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Members may be interested in the following notices and proposed regulations published on October 13, 2010, in Part I of the Canada Gazette. 1. Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act Notice of intent to develop more stringent regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new passenger automobiles and light trucks of the 2017 and later model years.

The following is excerpted from an October 13 news release by Transport Canada. OTTAWA — The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Canada’s Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, attended a ceremony in Beijing to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Canada and China.

2011 Chicken and Chicken Products Quota Holders Lists The quota list for Chicken and Chicken products for 2011 is available at: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/controls-controles/index.aspx EICS also invites applications for shares of the chicken TRQ for the period January 1 to December 31, 2011.

18 October 2010 EDI Release Requests Received, September 2010 The ACROSS EDI release requests received report for September 2010 is available on the CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/MonthlyEDIReleaseReport_Sept2010.xls The National Percent EDI was 93.6%.

1. This Customs Notice (CN) does not serve as a change, modification, or update to the final resolution rendered in CN10-015 (issued on September 17, 2010). Rather, this CN clarifies transmission requirements pertaining to the final resolution issued regarding US-loaded FROB cargo.

Members are advised that policy on animal health has been amended: Import Policies - Live Animal http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/pol/pole.shtml#anima NEW: Import of Restricted Feeder Cattle From the United States to a Terminal Feedlot (TAHD-DSAT-IE-2010-16) http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/heasan/pol/ie-2010-16e.shtml

The following message is from CBSA (EDI10-86). Saturday, October 16th, 2010 CADEX Outage: Please note that the CADEX system will be unavailable from 4:30 to 7:00 Eastern Time (ET). CADEX and CUSDEC B3’s and AO release queries transmitted to the CADEX system will not be processed during this time. Please be advised that Electronic Releases, RNS, ACI Marine, ACI Air, Rail and Highway Cargo will not be affected by this outage. Sunday, October 17th, 2010 Partial EDI Outage:

Access to EICS is achieved using a PKI Certificate from the Internal Credential Management (ICM) Service of PWGSC. ICM Services = PKI Certificate Authority. This is to inform you that maintenance will be conducted by PWGSC on Internal Credential Management (ICM) Services during the scheduled maintenance window Sunday, 17 October 2010 between the hours of 05:00 and 09:00 ET. ICM services will be unavailable - no PKI logins - during the full duration of this maintenance window to allow for maintenance activities to take place.

Please be advised that the following have been updated/added on the CFIA web site: - Certification Requirements - Russia: http://inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/fispoi/export/cert10/rusruse.shtml (links to form and approved list added) - Country of Origin Declaration - imported product exported from Canada:

The following message was received from CBSA's Assessment and Licensing Division.

a) Chapter 06 was published to add new OGD extensions. 06.02.90.0040.01 - Sedum 06.02.90.0040.90 - Other 06.04.10.0043.05 - Fresh 06.04.10.0043.06 - Dried This created requirement version changes for the following HS codes for various countries. 06.02.10.0009 - Unrooted plants (include greenhouse grown) - fruits (edible) (nursery stock) 06.02.20.0017 - Rooted plants (include greenhouse grown) - fruit (nursery stock) 06.02.20.0018 - Rooted plants (include greenhouse grown) - nuts (nursery stock)

CBSA has advised that the correlation tables between the 2007 version and the 2012 version of the Harmonized System are now available on the WCO public website at this URL: http://www.wcoomd.org/home_hsoverviewboxes.htm Specific information regarding Canada’s Customs Tariff will be provided as soon as it is available.

The following is a 12 October 2010 news release by the Department of Finance. The Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, today released an update of the Government's economic and fiscal projections. The update clearly demonstrates that Canada remains on track to return to a balanced budget over the medium term. "The fiscal projections set out in today's update show the Government's plan is on track," said Minister Flaherty. "For the first time since the global financial crisis, we are forecasting a balanced budget."

In light of CBSA’s intention to eliminate account security, members may be interested in an internal audit of the payment process of the K84 Account Statements. The audit was conducted from October to December 2009, and covered the three regions with the largest volume of transactions: Quebec, Greater Toronto Area and Windsor–St. Clair. The audit can be seen here: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-agence/reports-rapports/ae-ve/2010/k8…

Members may be interested in the following recently enacted regulations published on October 13 in Part II of the Canada Gazette.

Members are advised that policy on animal health has been amended: Group 3 - Guidelines and Information on Veterinary Biologics http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/vetbio/fore.shtml#a3 NEW: Veterinary Biologics Guideline 3.33E - Guideline for Commercial Importers of Veterinary Biologics in Canada http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/vetbio/info/vb333e.shtml

Chapter 20 was published to add the import conditions for "Lobesia botrana" for the following HS Code with the end use of "Human Consumption" from California. 20.09.69.2163 - Grape must This created a requirement version change for the following HS Codes. 20.09.19.2103 - Orange juice, refrigerated (otherwise packaged) 20.09.29.2103 - Grapefruit (including pomelo) juice, refrigerated (otherwise packaged) 20.09.39.2103 - Fruit juice, refrigerated (otherwise packaged)

The following information was provided by Markel Insurance Company of Canada. It has come to our attention that a ring of thieves, originating in Quebec but now targeting Ontario, are stealing cargo through the illegitimate use of carriers’ identities. While some of the gang have been apprehended and arrested, there are still several continuing to successfully commit load-brokering fraud and fleeing with valuable cargo. So far, the thieves have been operating under the following phone numbers: