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 C8530 16 March 1999 Veterinary certification for the importation of bovine semen from Canada (originally adopted 10 November 1997, BSE amendment 16 March 1999, updated 30 June 2003, sexed semen & IBR amendments 1 April 2010) Certification 1. During the period between the first and last semen collection for this consignment, Canada was recognised by the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) as a foot and mouth disease (FMD) free country where vaccination is not practised and met the OIE Code Article definitions of country freedom from: rinderpest vesicular stomatitis contagious bovine pleuropneumonia lumpy skin disease Rift Valley fever. 2. The donors were, at the time of semen collection, part of the resident herd at a Semen Production Centre (Artificial Insemination (AI) Centre) approved, under the Canadian Health of Animals Regulations, to certify semen for export. 3. The Approved Veterinarian: ensured the isolation of the donors from all other ruminants not of equivalent health status prior to semen collection supervised the isolation period supervised the blood sampling of donors and ensured that the donors are tested in accordance with these requirements recorded the required details for each donor on the table attached to this veterinary certificate supervised the collection and processing of the semen in accordance with the Canadian Health of Animals Regulations, Section 15 (Artificial Insemination) and the recommendations of the OIE Code. ensured that suitable antibiotics were added to the diluent and that the diluents were prepared in accordance with OIE Code. 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. 4. For sex sorted semen, if included in this shipment, equipment used for sex-sorting sperm was cleaned and disinfected between animals according the sex semen licensor’s recommendations. where seminal plasma, or components thereof, was added to sorted semen prior to cryopreservation and storage, it was derived from animals of same or better health status. 5. All blood, tissue and semen tests for disease were carried out at a laboratory approved by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to perform the test required for that disease. Dates of collection for tests and types of diagnostic tests were recorded on the table attached to this veterinary certificate. 6. Bluetongue (BT) and epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) The AI Centre is located in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. Prior to the export of the consignment each donor gave a negative result to the following tests on serum collected at least 21 days after the last semen collection for this consignment. For BT, a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). For EHD, an agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID). or The AI centre is not located in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. [The veterinary certificate must indicate the option that applies.] 7. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/ Infectious pustular vulvovaginitis (IBR/IPV) The semen was collected from donors: kept in an "IBR/IPV free herd", as defined in OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code, at the time of collection of the semen. or kept in a semen collection centre in which all donors and teasers were subjected to either an ELISA or virus neutralisation test (VNT) for IBR/IPV on blood samples taken within 28 days prior to entering pre-entry isolation (PEI), during PEI and annually, with negative results or held in isolation during the period of collection and for 30 days following collection and were subjected to either an ELISA or virus neutralisation test (VNT) for IBR/IPV on blood samples taken at least 21 days after collection of the semen, with negative results or whose serological status is unknown or positive for IBR/IPV, and from which an aliquot of each semen collection for export was subjected to a virus isolation test (by cell culture inoculation and a minimum of 2 passages if no cytopathic effect observed on first passage) or real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay, with negative results. Only collections that have been tested as described above are eligible for importation to Australia. Semen from bulls collected in periods between tests is not eligible. NOTE: All diagnostic tests and the interpretation of test results for IBR/IPV must comply with the OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals chapter on Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/ Infectious pustular vulvovaginitis. [The veterinary certificate must indicate the option that applies.] 8. 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 (eg chlorine bleach), 2% Virkon 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.] 9. Reproductive material for export to Australia was identified in a legible and non-erasable manner, and was stored since the end of the collection period until export under the supervision of the Approved Veterinarian(s) in containers in which no biological material other than semen, embryos or ova of equivalent health status as specified in this Veterinary Certificate was held. Reproductive material was not removed from containers for further processing, or aggregation with other reproductive material unless under the supervision of the Approved Veterinarian at an approved centre or laboratory. 10. An Official Veterinarian sealed the semen transport container with an official seal prior to shipment and the number or mark on the seal recorded was recorded on the veterinary certificate prior to export.

	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 - Cattle/buffalo

	Scientific name:	Bovine

	Country:	*Only:* Canada

	End use:	Post-entry quarantine

	Date printed:	Sep 8 2010

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