Quarantine Protocols development and acceptance The slow process for agreement on quarantine protocols has presented an unnecessary delay in the export of forest products to China. Although Australian companies have been able to use the same validated quarantine practices when exporting to other countries, or even for exporting similar goods from New Zealand to China, there have been significant delays in gaining recognition of the Australian protocol. When value-added, kiln-dried timber products are traded between China and Australia, only some products need to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate. If Australian companies supply those same products to other countries, such as the USA, there is no requirement for a phytosanitary certificate to accompany the timber. Some analysis should be undertaken to determine if there is any additional benefit gained from having exporting companies go through the additional costs of obtaining a phytosanitary certificate for their products. Progress on these matters could be accelerated through the Memorandum of Understanding on Customs Cooperation, particularly the commitment to ‘maintaining customs procedures that are transparent and reflect international standards’. The FTA Feasibility Statement identified the following opportunities for increased cooperation with Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) (p.93) The 2003 Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Matters provides a sound basis for building on and enhancing the already strong quarantine cooperation between Australia and China. In the context of a possible FTA, Australia and China will have an opportunity to: • deal with sanitary and phytosanitary issues in a framework of enhanced consultation and cooperation; • improve the understanding of each other’s measures and regulatory systems; • work together to improve quarantine operations and associated regulatory practices and to address problems as they arise; • review relevant inspection, testing and certification procedures to see whether they are reasonable and necessary; • work together to ensure that, if isolated incidents of non-compliance with SPS measures or other standards occur, these do not result in unjustifiable restrictions on trade; • explore arrangements to address issues of consistency and transparency; • respond to each others’ requests for consideration of equivalence of SPS measures and related processes; and • continue close cooperation between Australia and China in ...
Quarantine Protocols. 12.5.1. During a period of quarantine, students may participate in the District’s Short-Term Independent Study Program (STISP). Parent’s will be provided a Master Agreement as part of the Short Term independent study program using the district’s form. The major objective for the duration of the Master Agreement is to provide the student with a course of instruction that is based on the adopted district curriculum, and is substantially equivalent in quantity and learning outcomes to classroom instruction. All teachers are encouraged to use Canvas or Google Classroom to reduce the amount of time required to generate and assign class assignments for any given day.
