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Annex

Genetic material derived from high risk microorganisms

Effective 30 April 2016 to 5 December 2018

Genetic material derived from the following microorganisms may not be imported using this import permit:

  1. All plant pathogens (viruses, viroids, bacteria, fungi and stramenopiles).

  2. Microorganisms associated with quarantinable diseases of humans:
    2.1 Rabies (Lyssavirus)
    2.2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (SARS associated Coronavirus)
    2.3 Smallpox (Variola virus and Poxvirus variola)
    2.4 Viral haemorrhagic fevers of humans including Ebola haemorrhagic fever (Filoviridae), Marburg virus (Filoviridae), Lassa Fever (Arenaviridae) and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (Nairovirus)
    2.5 Yellow fever (Flavivirus)
    2.6 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Humans

  3. Foot and mouth disease virus

  4. African horse sickness virus

  5. Peste des petits ruminants virus

  6. Ovine and caprine pox virus

  7. Pulmonary adenomatosis virus

  8. Swine vesicular disease virus

  9. African swine fever virus

  10. Classical swine fever virus

  11. Avian influenza virus

  12. Newcastle disease virus