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Rules and Procedures with respect to Electronic Transmission of Documents The Tribunal is reviewing its rules and procedures with respect to the electronic transmission of documents to the Tribunal, to counsel and to unrepresented parties. The Tribunal is in the early stages of a project that would…

CBSA Wants to Introduce A Fairness Initiative (Again) The Honourable Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Minister responsible for the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), announced on 11 July the launch of a consultation process on a new…

Stakes rising in Vancouver port strike The following article is excerpted from the 12 July 2005 edition of the “Financial Post”. Truckers at ports across the United States are taking to the Internet and their CB radios to talk about the ongoing strike by truck drivers at the Port of Vancouver. The…

11 July 2005 D13-3-4 Place of Direct Shipment (Customs Act, Sections 48 to 54) This Memorandum has been updated to reflect the information contained in Customs Notice N-557 (17 March 2004). The memorandum does not contain any policy or procedural changes but contains additional guidelines. Members…

B4A Personal Effects Accounting Document (list of goods imported) Form B4A has been updated and is available on the CBSA web site, at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b4a/README.html http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pbg/cf/b4a/README.html

Chinese exporters reach U.S. cap on some textiles The following article is excerpted from the 9 July 2005 edition of “globeandmail.com”. Chinese exporters yesterday reached a cap the U.S. imposed seven weeks ago on trade in knit shirts and underwear and neared the limit on trousers, amid a surge in…

Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 16 was published - meat inspection system now approved for Cyprus, Czech Republic and Slovakia. / Le chapitre 16 a été approuvé - système d'inspection des viandes maintenant approuvé pour Chypre, République Tchèque et Slovaquie. 16.01 - Sausages and similar…

IMO ponders move to electronic ship documents database The following article is excerpted from the 11 July 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. An International Maritime Organization committee agreed last week to explore the idea of using electronic databases holding information on certificates and…

IMO ponders move to electronic ship documents database The following article is excerpted from the 11 July 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. An International Maritime Organization committee agreed last week to explore the idea of using electronic databases holding information on certificates and…

Vancouver strike in third week The following article is excerpted from the 11 July 2005 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. The Canadian government won't intervene in the strike by 1,000 container truckers that has shut down the movement of local traffic at the Port of Vancouver. "The federal…

Strike feared if U.S. takes over ILA The following article is excerpted from the 7 July 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. There’s growing worry in the shipping industry that a dock strike could be the end result of a racketeering complaint by the U.S. Department of Justice against the…

ILA, USMX say no strike will occur during RICO action The following article is excerpted from the 8 July 2005 edition of “American Shipper”. Responding to a flurry of fears among shippers, port and terminal interests that the pending U.S. government civil RICO action against the International…

Supachai: “These negotiations are in trouble” Introductory Remarks by WTO Director-General Supachai in a press release issued on 8 July. The negotiations discussed are those for the current international Doha round. …. Frankly, it is sobering to pass from the high level of expectations and hopes…

Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapters 19 and 21 have been published - meat inspection system now approved for Cyprus, Czech Republic and Slovakia. 19.02.20 - Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared/Pâtes alimentaires farcies (même cuites ou autrement préparées) 19.02.30 - Other…

8 July 2005 PC 2005-1282 Regulations Amending the Storage of Goods Regulations PC 2005-1282 defines the meanings of certain weapons and firearms with regard to the Regulations Amending the Storage of Goods Regulations.

PC 2005-1281 Regulations Amending the Sale of Goods Regulations Amendment 1. Section 3 of the Sale of Goods Regulations is replaced by the following: 2. Unless the thing is spirits, specially denatured alcohol, wine, raw leaf tobacco or a tobacco product, these Regulations apply to the sale by…

PC 2005-1280 Regulations Amending the Refund of Duties Regulations Amendments 1. Section 1 of the Refund of Duties Regulations is amended. 2. Section 31 of the Regulations is replaced. 3. Paragraph 32(a) of the Regulations is repealed. 4. The portion of section 33 of the French version of the…

PC 2005-1279 Regulations Amending the Duty Free Shop Regulations Amendments to definitions of “boissons alcoolisées” and “excisable goods” and treatment of alcoholic beverages are made in this Order, which are deemed to have come into effect on 1 July 2003.