Instructions for completion of an EU Export Certificate Request
- Please read ALL directions before starting the process of completing a request form.
- Companies with a current contract with the USDC Seafood Inspection Program may proceed to STEP 3. A company that does not have a current contract with the USDC Seafood Inspection Program needs to pre-pay for all certificates requested. Each certificate will require payment of $74US. Payments must be made through the Pay.Gov website. Click Here to access the website.
- Enter all information requested on the Pay.Gov website
- Enter your vendor ID. If you do not have a vendor ID, you must obtain one from your regional inspection office. Northeast - Nancy Hubbard (978) 281-9228, Southeast - Linda Lollar (727) 570-5743 or West - Liliana Vega LosAngelesAdmn@noaa.gov or (562) 388-7346.
- The bill number should be left blank and click submit data
- Fill in the payment information. Bank transfers are the first section; credit cards are in the second section. Click on continue
- Enter your email and check the authorization box. Click submit payment
- You will receive an email from pay.gov with your payment confirmation number. You will need to enter your "Agency Tracking ID" on your EU Export certificate request as proof of payment.
- Choose, from the menu below, the appropriate country and product to be exported. Only live mollusc will use the specialized Live Molluscan Shellfish certificate. Fresh and frozen meat from molluscs should use the Fishery Products certificate. All other fishery product will use the Fishery Products certificate.
- Identify the "Port of Entry" into the EU. Go to the menu for PDF Certificates and download the EU Export Certificate Request Form / EU Export Certificate appropriate to the port. The certificate is required to be completed in the language of the exporting country and the country of the "Port of Entry" into the European Union. All PDF certificates have already been formatted for English, choose the appropriate certificate for the country at port of entry.
- All entrees are in the Request Form section are mandatory. (Including the "Agency Tracking ID." This is your proof of payment and certificate will not be processed without payment.) Contract customers should enter their USDC contract number in this field.
- Save the completed certificate and the request form to your computer, choose the appropriate office and then email them to the address listed below for that office.
Gloucester, MA Gloucester.Lot@noaa.gov Fairhaven, MA Fairhaven.Lot@noaa.gov Delmarva and DC alan.thomas@noaa.gov and austin.nute@noaa.gov New Jersey larry.hardwick@ag.state.nj.us and marvin.robinson@ag.state.nj.us Philadelphia and eastern PA William.Michener@dla.mil and philadelphiapafvppb@ams.usda.gov New York NewYork.Lot@noaa.gov Florida and Gulf Coast Southfloridainspection@noaa.gov West Coast incl. Alaska HaccpQmpCoordinator@noaa.gov
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U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA Fisheries • 1315 East West Highway • Silver Spring, MD 20910 • Phone (301) 713-2355 • Toll Free (800) 422-2750 |
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New Online System Available to Request Export Certification to the European Union
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- "An informed society that has confidence in the seafood that they purchase, sell and consume today and in the future."
Our Mission:
- To ensure the safety and quality as well as enhance the marketability and sustainability of seafood products for the benefit of the American consumer by providing science based inspection services to the seafood industry.
