Animal Products E-cert Help Files

VA - Viewing and Assessing Certificates

For an overview of the different types of certificate views available, see Viewing an Eligibility Document or Export Certificate.

For detailed explanations of the information entered on an Eligibility Document (ED) or Export Certificate see:
Raising an Eligibility Document - Interactive Browser Entry Form
Raising an Export Certificate - Interactive Browser Entry Form
Raising an ED or Export Certificate - Products and Processes.

When assessing a Raised or Amended ED or Export Certificate for approval, go through the certificate systematically, carefully comparing the information for the outgoing product with the information on supporting documents, eg source EDs and paper certificates, load-out documents, etc. The extent of the checking required will depend upon your assessment of the operator's compliance systems and certification performance and is not dependent on the overall PBV performance.

The bottom line is:
Before you approve an electronic certificate you must have no reason to doubt that the information presented is verifiably true and correct and that all the requirements of the intended destination countries have been met, including appropriate process entries.

An unapproved certificate in the VA view is divided into 5 sections plus a status change panel and, for some inspectors, an Audit Change Panel. To see the Industry view of the current version of the whole certificate, click the icon at the beginning of the last entry on the history page.

To go directly to specific information click one of these links:

In addition, an Approved ED has an exhaustion panel between the certificate header and the Product Summary Table. For more information on exhausting see Exhaustion of Source Documents.

For information specific to the processing of export certificates see Export Certificates.

Certificate Header

In the VA View, the top of the certificate is the same as for the Industry view (see Viewing an Eligibility Document or Export Certificate for examples).

In the top right hand corner of the ED or Export Certificate there is a group of buttons.

Which buttons are available depends on the type and status of the certificate, your user type and the permissions you have. For more help on the Print Exp Cert button options see Export Certificates. For more information on the other function buttons see the Table of Functions.

The History button is a link to the History page for the certificate you are viewing. On this page there is a record of all the changes made to the certificate since it was raised, including all the comments entered into the Verification and Status Change Panel and the comments entered when un-exhausting an ED. The icon at the beginning of each entry is a link to a copy of the certificate as it looked in the industry view at the time of that entry. The last icon will show the industry view of the current version of the certificate.

Check that the entries are correct and that all the required entries have been made. For rules on what is required in each field see Raising an Eligibility Document - Interactive Browser Entry Form or Raising an Export Certificate - Interactive Browser Entry Form. Some entries may be required by NZFSA or Overseas Market Access Requirements even though E-cert will accept the certificate without them.

To go directly to specific information click one of the links below. Ones that apply only to export certificates are indicated and most have links to the data entry rules for raising export certificates or EDs.

Certificate Number  (rules export ED)
Ensure that any certificates raised as a result of a BCP process are entered exactly as on the emergency paper certificate, including the certificate number. The total number of characters in the shoulder number is limited in some foreign export certification computer systems.

 Certificate Title - export only (rules)
Ensure that the correct country's certificate has been chosen for the product. Some countries have a number of very similar certificates and you need to read the title carefully and compare it with the product descriptions to ensure the operator has chosen the correct one. Simplified EU certificates also have a subtitle derived from the EU commodity code.

Export Declarations - export only (rules)
These appear at the top of the certificate, under the certificate number and name and above the consignor and transport details. Each clause has a number which is made up of the certificate number, a version number, a / and a declaration number, eg AP1587.3/1 is declaration 1 on certificate number AP1587 version 3.

The Live system will only allow the current version of the certificate to be submitted but there may be a newer version of the certificate by the time you come to approve it.  You should only approve current versions of the certificate and the system will not warn you that the version you are looking at is out of date. To check if what you are looking at is the current version see Available Templates. If it has been superseded, the operator must resubmit the certificate before you can approve it.

Some declarations are plain text eg "I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:” Some declarations are mandatory for the certificate and the operator has no option but to include them. These will have a pale blue background. Others are optional and have a rose coloured background.

Some export certificates have groups of options of which the operator should only tick some. You need to make sure the operator has chosen the correct ones and that they haven't ticked more than the required number of options. If it is mandatory to have at least one option in the group ticked all the options will have a pale blue background.

Some declarations require user input which is displayed in bold red type when the certificate is viewed. On the certificate declaration preparation screens, the user input fields contain prompts which the operator must replace. If you see "Name" in a field that should contain the name of a country, the operator has not correctly completed the declaration and it will need to be amended. 

The declarations shall apply to all the product on the certificate unless the wording indicates the specific type of product to which they apply. To see a list of all the current declarations for a certificate and the layout of the printed certificate see Available Templates.

Official Information - export only (rules)
Any entry in this box must be authorised by NZFSA. For audit purposes you should keep evidence of this authorisation. For some countries the reason for an export certificate replacement as specified by the NZFSA replacement authoriser must be entered here.

Consignor (rules export ED)
The consignor of an export certificate shall be a registered exporter - E-cert will not allow any other consignors. On an ED, the consignor should be a licensed or approved premises or the ID of a registered Risk Management Programme. 

The only circumstances under which the consignor of an ED can be an exporter is when the consignor has used the Exporter to Exporter transfer facility. Check the certificate history to ensure this is the case.

Consignee (Importer) Details (rules export ED)
The consignee of an ED will be either a premises ID or a registered exporter ID. Where the product is physically moved from one premises to another the consignee is the receiving premises. The only exception is for chilled seafood that will be held in an airport cold store for less than 12 hours before flying overseas. In this case the consignee is the exporter ID, rather than the airport cold store ID, and the product item comments box must contain "Transiting coldstore ID". If the product is exported directly from the consigning premises the consignee shall be a Registered Exporter, not a premises. If the consignor is an exporter, the consignee shall not be a premises.

Export certificate Importer details are made of four entries: Consignee ID, Consignee name, Consignee Address and Consignee Representative (eg agent).

An entry in either Consignee Name or Consignee Address is mandatory but it is only necessary to have both if the OMAR requires it. Some countries allow "To Order" but others require these to be completed. See the OMAR’s for details.

Importing Country - export only (rules)
The type of certificate is dependent on the importing country. E-cert will only allow an operator to raise a certificate that is available for the country. The country code in the product summary table is derived from this entry and cannot be changed. Ensure the importing country corresponds with the country eligibility on the supporting ED and that any premises involved are listed for the importing country. See the rules for EU country selection issues and default New Zealand Standard Export Certificates.

Transport Mode   (rules export ED)
For export certificates this must be either Air or Maritime.

Carrier Name   (rules export ED)
Ensure there are no local carrier names in this box on export certificates. 

Conveyance Ref   (rules export ED)
Conveyance reference should be in this box, not the carrier name, so that the correct information is passed to foreign government computers in future. On export certificates it may be blank for courier shipments.

Loading Port  (rules export ED)
For export certificates, ensure this is consistent with the Transport Mode, eg if the transport mode is Air, it should be Christchurch and not Lyttelton. The five letter code and three letter province code appear on export certificates but they may not be seen on EDs depending upon the data entered.

Port of Inspection - export only  (rules)
This must be in the same country as is entered in the Importing Country field. E-cert will not prevent an operator from choosing a port of inspection that is not in the importing country.  For most EU certificates this will be the initial port of entry into the EU.

Discharge Port - export only  (rules)
The port of discharge shall be the same as the port of inspection unless the port of discharge is in a different country from the port of inspection or as directed by OMAR.

Final Destination (rules export ED)
For export certificates, the final destination shall be the destination country. Where it is known, the city should be entered as well. Some OMARs require the city of destination also. EU certificates must show the official name of the EU member state.

Departure Date (rules export ED)
For export certificates this is generally the date of departure from New Zealand. For EDs it shall be the date of departure from the premises. If the departure date has already passed, there shall be an ED clause on the certificate as described above. 

3rd Party Access (rules export ED)
If you only have 3rd party access to the certificate, the ID that you have access to will be entered here. To have found this certificate, you must have searched for 3rd party certificates.

Unofficial Commercial Information (rules export ED)
On export certificates, this box should be empty wherever practicable. Permitted entries are contract numbers (unless the certificate template has a defined box for them), letter of credit numbers, contact details and the like. Some entries may be required by OMAR.

Product descriptions and other official information should not be entered in this box.

Submitted by: 
This is the name associated with the log-in used to raise the certificate. The terms and conditions for using E-cert require that people use their own log-in. You should remind operators of their responsibilities under these terms and conditions if you suspect that is not the case.

Last Updated by:
This will only be the inspector who approved it if the current status is Approved and the transport details have not been amended or, for EDs, the certificate has not been exhausted or un-exhausted.

Product Summary

The product and process information looks different from the industry view and is displayed in a format more like a traditional paper certificate. This is an example of the VA View product summary for an ED.

In addition, there may be a full width comments box underneath the product information.

An export certificate looks the same except that there are no Declaration rows (and consequently no colour coding) and there may be a classification data full width underneath the product item information.

To go directly to specific information click one of the links below:

For detailed rules about what should appear in these boxes see Raising an ED or Export Certificate - Products and Processes or click on the specific rules links below.

Container/Seal Number (rules)
The product summary data is grouped in blocks of product items according to container and official seal number which are displayed in the title cell for each block next to the heading "Product items". Currently the different blocks are ordered alphanumerically by container and seal number, then by declaration and then by item number. 

Container seal numbers must have NZMAF or NZFSA at the beginning unless a NZFSA specification explicitly allows a non-official seal to be entered on an ED. Any non-official seals must be verifiable. There shall be no spaces after NZMAF or NZFSA in the seal number and spaces and hyphens should be avoided in the container number or the number may not display correctly on the printed export certificate.

If there are no container or seal numbers the title for the block heading will just show "Product items".

If there are two container or seal numbers shown in separate blocks but the total number of cartons for the block is less than a container load, the consignor may have made a mistake entering the container or seal numbers in one or more product items.

There may be a container number on its own if, for example, the product is in a part-loaded container consigned somewhere else for topping up. The operator shall not use official seals to transfer containers between licensed premises in New Zealand unless required by NZFSA specification. 

There may be just seal numbers. Examples are bulk bins of undenatured petfood material, which may be sealed with official or verifiable non-official seals, or casings casks which must have official container or carton seals on them between licensed premises.

There should normally only be one container number per product item but there may be more than one seal per container on some airfreight and bulk liquid containers.

Declarations (rules) - EDs only
On EDs, the product items are then grouped according to declarations. 

If Animal Consumption, Industrial or Pharmaceutical is chosen, the background colour for the declaration cell and the product item number cells is green. For all others it is yellow. This is so that products that are not suitable for human consumption are clearly differentiated from ones that are.

Items cannot be both Human Consumption and one of the "inedible" declarations.

The Co-products declaration shall only be used for deer co-products (tails, sinews, pizzles, velvet and their derivatives) and these shall not be designated Human Consumption unless produced in accordance with IS5. See the rules for further details.

Mercury declarations can only be given for species that appear in the Category A list for either 0.5 or 1.0 ppm. See  fish mercury levels (77 KB PDF) for more information.

Because export certificates have declarations that cover all product on the certificate there is no facility to have different declarations for each product item and so they are not displayed. Because they are not grouped according to declarations, the items may appear in a different order from that seen when you open up and view the supporting ED. The product items in the source summary table, however, will always be in the same order as those in the product summary table.

For export certificates see Export Declarations above.

Product Item Number
All the information for a product item is shown in one row with the product item classification code and comments underneath it. The number in the first column of the row is the product item number. This number is repeated in the same order in the two other tables in the VA view so that process or source details can be matched up with the product details.

Item Marks (rules)
The second column is for the item (lot) marks. Because these may be carried forward to other EDs or to Export Certificates for countries with specific item mark requirements (eg Canada), it is important that they are correctly entered right from the start.

Marks are only required for final certification for some countries. They shall be present on transfers to exporters (authorisations) and export certificates for those countries but are not required on transfers between premises. Transfer control declarations about the need to add marks to meet those countries specifications are not required.

NZHSC (rules)
The third column contains the NZ Harmonised System Commodity code. Where a specific code is available for the product, it should be used. A more general code may be used in the same category of product but a code from a different category of product is not acceptable. Exporters are expected to use the same HS code on the export certificate that they use on the customs export entry. The NZHSC column heading is a link to the full list of NZHSC codes available in E-cert. The code itself is a link to the description of that code.

Number and Type of Packages (rules)
The fourth and fifth columns are for the number and type of packages. Ensure that the type of package nominated is appropriate for the product and that the number of packages is consistent with the source information if applicable. Compare these with the net weights to ensure the weights are reasonable for the package type. 

For a bulk container of meat meal the number shall be 1 and the package type "container". For bagged meal the number shall be the number of bags and the package type shall be "bags".

Product Description  (rules)
The sixth column is for the product description. Take care to ensure that the description entered on EDs will be adequate to support the export certification requirements of the countries for which eligibility is claimed in the final column. 

On an export certificate, the product description must comply with the importing country requirements and, for some countries, must exactly match the carton labels or the certificate will be rejected. For other countries this is not required and the product description can be expanded from what is on the label if this can be verified at the packing premises.

Consignors can remove parts of the supporting ED description from the final export certificate but they cannot add anything that isn't already on the ED, other than the product state for refrigerated product.

Species (rules)
Ensure any actual species names in column seven are correctly spelt. See the Fish names section.

Net Weight (rules)
The eighth and ninth columns are for the net weight or quantity and the units of that weight or quantity. On EDs, the unit for weights shall always be metric, eg kilograms or tonnes not pounds. For export certificates, weights shall be in pounds for most products for the USA (see OMAR for details) and metric for all other countries. If an additional unit is required for a product item on an ED, it should be noted in the product item comments.

The only information for a product item that is not displayed in the VA view is the gross weight as this is deemed commercial information that does not require NZFSA verification. If you really want to look at it, look at the industry view from the history screen.

Country (rules)
The final column on an ED shows a list of two-letter United Nations codes of the countries for which the consignor claims the product is eligible. The country shown on an Export Certificate is derived from the Importing Country box and cannot be changed. On EU certificates this may differ from the source ED if the port of inspection is in a different EU member state from the final destination but that is acceptable.

NZ only means the product shall not be exported where an official assurance is required. Countries for which there are no known requirements shall not appear in this list on transfers between premises but are acceptable on a transfer to exporter to indicate the intended destination. NZ with the transfer control declaration “The product in this eligibility document is eligible for official assurances subject to the OAP provision for exports to countries with new or unusual Government requirements” shall be used for countries or products with unknown requirements.

The heading "Country" above the final column is a link to the Country Codes Index page. To find a particular country code on this page, use the web browser's Find function (on the Edit menu in Internet Explorer and Netscape), type the code in capital letters, tick the option to "Match case" and click OK.

You need to ensure that the premises listed in the processing summary meet the requirements of the countries listed in this column and that the product itself complies with the country requirements. You also need to check that the countries listed here are supported by the countries listed for the incoming product items in the Source Summary table.

The outgoing ED can include eligibility for countries not shown in the source summary table for the product item if those countries have the same or lower specifications as the source item countries. For these the product item comments box is NOT to include “Eligibility extended”. 

If the source item has transfer control conditions upon the eligibility for some countries and these are not carried over to the outgoing ED, the meeting of those conditions must be verifiable and the product item comments box must include “Eligibility extended”. 

Classification Data (rules) - export only
The classification data entries shown depend upon individual export certificate templates and will have headings specific to the entries for the certificate. These are shown full width in a box under the product item details. For full details of the classification data requirements see the relevant country OMAR.

Comments (rules)
The product item comments are displayed the full width of the screen underneath the other product item information and under the Classification Data box, if present, on export certificates. Transfer control declarations (TCDs) and other explanatory information needed to support export certification declarations (eg time and temperature parameters for rendered products) shall be shown here on ED transfers between premises. See Transfer Control Declarations rules for more information.

There shall be no transfer control declarations on transfers to exporters (authorisations) unless specifically authorised by NZFSA or required by OMAR. All conditions for all countries listed on an authorisation must have been met by the time the product is loaded out for export. Approved explanatory information required to support export certification is acceptable on transfers to exporters.

All comments are official information and must be verifiable because you are certifying that this information is true when you approve the certificate. 

Premises and processing information for imported product, as well as imported product certificate numbers shall be shown in this box on EDs. Imported product that has only been stored must have a declaration stating it was legally imported, the country it was imported from and that it has been stored at all times in approved premises. In addition it must state the import certificate number(s).

Contract numbers and other such unofficial information shall not be entered here. 

On export certificates no additional declarations are allowed in this box unless authorised by NZFSA. You should keep evidence of this authorisation for audit purposes. 

For shellfish harvest information see Shellfish rules.

Totals
The total number of packages, irrespective of package type, is displayed at the bottom of the block of product item information for a container. Where all items in a block have the same unit of net weight or volume, the total weight or volume for the block is calculated and displayed in the totals row. This information appears on the printed export certificates as well.

Process Summary

This table is split into three sections: slaughter summary, processing summary and storage summary. 

For rules on what process entries should be made see Process Information. 

To see which processes are required for a particular export certificate see Available Templates.

The number at the beginning of the row is the product item number. It corresponds to the item number in the product summary table and will be in the same order. For EDs the background colour for the item number cell relates to the type of declaration for the product item. The colour should be compared with the processing premises to ensure there is no mismatch, eg if the only processing premises is a petfood, wool, trophy or rendering premises, the background should be green to indicate an "inedible" declaration for the product item.

Slaughter Summary
In the slaughter summary section, the slaughter premises and dates are consolidated for each product item. This means is that even if there were 40 source EDs, each of which listed a different slaughter date range for the same ME, there would only be one entry for the ME in the processing summary covering the entire date range over all the source EDs. E-cert requires dates for all slaughter processes.

For product described as killed game or feral, there shall be no slaughter premises. Similarly, there should be no slaughter premises for seafood, wool, game trophies etc. Velvet derived from slaughtered animals may have a slaughter entry but most velvet is harvested from live farmed deer so there would not normally be a slaughter entry. Ensure there are no store, packhouse or exporter IDs in this column! 

Processing Summary
The processing summary section includes all processes entered into E-cert for the product items other than slaughter and storage. It has three columns: premises, process and dates. Dates are not mandatory, except for the Expiry process, but must meet OMAR requirements. The date range displayed relates only to the dates that have been entered and may not accurately reflect the full range of process dates. If eligibility is claimed for any country that requires processing dates on the export certificates, you must ensure that dates have been entered for all applicable processes. To see what processes are required for particular export certificate template boxes see the Available Templates.

Storage Summary
The storage summary section will include all premises which have been attributed with "storage", "frozen storage", "chilled storage" or "non-refrigerated storage" processes. Date ranges are again consolidated for displaying in this column. Because entering dates for storage is not mandatory the date range displayed may not necessarily reflect the full range of actual dates of storage at all the premises listed. Make sure the dates are consistent with the other processes as E-cert does not, for example, check that storage dates are later than slaughter dates.

In all cases the premises ID is a link to more information about the premises. You can use this to check the ID type (eg "Risk Management Programme", "Exporter" or "PH Packing House") and the name and address of the premises. Some countries (eg Japan and the EU) have their own lists of names and addresses that must be used on export certificates even if they disagree with the names and addresses on E-cert. The names and addresses on E-cert are copied across from the registration database. If you see any that you think are incorrect, contact the E-cert administrator.

Date Override
Date ranges from source EDs may be narrowed down using the date override function. The system will not allow dates outside the range carried forward from the source EDs. The operator must have verifiable evidence that the override dates are correct for the product on the certificate. 

The overridden dates are displayed struck out with the new dates above them. The struck out dates do not appear on printed export certificates and do not appear on the electronic view of the export certificate that overseas border inspectors see.

Source Summary

The source summary table has the relevant information for each source item that has contributed to the outgoing product item. This means you don't have to open all the source EDs to compare the source data with the outgoing data. This table has the same columns as the product summary table (the column widths may vary depending upon the amount of information in the various cells). The Country column heading is a link to the countries list.

The product item number is in the first column and corresponds to the product item in both the product summary table and the process summary table (and they are in the same order as in the product summary table). There may be none, one or more entries for each outgoing product item. For EDs, the background colour for the product item number cell comes from the declarations on this, the outgoing certificate. For export certificates it will be grey. 

For rendered product destined for countries that accept the New Zealand standard and do not require slaughter premises on the export certificate, the source ED information may be left out (provided other records provide traceback to the source). Where slaughtering premises are required on the export certificate, full source details are required.

Where the source is a paper certificate there will only be a single row for each product item - see Paper Source Certificates for more details. Where the source certificate is electronic, each entry has two or three rows of information.

First row
The first row has, in order, a link  to the exhaustion report, the source ED shoulder number (which is a link to that ED), source product item number, the premises or exporter ID to which the source ED was consigned, source ED declarations, the product tracking information and the source ED status. 

An asterisk after an Approved status means that the source certificate was amended after it was approved and special attention should be paid to ensure changes to the source are reflected in the outgoing certificate. Auto-approved source EDs are shown with a red tick in front of the word Approved.

Export certificates may be consigned from an exporter registration with a source ED to a different consignee provided the submitter has permission for both. In these situations, ensure that the submitter is using the correct source ED.

The product tracking information indicates how many of the outgoing packages for the product item have been attributed to the particular source ED/product item number, not the number of incoming packages used up. "Contributing 200 of 400 cartons" means that this source item number has contributed 200 of the total 400 outgoing product item cartons.

For seafood or inedible pharmaceuticals the entry may show "Contributing 0 of 400 cartons". Also where the number of outgoing packages is fewer than the total number of contributing product items, the entry may show "Contributing 0 of 400 cartons" in the product tracking entries.

Colour coding
The background colour for the first column comes from the declarations on the source product item. Pay special attention if there is a mismatch between the colour in the item number cell and the rest of the first row for the source product item. 

A yellow, edible source with a green, inedible outgoing product item can be acceptable (eg inedible boning room waste from edible carcases brought in for cutting) but there are very few circumstances under which inedible source product can be certified out as Human Consumption. 

For an export certificate, the item number cell is grey and the colour of the source declaration row should be compared with the declaration clauses at the top of the certificate to make sure they are correct.

If the background of the cells in the second and third rows is pale green, the source certificate items have been exhausted. The certificate cannot be approved until you are sure that the product item should not have been exhausted. The operator shall provide verifiable evidence that this is true if you are not sure. 

Second Row
The second row has the same information as the product summary table but from the source ED's product item. Pay attention to comparing the product description on the source items with the description on the outgoing. Unless the operator has processed and/or relabelled the product, they may leave off parts of the source ED product description but cannot add parts that are not there. 

A mismatch may indicate the consignor has nominated the wrong product item number as a source. Also pay special attention to the country eligibilities. An outgoing country eligibility claim must be supported by the source country eligibilities and transfer control declarations unless verifiable evidence exists that the product has been made eligible for the country in question.

Third Row
The third row, if present, is the product item comments for the source ED product item. Check for imported product certificate number and processing details and transfer control declarations for conditions that must be met before onwards certification for specified countries can be given. Export certificate product classification codes are not entered on EDs so will not show in the source summary table.

Paper Source Certificates
Where the source certificates are designated as paper (P at the start of the certificate number), the only information shown in the table is the outgoing product item number, the source certificate and item number and how many packages they contributed to the outgoing product item. All other information from the source certificate must have been entered manually when the certificate you are viewing was raised and should be checked against the paper source certificate.

Verification and Status Change Panel

This panel is present if the certificate status and your permissions allow you to action the certificate. If you can't see it, you can't do anything to the certificate. It tells you the current status of the certificate and gives you options to change it.

Some status changes require you to enter a reason. This should be brief and to the point and should indicate the error where applicable. Any comments for post-approval export certificates can be seen by overseas inspectors so be very careful how these are worded.

Even if you are not required to give a reason, you can still add a comment to clarify an issue on the certificate. Transfer control type issues should not be entered here. They should be entered by the consignor in the product item comments box as the ones in the status change reason box do not show in the Source Summary table of an onwards certificate. 

Comments should not be entered here when approving Export Certificates as these appear on the Border Inspector view of the certificate even though they do not appear on the printed certificate. 

For more information on who can take what actions and when, see the Table of Functions.

For an export certificate that needs to be printed on security paper, you should ensure you or the operator are ready to print the certificate at the time of approval. See Printing Export Certificates.

Changing a certificate to Revoked kills it completely, preventing amendment (ED) or replacement (export certificate). It should only be used where the certificate should never have been raised in the first place (eg local-only product or the wrong consignor was entered on the certificate when it was raised) or where the product has been irrevocably refused certification for some reason. 

The same applies to a consignor changing a certificate status to Cancelled. For more information see Cancelling or Revoking a Certificate.

Audit Change Panel

This panel appears under the Status Change Panel on EDs only if you have Auto-approval Audit Permissions and the ED is auto-approved.

For more information see Auto-approval Audit Search Screen.

Exhaustion of Source Documents

Once an ED or export certificate is approved, the source documents that have been used up should be exhausted. When signing electronic or paper export certificates, used up source EDs shall be exhausted by the NZFSA inspector. For more information on exhausting and un-exhausting EDs see:
Exhausting Product Items or Eligibility Documents - Industry View
Exhausting and Un-exhausting Product Items or Eligibility Documents - VA View.

Export Certificates

There some procedures that are specific to electronic Export Certificates that are required by OMAR to be printed, signed and stamped. They are Print Draft, Print Final and Update Serial No and are all accessed from the Print Exp Cert button in the top right hand corner of the export certificate. If you don't see this button on export certificates you need to have print permissions added to your E-cert log-in. See Export Certificates for more information.