Guide to applying for an assessment certificate

Do not apply for an AICIS assessment certificate if you have not worked out your introduction category using our guide on categorising your importation and manufacture.

This is a guide is for Australian and foreign businesses who:

• must apply for an assessment certificate because their introduction is in the 'assessed' category
• have categorised their introduction as 'exempted' or 'reported' and choose to apply for a certificate to get a chemical added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (Inventory).

Timeframe

The statutory timeframe for completing an assessment is 70 working days.

Before you start this guide

Read our overview of certificate application types to understand:

• when you must (or can) apply
• how to apply
• application fee

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Roles, permissions and data responsibilities in an assessment certificate application