Inedible apiculture products

Country
European Union (EU)
NPG Category
Inedible
NPG Product
Inedible apiculture products

The following should be considered prior to updating establishment details:

  • When an establishment notifies the Department of an administrative change (that is, a change of occupier, company name, address, or in some instances product specific changes), the Department will amend the establishment record in the system.
  • The establishment's amended details will appear on applicable export documentation including health certification from the date that the Department amends the establishment record
  • When relevant changes are made to an establishment's details, the Department will advise trading partners that maintain establishment lists of the change of details; however, the Department is unable to guarantee a timeframe as to when trading partners will update the establishment's overseas listing details they maintain. This means that there may be a period in which export certification issued by the Department does not match the trading partner's official published listing, which may result in clearance issues at the port of entry.
  • Establishments should be aware that their ability to export to some countries may be impacted during this transition period and may include issues with goods in transit.
  • Exporters and manufacturers are encouraged to check that their establishment's details are recorded accurately where they appear on trading partners' lists and to contact the Department if errors are found.
Table 1: EU member states, dependencies and other European countries that adopt EU requirements

Relationship with the EU

Countries and territories

Member States

Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Croatia (HR), Cyprus (CY), Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (GR), Hungary (HU), Italy (IT), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), Netherlands (NL), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Republic of Ireland (IE), Romania (RO), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES), Sweden (SE)

Note
These Member States adopt all EU requirements for products that have been harmonised throughout the EU and may have additional requirements for products that are not yet harmonised.

EU dependencies

  • France: French Guiana (Cayenne) (GF), Guadeloupe (GP), Mayotte (YT), Martinique (MQ), Reunion Island (RE), and St Pierre and Miquelon (PM)
  • Portugal: Azores (PT), Madeira (PT)
  • Spain: Canary Islands (ES)
Note
These countries adopt all EU requirements for products that have been harmonised throughout the EU and adopt requirements of the country they are a dependency of for products that are not yet harmonised.

Other European countries that adopt EU requirements

Faroe Islands (FO), Iceland (IS), Liechtenstein (LI), the Republic of North Macedonia (MK), Norway (NO), United Kingdom (GB) (including Gibraltar (GI) and the Channel Islands) and Switzerland (CH)

Note
These countries may not adopt all EU requirements for products that have been harmonised throughout the EU.

Northern Ireland Protocol

Northern Ireland (GB)

1.1. Prohibited

In accordance with Article 25, Chapter VIII of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, beeswax in the form of honeycomb is a prohibited import into the European Union.

The Department is not aware of any other prohibited inedible non-prescribed goods, including inedible apiculture products for this market.

Apiculture by-products

Establishments that produce/process some inedible apiculture products to the EU must be listed on the European Commission's (EC) website. Listing of new establishments that produce/ process inedible products for export to the EU generally takes up to two months.

Apiculture by-products are defined in Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as honey, beeswax, royal jelly, propolis or pollen not intended for human consumption.

Beeswax in the form of honeycomb

In accordance with Article 25, Chapter VIII of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, beeswax in the form of honeycomb is a prohibited import into the European Union.

Apiculture by-products intended exclusively for use in apiculture (bee keeping)

Apiculture by-products must have been produced in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 and (EC) No 1069/2009.

For the English only certificate, use M453 (Manual only)

For the English/French bilingual certificate, use M454 (Manual only)

For the English/German bilingual certificate, use M455 (Manual only)

Certification attestations

I, the undersigned official veterinarian, declare that I have read and understood Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1a) and in particular Article 10 thereof, and Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 (1b), and in particular Annex XIV, Chapter II thereof, and certify that the apiculture by-products described above:

come from an area where the diseases listed below are officially notifiable and which is not subject to any restrictions associated with:

  1. American foulbrood (Paenibacillus larvae)
  2. Acariosis (Acarapis woodi (Rennie))
  3. Small hive beetle (aethina tumida)
  4. Tropilaelaps mites (Tropilaelaps spp.)

have been:

Either subjected to a temperature of -12 degrees Celsius or lower for at least 24 hours,
OR
In the case of wax, refined or processed in accordance with processing method 1-2-3-4-5-7 (2), as set out Chapter III of Annex IV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

For beeswax, other than beeswax in the form of honeycomb, exported for purposes other than feeding to farmed animals

  • The beeswax must only be derived from Category 3 materials referred to in Article 10(e) of Regulation (EC) 1069/2009.
  • The beeswax must have been produced in accordance with the requirements of Annex XIV, Chapter II, Section I, Table 2, Row 10. of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
  • The beeswax must be refined before export,
  • OR
  • It must have been processed in accordance with processing methods 1 to 5 or 7, as set out in Annex IV, Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 before export.

Other inedible non-prescribed goods

Compliance with relevant Australian domestic requirements. The Department is unaware of any certification requirements for this market.

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