RECOMMENDATION

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica''.

SUMMARY

This enactment implements the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Costa Rica (the Agreement), signed by the Minister for International Trade at Ottawa on April 23, 2001.

The general provisions of the enactment specify that no recourse may be taken on the basis of the provisions of Part 1 of the enactment or any order made under that Part, or the provisions of the Agreement itself, without the consent of the Attorney General of Canada.

Part 1 of the enactment approves the Agreement and provides for the designation or appointment of Ministers or other persons to carry out various functions of the Agreement, the payment by Canada of its share of the expenditures associated with the operation of the institutional aspects of the Agreement and the power of the Governor in Council to make regulations for carrying out the provisions of the enactment.

Part 2 of the enactment amends existing laws in order to bring them into conformity with Canada's obligations under the Agreement.

Part 3 of the enactment states that the Governor in Council may not issue an order bringing into force any of the provisions of the enactment until the Governor in Council is satisfied that Costa Rica has taken satisfactory steps to implement the Agreement.