory and the Approved Veterinarian must be listed against the containers. The unique serial number of each shipping container must be included in this documentation. The veterinary certificate must display the following information against each embryo donor: · Breed · Herd/stud book number · Ear-tag or tattoo or brand or microchip number · Name · Date/s of embryo /ova flushes · Number of embryos in this consignment · Number of straws in this consignment · Straw identification · Date of pre-entry isolation (for bovine embryos from Argentina and Brazil only) · Date of entry into the collection centre / resident herd · Dates of sampling for any tests required, type of test used, test results (this information must be contained in a table against donor information) · Where reproductive material was removed from containers for further processing or aggregation with other reproductive material at an approved centre or laboratory, the dates of transfer, reason for transfer (e.g. for sex sorting), name of the approved centre of laboratory and the Approved Veterinarian must be listed against the containers. The unique serial number of each shipping container must be included in this documentation. 4. An Approved* or Official Government Veterinarian** must sign the veterinary certificate. 5. An Official Government Veterinarian must sign, date and stamp (with the stamp of the government veterinary administration) each page of the veterinary certificate and all documents e.g. laboratory reports and tables which form part of the extended health certification. Certification must comply with Chapter 5.2 of the OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, including that any manual deletions to the health certificate must be signed and stamped by the Official Government Veterinarian. The Official Government Veterinarians name, title and contact details must also appear. 6. AQIS will accept copies of documents where each page bears the original signature, date and stamp of the Official Government Veterinarian. * A veterinarian accredited by the government veterinary administration to supervise collections. ** A veterinary official of the government veterinary administration.

	Condition C9325 11 December 2000 Veterinary certification for the importation of giraffe semen from the United States of America (11 December 2000) 1. Immediately prior to semen collection each donor was continuously resident for at least 12 month in Canada or the USA in a zoo or wildlife park registered or approved by the government Veterinary Administration. 2. The semen was collected in the United States of America (USA) only. 3. Each donor was continuously resident for at least 12 months immediately prior to the semen collection in countries/zones recognised by the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) as free from foot and mouth disease (FMD) without vaccination (Article 2.1.1.2) for the past 12 months, and which meet the OIE Code definitions of country/zone freedom from: rinderpest contagious bovine pleuropneumonia lumpy skin disease Rift Valley fever. 4. Vesicular stomatitis Vesicular stomatitis was not reported within 15 kilometres of the zoo or wildlife park during the period from 30 days prior to first collection of semen for this consignment until completion of the final collection of semen for this consignment. 5. An Approved Veterinarian supervised the collection of specimens for testing. All blood, tissue and semen tests for disease were carried out at a laboratory approved by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to perform the test required for that disease. Dates of collection for tests and types of diagnostic tests were recorded in a table attached to the Veterinary Certificate. Where diagnostic tests are not specified, only those tests recognised by the USDA for the disease being tested were used. 6. Bovine brucellosis Each donor showed no clinical sign of bovine brucellosis on the day of collection and gave negative results to the complement fixation test (CFT) for bovine brucellosis on each of two occasions 30 days apart, the second within 21 days of semen collection. 7. Bovine tuberculosis Bovine tuberculosis has not been diagnosed in animals in the zoo population(s) in which the donor giraffe has been held during the five years immediately prior to collection. 8. Bluetongue semen was collected during the period from 15 January to 15 May, from donors resident at least 60 days prior to, and during, semen collection, in a USDA designated bluetongue low incidence State. or the recipient giraffe was held in the Australian bluetongue free, or seasonally free, zone for at least 60 days after insemination. 9. The Approved Veterinarian: ensured the isolation of the donors from all other ruminants not of equivalent health status for 30 days prior to, and during, semen collection supervised the isolation period ensured that the donors are tested in accordance with the veterinary certification requirements supervised the blood sampling of donors, collection and processing of the semen recorded the required details for each donor on a table attached to the veterinary certificate semen placed the semen in a shipper ensured that suitable antibiotics were added to the diluent and that the diluents were prepared in accordance with the OIE Code. 10. The Official Veterinarian: verified the permanent identification of the semen straws with the identification details of the donor and the date of collection or a code from which this information could be determined sealed the semen transport container with an official seal prior to shipment. 11. Shipping containers The shipping container was new. or Prior to loading, the shipper was emptied and inspected and any loose straws removed. The shipper, including all surfaces contacting the straws, was disinfected with one of the following disinfectants: 2% available chlorine, 3.5% formalin, Virkon at manufacturers recommended rate or irradiated at 50kGy. Only new liquid nitrogen was added to the tank [The veterinary certificate must indicate the option that applies. For used shippers, the date of disinfection, the disinfectant used and its active chemical must be recorded on the health certificate.] 12. The semen was stored in sterilised containers in which no biological material, other than semen embryos or ova of equivalent health status was held.

	Import Permit Fee IPF0005 Import Permit Fees (where applicable) – Category 4 This commodity is classified as a Category 4 assessment for the purposes of determining the Import Permit fee rate that applies. The fee rate is $240.00 (for any assessment period up to 3 hours) and $40.00 for each quarter hour, or part of a quarter hour, after the 3-hour period. Note that in addition to the assessment fee, an electronic lodgement fee of $85.00 or a manual lodgement fee of $150.00 also applies. An assessable item means an item identified on an Import Permit application as consisting of goods of a class imported, or to be imported, from a particular country for a particular use. Further information on AQIS fees and charges can be found on the AQIS website. Import Permit issuing fees are specified in the Quarantine Service Fees Determination 2005.

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	Commodity:	Semen - Giraffe

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	Country:	*Only:* United States of America

	End use:	Post-entry quarantine

	Date printed:	Sep 8 2010

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