G/SPS/N/AUS/433/Add.9  
 
1 November 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 1 November 2021, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Australia . 
 
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Agricultural Export Legislation - Consultation on proposed amendments to the Export Control Rules 
2021 
On 28 March 2021 the Australian Government introduced a new legal framework for Australia's 
agricultural exports, comprising the:  
− Export Control Act 2020  (the Act) which sets out the overarching legal framework for the 
regulation of exported goods including food and agricultural products from Australia;  
− Export Control Rules 2021 (the Rules) which are the legislative instruments that set out the 
operational  requirements that must be met to export specific goods from Australia (eg meat). 
The Rules must be read in conjunction with the Act.  
The Australian Government is seeking comment on proposed amendments to the following:  
− Export Control (Animals) Rules 2021  Export Control (Meat and Meat Products Rules) 2021 Export 
Control (Organic Goods Rules);  
− 2021 Export Control (Plant and Plant Products) Rules 2021 Export Control (Poultry Meat and 
Poultry Meat Products);  
− Rules 2021 Export Control (Rabbit and Ratite Meat a nd Rabbit and Ratite Meat Products) Rules 
2021;  
− Export Control (Wild Game Meat and Wild Game Meat Products) Rules 2021.  
No changes are proposed to the commodity Rules for eggs, fish, milk, miscellaneous and wood.  
The proposed amendments will ensure that Au stralia's agricultural export legislation remains modern 
and fit for purpose, by addressing issues identified by the Department of Agriculture, Water and the 
Environment (the department) or its stakeholders.  
Details of the proposed amendments are available  on the department's website at - Export Control 
Rules 2021 - Proposed amendments. The web page contains:  
− an exposure draft of the Export Control Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Rules 
2021:  
− an outline of the proposed amendments to the Rules for  animals, meat, organic goods, plant, 
poultry, rabbit and ratite and wild game;  
− links to the Act and the current versions of the Rules an online form that will enable you to 
comment on the proposed amendments.  
The closing date for comments is 30 November 2021.  
Please review this information and refer any questions about the new legislation, to the department 
via the Australian SPS Notification Authority.  G/SPS/N/AUS/433/Add.9  
 
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  This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into for ce 
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar day s. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 30 November 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The Australian SPS Notification Authority  
GPO Box 858  
Canberra ACT 2601  
Australia  
E-mail: sps.contact@agriculture.gov.au  
 
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