If you are the final exporter of the product that is being certified, you will have the option to convert your Canadian catch certificate to the required, country-specific certificate based on your export destination. You will do this by using the Convert function at the time of downloading your certificate for use.
Note: For indirect shipments, you must ask your importer for what country the certificate is required and convert it accordingly. For example, if your shipment was going to the United States and then on to the EU, you would need to convert to an EU certificate.
Here are the steps:
1. Select the certificate from your certificate list. Click on the ‘Download’ icon.
2. Select the country of destination (Canada, EU, Ukraine or Japan).
· If you have selected ‘Product is remaining in Canada’, you will then click on ‘Download’. You will then have the option to open or save the PDF document.
Note: You cannot print a copy of your original Canadian certificate after it has been converted. A new, country-specific certificate will be created and the original Canadian certificate will then remain in Converted status. If you require a PDF copy of your Canadian certificate for any reason before it is converted, then select the first option. You can print the Canadian certificate for your records and then proceed to convert to the country of your choice.
3. If you have selected EU/UK, Ukraine or Japan, you must click on the Convert button. A confirmation box will open asking if you are sure. Click on ‘OK’.
4. It will bring you to a page with a Download button. You will have the option to open or save the PDF document.
5. The catch certificate for the country of destination selected will appear in PDF format. The Application Method will now show as Conversion.
Notes:
This country-specific certificate will have a different document number than the Canadian catch certificate used to create it.
The country-specific certificate is the certificate that should be presented to the importer.
Once the certificate has been converted to the required destination country, you will no longer be able to change the country. Please contact the Catch Certification Program: Operations Centre if you must change the destination country after it has been converted. We recommend that catch certificates only be converted to your required country format at the time of export.