Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 151, Number 28: CETA Tariff Preference Regulations

July 15, 2017

Statutory authority

Customs Tariff

Sponsoring department

Department of Finance

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT

For the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, see the CETA Rules of Origin Regulations.

PROPOSED REGULATORY TEXT

Notice is given that the Governor in Council, pursuant to subsection 16(2) (see footnote a) of the Customs Tariff (see footnote b), proposes to make the annexed CETA Tariff Preference Regulations.

Interested persons may make representations concerning the proposed Regulations within 15 days after the date of publication of this notice. All such representations must cite the Canada Gazette, Part I, and the date of publication of this notice, and be addressed to Brad Norwood, International Trade Policy Division, Department of Finance, 90 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G5 (email: fin.tariff-tarif.fin@canada.ca).

Ottawa, July 13, 2017

Jurica Čapkun
Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council

CETA Tariff Preference Regulations

Interpretation

1 In these Regulations, originating means qualifying as originating in the territory of a Party under the rules of origin set out in the Protocol on Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.

General

2 For the purposes of paragraph 24(1)(b) of the Customs Tariff, originating products exported from an EU country or other CETA beneficiary are entitled to the benefit of the Canada-European Union Tariff if

• (a) the products are shipped to Canada from an EU country or other CETA beneficiary without shipment through another country, either
  • (i) on a through bill of lading, or
  • (ii) without a through bill of lading and the importer provides, when requested by an officer, documentary evidence that indicates the shipping route and all points of shipment and transhipment prior to the importation of the products; or
• (b) the products are shipped to Canada through another country and the importer provides, when requested by an officer,
  • (i) documentary evidence that indicates the shipping route and all points of shipment and transhipment prior to the importation of the products, and
  • (ii) a copy of the customs control documents that establish that the products remained under customs control while in that other country.

Coming into Force

3 These Regulations come into force the day on which section 97 of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act, chapter 6 of the Statutes of Canada, 2017, comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.

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