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22 June 2006 Migration Outage, 25 June 2006 The following is a message to all Electronic Commerce clients from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA): Members are advised that there is a planned outage this weekend for the migration of a system release. Therefore, the Customs EDI system will be…

22 June 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 06 was published with a new OGD extension. / Le chapitre 06 a été publié avec une nouvelle extension AGM. 06.02.10.0016.08 - Cacti (cactus) - Unrooted plants/Cactus - Plantes non racinées

The following messages were sent on 22 June: 1. Canada Border Services Agency (electronic commerce) Migration Outage, 25 June 2006 2. Canada Border Services Agency (forms and publications) E530 Adminstrative Acquittal Certificate 3. Canada Border Services Agency (notices and memos) CN645 Post Audit…

22 June 2006 PC 2006-531, an Act to amend the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Pursuant to section 7 of An Act to amend the Export and Import of Rough Diamonds Act, assented to on 25 November 2005, the date of 16 June 2006 has been fixed as the day on which that Act comes into force.

22 June 2006 PC 2006-526, Fruit Remission Order, 2006 Remission 1. Subject to section 2, remission is hereby granted to the customs duties paid or payable under the Customs Tariff by or on behalf of the company listed in Column 1 of an item of the attached schedule up to the amount listed in Column…

22 June 2006 PC 2006-497, Regulations Amending the NAFTA Rules of Origin Regulations These Regulations amend the NAFTA Rules of Origin Regulations that are used to determine when goods are eligible for NAFTA tariff preferences. The amendments, which will enter into force on 1 July 2006, have been…

22 June 2006 U.S./Canada Trusted Traveler Highway Program Fully Integrated The following is excerpted from a news release issued by US Customs on 21 June 2006. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this week announced that NEXUS Highway applicants can now apply at any of six joint enrollment…

21 June 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 15 was published to change the recommandation. / Le chapitre 35 a été publié pour changer la recommandation. 35.03.00.1855.07 Bovine - gelatin prepared from bones / Bovin - gélatine préparée à partir d'os 35.03.00.1855.08 Bovine - gelatin prepared…

21 June 2006 Correction to AIRS Update for 21 June 2006 The CFIA has noted that the first sentence of the AIRS update message sent earlier this morning should have read: "Chapter 35 was published to change the recommendation…” , not “chapter 15”.

21 June 2006 CSCB Ontario Region – Queenston Commercial Working Group Meeting Minutes Minutes of the inaugural 18 May 2006 meeting of the Queenston Commercial Working Group are available on the Ontario Region page of the CSCB web site, at: http://www.cscb.ca/m00/m02/docs/rgon_min_20061805.pdf http:/…

21 June 2006 Excise Tax File Changes for Tobacco and Alcohol Effective 1 July 2006 The following message is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CBSA. Effective July 1, 2006 the Classification file will be updated to reflect the changes to Tobacco and Alcohol, as outlined on Excise Duty Notice…

21 June 2006 Privacy rules broken at border, audit finds The following article is extracted from the 21 June 2006 issue of “globeandmail.com”. The Canadian Border Services Agency cannot track what personal information on Canadians its border guards give to the United States because it is regularly…

20 June 2006 CN644 Waterproof Rubber Footwear from the PRC and Bottoms made of Plastic or Rubber from the PRC This Notice advises that on 30 May 2006 the CBSA initiated a re-investigation into the normal values and export prices of certain waterproof footwear and certain waterproof footwear and…

20 June 2006 Minister Emerson Discusses WTO with Provincial and Territorial Representatives The following is extracted from a news release issued on 19 June by DFAIT, and available in its entirety at: http://w01.international.gc.ca/MinPub/Publication.asp?Language=E&public……

20 June 2006 K25 Application for Search, Reproduction, and Certification of Documents This form, used for requests to inspection, reproduce or certify customs documents in conjunction with D1-3-1, Fees for Information and Documents, has been updated to reflect the change in nomenclature to the CBSA…

20 June 2006 Decisions Pending Updated The list of CITT decisions pending is available at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/pending/index_e.asp

20 June 2006 Appeals Hearing Schedule The updated hearing schedule is found at: http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/060619_e.asp http://www.citt-tcce.gc.ca/appeals/hearings/060619_e.asp

20 June 2006 CPR: Use of expired Marine Bookings The following message is from CPR’s international General Manager. Recently, as part of CPR's information systems renewal, TRIEX was rolled out to our Regina Intermodal Facility. This implementation has brought to light some issues in regards to the…