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26 June 2007 Officers could carry their guns across border This article is excerpted from the 26 June 2007 edition of “The Globe and Mail”. The federal government is proposing to ease restrictions on foreign law-enforcement officers who carry weapons into Canada. In a reciprocal agreement with the…

Reason to Believe The CSCB recently asked the CBSA to clarify whether or not information contained in Customs Notices constitutes "Reason to Believe", with respect to the Reassessment Policy. CBSA has indicated that Customs Notices are not Reason to Believe; the text of their response follows…

26 June 2007 Farm Officials Unhappy With Label Program This article is excerpted from the 26 June 2007 edition of “The New York Times”. More than three months after regulators in the United States and Canada announced that pesticides and herbicides in the two countries could be jointly labeled, only…

25 June 2007 Update to CITT Decisions Pending DECISIONS PENDING Appeal No. Appeal Name Act AP-2005-035 Panasonic Canada Inc. Customs Act AP-2006-004 Groupe Cabico Inc.

25 June 2007 CN intermodal gate hours for Wednesday July 4th, 2007 - US Terminals Only - (Note: normal operations at the Canadian intermodal terminals). *********************************************************************** Intermodal Gate Hours *****************************************************…

25 June 2007 Tariff Amendment (T2007-3) TN-23 Tariff Amendment (T2007-3) TN-23 is available on CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/TariffNoticeTN-23E.pdf (Tariff Notice) http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/T2007-3Summary.pdf (Summary of Changes)

25 June 2007 Ottawa calls trade summit with China This article is excerpted from the 25 June 2007 edition of “globeandmail.com”. China's finance minister is heading to Canada this fall for a special summit aimed at opening doors in his country for Canadian banks, insurers and other investors as part…

Tariff Amendment (T2007-3) TN-23 Tariff Amendment (T2007-3) TN-23 is available on CSCB website at: http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/TariffNoticeTN-23E.pdf (Tariff Notice) http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/T2007-3Summary.pdf (Summary of Changes) *** Ottawa calls trade summit with China This article is excerpted…

25 June 2007 AIRS OUTAGE Please be advised that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Automated Import Reference System (AIRS) is down. At the moment, the CFIA is unable to predict when service will be restored however we will keep you informed as information becomes available. For assistance…

25 June 2007 Update to CFIA – AIRS website Chapter 01 was published to change the recommendation to REFUSE ENTRY for live birds from Togo due to Avian Influenza outbreak. These changes apply to the end use: Travellers & Personal use and not for resale or distribution. 01.06.38.2088 Psittacines over…

25 June 2007 AIRS Website – Back up The AIRS Website is now operating.

25 June 2007 Update to CFIA – AIRS website Chapters 07 and 08 were published to add the condition and phytosanitary declaration for Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) for requirements from California and Hawaii with a destination of British Columbia. Please note that this generated a…

25 June 2007 Update to CFIA – AIRS website Chapter 06 was published to add the condition and phytosanitary declaration for Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) for requirements from California and Hawaii. 06.02.10.0009.01 - Apple - Unrooted plants 06.02.10.0009.02 - Crabapple - Unrooted…

25 June 2007 CFIA HS Code Regulated List Updated The CFIA HS Code Regulated List has been updated effective June 25th. This list is available on the CSCB website at http://www.cscb.ca/listinfo/CFIAHSCODES_June07.xls.

25 June 2007 Modest WTO Free Trade Deal Seen Better Than Nothing This article is extracted from the 24 June 2007 edition of “The New York Times”. Even a modest global trade pact may be better than nothing, according to economists and analysts who say the implosion of faltering World Trade…

22 June 2007 Appeal No. AP-2005-041 -- IPSCO INC. v. CBSA IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on September 19, 2006, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF a decision of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency, dated November 9, 2005…

Message from CBSA re: Migration Outage The following is a message from the Electronic Commerce unit at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): Please be advised that there is a planned outage this weekend for the migration of a system release. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be unavailable…

22 June 2007 New rule guarantees rates for Vancouver box truckers The following is excerpted from the 22 June 2007 edition of “Journal of Commerce”. The Canadian government is moving to guarantee pay rates for container truckers at the Port of Vancouver in a bid to stabilize the workforce by…