32Tariff rate quota certificates for quota meat

32 Tariff rate quota certificates for quota meat

Application for tariff rate quota certificate (1) An exporter who has a tariff rate quota entitlement for a quota year may apply to the Secretary for a tariff rate quota certificate for the export from Australia to a member country of the EU of a consignment of quota meat in the quota year. (2) The application must be made by making an entry in EXDOC for the consignment of quota meat. Issue of tariff rate quota certificate (3) If an exporter applies under subsection (1) for a tariff rate quota certificate in relation to the export of a consignment of quota meat in a quota year, the Secretary must issue the certificate to the exporter if the sum of the following is not more than the exporter’s total tariff rate quota entitlement for the quota year: (a) the total shipped weight of quota meat that has been exported by the exporter in the quota year; (b) the shipped weight of the consignment of quota meat. Effect of tariff rate quota certificate (4) If a tariff rate quota certificate is issued before the start of a quota year and the certificate relates to the export of a consignment of quota meat in the quota year then the certificate has no effect before the start of that quota year. (5) A tariff rate quota certificate issued in relation to the export of a consignment of quota meat in a quota year ceases to have effect if the consignment is not accepted for entry into a member country of the EU before the end of the quota year.