It is hard to believe that summer is over and that September is upon us with new beginnings, challenges, goals, and of course CARM. The CBSA released their decision on CARM Release 2 almost a month ago. In October 2023 the system will be available to continue testing but it will be on a voluntary basis and we do not know at this time who will be able to participate in the testing being called CES 2.0. The regulations will come into force in May of 2024 at which time it is expected that the 180 day transition plan for Release Prior to Payment will begin. The CBSA has indicated that there will be enhancements in October 2024 however we do not know what they will be at this time.
On September 14th we will participate in a CARM Trade Chain Partner Working Group meeting where we expect to get more information on the implementation and enhancements of CARM. We would like to invite our members to an open mic session on Wednesday, September 20th at 1:00 p.m. ET to talk about the implementation, answer questions you may have and if we don’t have the answers we will ask them of the CBSA and get back to you.
Please send us any questions that you have about the CARM implementation timeline in advance to mbedard@cscb.ca by noon on Wednesday, September 13th.
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 1:00-2:00 ET
Location: Online (details on how to join the webinar are included in the registration confirmation email)