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Procedure Name	Application for Export Permit of Live Animal(S), Animal Product(S), Animal Feed(S), Drug(S), Vaccine(S) and Veterinary Biological(S)
Description	Application for Export Permit Of Live Animal(S), Animal Product(S), Animal Feed(S), Drug(S), Vaccine(S) And Veterinary Biological(S) Supporting Documents For the exportation of wild animals and trophies the Department of Wildlife and National Parks need to be contacted for clearance and permits before a VEP can be issued Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) Certificate for products that require a compliance certificate before they are imported into Botswana. Export health certificate issued by Department of Veterinary Notes 1. Complete DVS-Ocp-Doc: 2011/Import-Export. Form 04). An application form may be downloaded and completed 2. Send to main offices at District level or Permits Office Ministry of Agriculture Headquarters, Gaborone 3. The VEP will be issued within 24 hours of receipt of the application should all the requirements be met. NB: The application form contains all information that is required to process the VEP (Veterinary Export Permit). Only an original permit may accompany the consignment. Faxes or photocopies are not acceptable. You will be required to state the means by which they can receive the VEP, either by post, Courier Company at your cost or self-collect.
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Procedure Name

Application for Export Permit of Live Animal(S), Animal Product(S), Animal Feed(S), Drug(S), Vaccine(S) and Veterinary Biological(S)

Description

Application for Export Permit Of Live Animal(S), Animal Product(S), Animal Feed(S), Drug(S), Vaccine(S) And Veterinary Biological(S)

Supporting Documents

For the exportation of wild animals and trophies the Department of Wildlife and National Parks need to be contacted for clearance and permits before a VEP can be issued
Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) Certificate for products that require a compliance certificate before they are imported into Botswana.
Export health certificate issued by Department of Veterinary

Notes

1. Complete DVS-Ocp-Doc: 2011/Import-Export. Form 04). An application form may be downloaded and completed

2. Send to main offices at District level or Permits Office Ministry of Agriculture Headquarters, Gaborone

3. The VEP will be issued within 24 hours of receipt of the application should all the requirements be met.

NB: The application form contains all information that is required to process the VEP (Veterinary Export Permit).

Only an original permit may accompany the consignment. Faxes or photocopies are not acceptable.

You will be required to state the means by which they can receive the VEP, either by post, Courier Company at your cost or self-collect.

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Procedure

The following form/s are used in this procedure

Title	Description	Created Date	Updated Date	Issued By
Form 4 Export Permit (Live animals, animal products etc.)	Request Form for Export Certificate of Live Animal(S), Animal Product(S), Animal Feed(S), Drug(S), Vaccine(S) and Veterinary Biological(S)	07-01-2016	19-04-2016

This procedure applies to the following measures

Name	Measure Type	Description	Comments	Legal Document	Validity To	Measure Class
Requirement to obtain an Export Permit for Livestock	Permit Requirement	No person shall export or cause or permit to be exported from Botswana any livestock unless he is the holder of a current certificate that he is a registered exporter or a registered producer, and is in possession of an export permit issued by the Director of Veterinary Services or an officer authorized by him. (…)	To control the livestock industry	Chapter 36:01 Control of Livestock Industry Act	31-12-9999	Good
Requirement to obtain an Export Permit for Breeding Stock	Permit Requirement	No person shall export from Botswana any male or female horned cattle, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys or pigs suitable for breeding except under authority of a permit issued by the Director of Veterinary Services	To control the livestock industry	Chapter 36:01 Control of Livestock Industry Act	31-12-9999	Good
Requirement to obtain an Export Permit for Meat or Other Products from Slaughtering of Livestock	Permit Requirement	No person shall export or cause or permit to be exported from Botswana any meat or other product (excluding any hide or skin) of the slaughtering of livestock unless- ( a) the meat or product is derived from livestock slaughtered at an export slaughter house and the exportation takes place directly from that export slaughter house; or ( b) the Director of Veterinary Services has given permission in writing therefore	To control the meat and other products industry	Chapter 36:01 Control of Livestock Industry Act	31-12-9999	Good
Requirement to obtain an Export Permit for the Export of Live Animals	Permit Requirement	Live animals either domesticated or wild may be exported to specified countries under certain conditions,stipulated in an import permit of the receiving country or the final destination country and a pre-requisite to issuance of a veterinary export permit is an import permit from the country to which the consignment originating from Botswana is destined.	A pre-requisite to issuance of a veterinary export permit is an import permit from the country to which the consignment originating from Botswana is destined. Although the data base for all exports of live animal is centralised at DVS headquarters in Gaborone, for normal export requirements that appear on the data base (dogs, cats, horses, donkeys as well as some wild animals) the issue of export permits by DVS in this category is decentralised and can be issued at any veterinary district office where a state veterinary officer is available.	Chapter 37:01 Diseases of Animals	31-12-9999	Good
Requirement to obtain Export Permit for Fresh Animal Products	Permit Requirement	Fresh animals products may be exported to specified countries under certain conditions,stipulated in an import permit of the receiving country or the final destination country.	A pre-requisite to issuance of a veterinary export permit is an import permit from the country to which the consignment originating from Botswana is destined. Export permits issued by DVS for animal products are decentralised and can be issued at any veterinary district office where a state veterinary officer is available. For the export of any exotic animal products that may not be on the data-base, the application may have to be referred to DVS HO Gaborone	Chapter 37:01 Diseases of Animals	31-12-9999	Good
Requirement to obtain Export Permit for Veterinary Drugs	Permit Requirement	Veterinary Drugs may be exported to specified countries under certain conditions,stipulated in the relevant import permit of the receiving country or the final destination country.	A pre-requisite to issuance of a veterinary export permit is an import permit from the country to which the consignment originating from Botswana is destined. Export permits issued by DVS for animal products are decentralised and can be issued at any veterinary district office where a state veterinary officer is available. For the export of any exotic animal products that may not be on the data-base, the application may have to be referred to DVS HO Gaborone	Chapter 37:01 Diseases of Animals	31-12-9999	Good
Requirement to obtain Export Permit for Veterinary Samples	Permit Requirement	Export permits for veterinary samples are decentralised and can be issued at any veterinary district office where a state veterinary officer is available.	A pre-requisite to issuance of a veterinary export permit is an import permit from the country to which the consignment originating from Botswana is destined.	Chapter 37:01 Diseases of Animals	31-12-9999	Good