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| R.S., c. 17
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Commercial Arbitration Act |
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| 1993, c. 44,
s. 50
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32. Subsection 5(4) of the Commercial
Arbitration Act is replaced by the following:
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| Meaning of
``commercial
arbitration''
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(4) For greater certainty, the expression
``commercial arbitration'' in Article 1(1) of
the Code includes
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| R.S., c. C-50;
1990, c. 8,
s. 21
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Crown Liability and Proceedings Act |
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| 1994, c. 11,
s. 1
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33. (1) The definitions ``appropriate
Commission'', ``panel'' and ``panel deter
mination'' in section 20.1 of the Crown
Liability and Proceedings Act are replaced
by the following:
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| ``appropriate
Commission'' « commission compétente »
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``appropriate Commission'' means
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| ``panel'' « groupe spécial »
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``panel'' means an arbitral panel convened un
der Article 24 of the Environmental Coop
eration Agreement or of the Canada-Chile
Environmental Cooperation Agreement or
Article 29 of the Labor Cooperation Agree
ment or Article 26 of the Canada-Chile La
bour Cooperation Agreement;
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| ``panel
determi- nation'' « décision d'un groupe spécial »
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``panel determination'' means a panel deter
mination as defined in Annex 36A of the
Environmental Cooperation Agreement, in
Article 35 of the Canada-Chile Environ
mental Cooperation Agreement, in Annex
41A of the Labor Cooperation Agreement
or in Article 37 of the Canada-Chile Labour
Cooperation Agreement.
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(2) Section 20.1 of the Act is amended by
adding the following in alphabetical order:
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| ``Canada- Chile Environ- mental Cooperation Agreement'' « Accord canado- chilien sur l'environ- nement »
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``Canada-Chile Environmental Cooperation
Agreement'' means the Agreement on En
vironmental Cooperation entered into be
tween the Government of Canada and the
Government of the Republic of Chile and
signed on February 6, 1997, as amended
from time to time in accordance with Ar
ticle 47 of that Agreement;
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| ``Canada- Chile Labour Cooperation Agreement'' « Accord canado- chilien sur le travail »
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``Canada-Chile Labour Cooperation Agree
ment'' means the Agreement on Labour
Cooperation entered into between the Gov
ernment of Canada and the Government of
the Republic of Chile and signed on Febru
ary 6, 1997, as amended from time to time
in accordance with Article 47 of that Agree
ment;
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| 1994, c. 11,
s. 1
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34. The portion of subsection 20.4(2) of
the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by
the following:
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| Limitation on
proceedings
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(2) Subject to section 20.3, no panel
determination, including a panel determina
tion that is made an order of the Federal Court,
no determination or proceedings of a panel
made or carried on or purporting to be made or
carried on under the Environmental Coopera
tion Agreement, the Canada-Chile Environ
mental Cooperation Agreement, the Labor
Cooperation Agreement or the Canada-Chile
Labour Cooperation Agreement, no order or
decision made by the Federal Court in any
proceedings referred to in subsection 20.3(2)
and no proceedings of that Court made or
carried on or purporting to be made or carried
on under that subsection shall be
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| R.S., c. 1 (2nd
Supp.)
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Customs Act |
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| 1988, c. 65,
s. 66
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35. (1) The definitions ``Canada-United
States Free Trade Agreement'' and ``United
States'' in subsection 2(1) of the Customs
Act are repealed.
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| 1996, c. 33,
s. 28(1)
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(2) The definition ``Certificate of Origin''
in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act is
replaced by the following:
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| ``Certificate
of Origin'' « certificat d'origine »
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``Certificate of Origin'' means the proof of
origin form for goods for which preferential
tariff treatment under a free trade agree
ment is claimed, prescribed under subsec
tion 35.1(1) and subject to the regulations
made pursuant to paragraph 35.1(4)(b);
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(3) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended
by adding the following in alphabetical
order:
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| ``CCFTA'' « ALÉCC »
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``CCFTA'' has the same meaning as ``Agree
ment'' in subsection 2(1) of the Canada-
Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementa
tion Act;
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| ``Chile'' « Chili »
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``Chile'' has the same meaning as in subsec
tion 2(1) of the Customs Tariff;
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| ``free trade
agreement'' « accord de libre- échange »
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``free trade agreement'' means NAFTA,
CCFTA or CIFTA;
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| ``free trade
partner'' « partenaire de libre- échange »
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``free trade partner'' means
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| ``preferen- tial tariff treatment under CCFTA'' « traitement tarifaire préférentiel de l'ALÉCC »
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``preferential tariff treatment under CCFTA''
means, in respect of goods, entitlement to
the benefit of the Chile Tariff, as defined in
subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff;
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(4) Section 2 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (1.1):
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| Preferential
tariff
treatment
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(1.2) For the purposes of this Act, a
reference to preferential tariff treatment under
a free trade agreement shall be read as a
reference to whichever of the following is
applicable in the circumstances:
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| 1993, c. 44,
s. 82
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36. (1) The portion of subsection 32.2(1)
of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced
by the following:
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| Correction to
declaration of
origin
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32.2 (1) An importer or owner of goods for
which preferential tariff treatment under a free
trade agreement has been claimed or any
person authorized to account for those goods
under paragraph 32(6)(a) or subsection 32(7)
shall, within ninety days after the importer,
owner or person has reason to believe that a
declaration of origin for those goods made
under this Act is incorrect,
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| 1996, c. 33,
s. 29
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(2) Subsection 32.2(1.1) of the Act is
repealed.
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| 1993, c. 44,
s. 84; 1996, c.
33, s. 30
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37. Subsections 35.1(5) and (6) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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| Denial or
withdrawal of
preferential
tariff
treatment
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(5) Preferential tariff treatment under a free
trade agreement may be denied or withdrawn
in respect of goods for which that treatment is
claimed if the importer, owner or other person
required to furnish proof of origin of the goods
under this section fails to comply with any
provision of this Act or the Customs Tariff, or
any regulation made under either of those
Acts, concerning that preferential tariff treat
ment.
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| 1993, c. 44,
s. 86; 1995, c.
41, s. 16;
1996, c. 33,
ss. 31, 32
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38. The headings before section 42.1 and
sections 42.1 to 42.6 of the Act are replaced
by the following:
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Verifications under a Free Trade Agreement |
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Conduct of Verification
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| Methods of
verification
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42.1 (1) Any officer, or any officer within a
class of officers, designated by the Minister
for the purposes of this section, or any person,
or any person within a class of persons,
designated by the Minister to act on behalf of
such an officer, may, subject to the prescribed
conditions,
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preferential
tariff
treatment
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(2) If an exporter or producer of goods that
are subject to a verification of origin under
paragraph (1)(a) fails to comply with the
prescribed requirements or, in the case of a
verification of origin under subparagraph
(1)(a)(i), does not consent to the verification
of origin in the prescribed manner and within
the prescribed time, preferential tariff treat
ment under a free trade agreement may be
denied or withdrawn from the goods.
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Statement of Origin
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| Statement of
origin
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42.2 (1) On completion of a verification of
origin under paragraph 42.1(1)(a), an officer
designated under subsection 42.1(1) shall
provide the exporter or producer whose goods
are subject to the verification of origin with a
statement as to whether the goods are eligible,
under the regulations made under section 13
of the Customs Tariff, for the preferential tariff
treatment that was claimed.
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| Basis of
statement
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(2) A statement referred to in subsection (1)
must include any findings of fact or law on
which it was based.
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Effective Date of Re-determination of
Origin
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| Definition of
``customs
adminis- tration''
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42.3 (1) In this section,``customs adminis
tration'' has the meaning assigned to that
expression by Article 514 of NAFTA or
Article E-14 of CCFTA, as the case may be.
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| Effective date
of re-deter- mination of origin of goods subject to verification of origin
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(2) Subject to subsection (4), a re-deter
mination of origin shall not take effect until
notice of it is given to the importer of the
goods and any person who completed and
signed a Certificate of Origin for the goods if
the result of the re-determination of origin
made under section 61 as applied by subsec
tion 57.2(4) in respect of goods for which
preferential tariff treatment under NAFTA or
preferential tariff treatment under CCFTA is
claimed and that are the subject of a verifica
tion of origin under this Act is that
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(3) A re-determination of origin referred to
in subsection (2) shall not be applied to goods
imported before the date on which the notice
was given if the customs administration of the
NAFTA country from which the goods were
exported or of Chile, as the case may be, has,
before that date,
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| Postpone- ment of effective date
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(4) The date on which a re-determination of
origin referred to in subsection (2) takes effect
shall be postponed for a period not exceeding
ninety days, if the importer of the goods that
are the subject of the re-determination or any
person who completed and signed a Certifi
cate of Origin for the goods establishes to the
satisfaction of the Minister that the importer or
the person, as the case may be, has relied in
good faith, to the detriment of the importer or
person, on the tariff classification or value
applied to the materials referred to in that
subsection by the customs administration of
the NAFTA country from which the goods
were exported or of Chile, as the case may be.
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Denial or Withdrawal of Benefit of
Preferential Tariff Treatment under NAFTA
or CCFTA
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| Definition of
``identical
goods''
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42.4 (1) In this section, ``identical goods''
has the meaning assigned to that expression by
Article 514 of NAFTA or Article E-14 of
CCFTA, as the case may be.
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| Denial or
withdrawal of
benefit:
NAFTA
country or
Chile
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(2) Notwithstanding subsection 25.2(5.1)
and section 25.7 of the Customs Tariff, the
Minister may, subject to the prescribed condi
tions, deny or withdraw preferential tariff
treatment under NAFTA or preferential tariff
treatment under CCFTA in respect of goods
for which that treatment is claimed if the
exporter or producer of the goods has made
false representations that identical goods
exported or produced by that exporter or
producer and for which that treatment was
claimed were eligible for that treatment.
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| 1993, c. 44,
s. 87; 1996, c.
33, s. 33
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39. Section 43.1 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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| Advance
rulings
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43.1 (1) Any officer, or any officer within a
class of officers, designated by the Minister
for the purposes of this section shall, before
goods are imported, on application by any
member of a prescribed class that is made
within the prescribed time, in the prescribed
manner and in the prescribed form containing
the prescribed information, give an advance
ruling with respect to
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(2) The Governor in Council may make
regulations respecting advance rulings, in
cluding regulations respecting
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| 1988, c. 65,
s. 70; 1993, c.
44, s. 90;
1996, c. 33,
s. 34
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40. Subsections 57.2(2.1) to (9) of the Act
are replaced by the following:
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| Determi- nation final
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(3) Subject to subsection (4), a determina
tion of the origin of imported goods under this
section is final unless, in the case of goods
other than goods for which preferential tariff
treatment under a free trade agreement is
claimed, a re-determination of the origin of
the imported goods is made by the Minister
within two years after they are accounted for
under subsection 32(1), (3) or (5).
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| Re-deter- minations and appeals for goods imported from a free trade partner
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(4) Subject to this section, sections 58 to 72
apply, with any modifications that the circum
stances require, in respect of a determination
of origin under this section as to the origin of
goods for which preferential tariff treatment
under a free trade agreement is claimed as if
it were a determination of the tariff classifica
tion of the goods, and, for greater certainty,
any matter that may be prescribed in relation
to a request referred to in subsection 60(2) or
63(2) may be prescribed in relation to a
request for a re-determination or further
re-determination of the origin of the goods.
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| Additional
persons who
may request
re-deter- mination
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(5) In addition to the importer or any person
who is liable to pay duties owing on the goods,
other than a person authorized under para
graph 32(6)(a) or subsection 32(7) to account
for the goods, any person who has completed
and signed a Certificate of Origin for goods for
which preferential tariff treatment under a free
trade agreement is claimed that are the subject
of a determination of origin under this section
is entitled to request a re-determination of the
origin of those goods under subsection 60(1)
as applied by subsection (4).
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