Bill C-57
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment implements the Agreement Establishing the World
Trade Organization (the Agreement), signed by Canada at Marrakesh
on April 15, 1994.
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The general provisions of the enactment specify that no private
recourse may be taken on the basis of the provisions of Part I of the
enactment or any order made thereunder, or the provisions of the
Agreement itself, without the consent of the Attorney General of
Canada.
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Part I of the enactment approves the Agreement and provides for the
appointment of Canadian representatives to various organs of the World
Trade Organization (the WTO), the payment by Canada of its share of
the expenditures associated with operating the WTO, and the power of
the Governor in Council to suspend, in special cases, the concessions
granted under the Agreement.
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Part II of the enactment amends existing laws in order to bring them
into conformity with Canada's obligations under the Agreement.
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Part III 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 the Agreement itself is in
force.
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Schedule I to the enactment sets out amendments to the schedules to
the Customs Tariff that are required as a result of the tariff offers made
by Canada in the industrial and agricultural sectors.
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NOTE |
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Schedule I, which contains amendments to the Schedule to the
Customs Tariff, is not included in this print.
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For cost purposes, only a limited number of printed copies of
Schedule I of the Act is available on request made to Canada
Communication Group - Publishing (991-4603), for which a fee may
be payable. This Act, including Schedule I, will be printed in Part III of
the Canada Gazette.
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