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11 April 2006 3319067 CANADA INC. (UNIVERSAL LITES) v. President of the CBSA Appeal No. AP-2004-017 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on April 21, 2005, under section 67 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…

11 April 2006 EICS System – Brief Outage Today The EICS System will be taken down at noon today, Tuesday 11 April 2006, for a quick technical task. Estimated time is 15 minutes. This is unrelated to the recent connectivity problems, which lie with the PKI Certificate Authority.

11 April 2006 Easter Holiday, 14-17 April 2006 Friday, 14 April and Monday, 17 April are designated government holidays, and the Bureau's offices will be closed (no officers or Help Desk staff will be available). The EICS system will be available Friday 04:00 - 24:00; Saturday from 04:00 to 20:00…

11 April 2006 2006 CSCB Atlantic Region Annual Conference The CSCB Atlantic Region 2006 conference and annual general meeting is scheduled to take place on June 9 -10 at the Four Points Sheraton in Halifax. This year’s theme is “Vital Information for Customs Professionals”. The conference program…

11 April 2006 2006 CSCB Prairie Region Annual Conference The CSCB Atlantic Region 2006 conference and annual general meeting is scheduled to take place on the afternoons of June 13 & 14 at the Canad Inns Polo Park in Winnipeg. This year’s theme is “Vital Information for Customs Professionals”. The…

11 April 2006 2006 CSCB Prairie Region Annual Conference This message is being sent again; in error we referred to the "Atlantic" regional meeting in this message, and wanted to clarify that this message is concerned with the Prairie Region. The CSCB Prairie Region 2006 conference and annual general…

11 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 44 was published. / Le chapitre 44 a été publié. a) two requirements created for : with bark and without bark - continental U.S. / deux exigences créées pour : avec écorce et sans écorce - zone continentale des É.-U. 44.03.99.0131.01 - Elm - other…

11 April 2006 Private sector group to advise WCO on global trade security and facilitation CSCB President Carol West is the IFCBA’s delegate to, and Canada’s only representative on, the World Customs Organization’s Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG) on global trade security and facilitation…

11 April 2006 Easter Weekend Arrangements for Electronic Commerce Unit The Electronic Commerce Unit will be closed for the Easter holiday from Thursday April 13, 2006 at 5:00 pm (ET) until Monday April 17, 2006 at 8:00 am. On Monday, April 17, between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm, three officers will be…

11 April 2006 Canada to mirror C-TPAT rules The following article is extracted from the 11 April 2006 edition of “The Journal of Commerce”. Canada plans to mirror U.S. Customs' newly upgraded Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism that makes motor carriers responsible for verifying supply chain…

11 April 2006 New EDC program to help small business meet anti-terrorism guidelines for cross border trade with U.S. The following is excerpted from the news release issued by Export Development Canada today. The news release in its entirety is available on the EDC web site, at http://www.edc.ca…

10 April 2006 Update to CFIA AIRS Web Site Chapter 06 was published on 7 April. / Le chapitre 06 a été publié. 06.02.10.0011.20 - Camellia - Unrooted plants/Camélia - Plantes non racinées 06.02.90.0023.20 - Camellia - plants/Camélia - plantes a) a declaration on the phytosanitary certificate was…

10 April 2006 Update to Directive D-01-01, Sudden Oak Death Appendix 1,"List of Plant Genera Regulated for Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death)", of Directive D-01-01, "Phytosanitary Requirements to Prevent the Entry of Phytophthora ramorum", has been revised and is available on the web at http:/…

10 April 2006 EICS Connectivity Disruptions The following notice was sent from the EICB on Friday afternoon, 7 April 2006. We are experiencing disruptions with connectivity to the EICS. The issue rests with the PKI Directory Service, which is intermittently unavailable. As the source of the problem…

10 April 2006 Minister Strahl Applauds Decision denying Request to Close US Border to Canadian Cattle and other Ruminants The following is excerpted from the news release was issued by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on 6 April; the complete release is available at http://www.agr.ca/cb/index_e.php…

10 April 2006 Meat Hygiene Directives The following meat hygiene directives are now available in HTML and PDF versions at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/anima/meavia/mmopmmhv/direct/direct… MHD 2006-19 Chapter 11 - Jamaica - Section 11.7.3 MHD 2006-18 Chapter 11 -Singapore - Section 11.7…

10 April 2006 Jam Industries Ltd. v President of the CBSA Appeal No. AP-2005-006 IN THE MATTER OF an appeal heard on October 28, 2005, under subsection 67(1) of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1; AND IN THE MATTER OF decisions of the President of the Canada Border Services Agency dated…

10 April 2006 Disruptions in Connectivity The following message is from the EICB. We are experiencing disruptions with connectivity to the EICS. The issue rests with the PKI Directory Service, which is currently unavailable. As the source of the problem appears to lie outside the ITCan Network, we…

10 April 2006 EICS Connectivity Functioning but not confirmed EICS Connectivity appears to be restored, but the PKI Certificate Authority has not yet confirmed that "all systems are go". We suggest you can resume activity with the warning that intermittent problems may occur. Further updates will be…