Date of issue: 31 October 2017
Date of effect: 14 November 2017
Attention:
Industries—Dairy Australia
Registered manufacturing establishments
Registered exporters and EDI users
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources—Central and Regional offices
Purpose
To notify exporters, EDI users and manufacturing establishments of upcoming changes to the exporter declaration requirements when exporting dairy products to the EU.
Exporter Declaration for exports of dairy products to EU
In an effort to streamline the department’s internal processes and ensure that there are no delays in assessing your export permit application, changes have been made to the mandatory exporter declaration requirements for all dairy products exported to EU.
From 14 November 2017, when applying for an export permit, exporters will be required to include the following mandatory declaration statement in the exporter’s declaration field:
“The product in this consignment complies with EU requirements for raw milk, including BMCC, TPC, Antibiotics, temperature, end product testing and is eligible for entry into the EU”
Please ensure that all shipments of dairy products to the EU includes this declaration. Exact wording is important. If the above declaration is not included in the exporter declaration field when requesting an export permit (RFP), an error will occur and the RFP will not progress until it is included.
The information provided in this advice is current at the time of writing and is intended for use as guidance only and should not be taken as definitive or exhaustive. The Commonwealth endeavours to keep information current and accurate, however, it may be subject to change without notice. Exporters are encouraged to verify these details with their importers prior to undertaking production/exports. The Commonwealth will not accept liability for any loss resulting from reliance on information contained in this notice.
Further information
Contact Dairy Eggs Fish if you have any queries.