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5 December 2001 PC 2001-2202 PC 2001-2202 gives assent to An Act to amend the Customs Act and to make related amendments to other Acts, assented to on October 25, 2001, being chapter 25 of the Statutes of Canada, 2001, hereby fixes November 29, 2001 as the day on which sections 1, 3 to 23, 31 to 35…

4 December 2001 Holiday Schedule for 2002 The following information is from the Electronic Commerce Unit of the CCRA. The following are the holidays recognized by the electronic commerce systems for the year 2002. The holidays mentioned below apply to all provinces except where indicated otherwise…

4 December 2001 Customs Notice N-413 Customs Notice N-413, Bill S-23 - Coming into Force, provides information to importers, exporters, and travellers regarding the effective date of certain provisions of Bill S-23. This Bill, which amends the Customs Act, the Access to Information Act, the Canada…

4 December 2001 SIMA Index for December 2001 The SIMA index for December is now available on the CCRA web site, at the following address: http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/customs/business/sima/monthly-e.html

4 December 2001 The following minutes are also available to members only on the CSCB web site in our reference system, at http://www.cscb.ca. Log on as a member, choose "CSCB Reference System", then choose "CSCB Regions" and finally "BC". CSCB – BC Region General Meeting The Executive Inn, Richmond…

4 December 2001 Reminder for EDI Clients regarding Contact Telephone Numbers The CCRA reminds members that, for EDI emergency service after 5:00 pm ET Monday to Friday (or on weekends and statutory holidays), the new pager number is 613-239-5880. Please be sure that appropriate staff members have…

4 December 2001 The following minutes are also available to members only on the CSCB web site in our reference system, at http://www.cscb.ca. Log on as a member, choose "CSCB Reference System", then choose "CSCB Regions" and finally "Ontario". CCRA - Customs Brokers Associations Meeting Commercial…

4 December 2001 Notice of Ways and Means Motion The following documents are available on the CCRA web site: Notice of Ways and Means Motion to introduce an Act respecting the taxation of spirits, wine and tobacco and to implement increases in tobacco taxes and changes to the treatment of ships'…

4 December 2001 Notice of Ways and Means Motion The following documents are available on the CCRA web site: Notice of Ways and Means Motion to introduce an Act respecting the taxation of spirits, wine and tobacco and to implement increases in tobacco taxes and changes to the treatment of ships'…

3 December 2001 Exchange Rate for Myanmar The exchange rates for the Myanmar (Burma) kyat (MMK), entered into CCS on 23 through 26 November 2001 have been revised by the Bank of Canada. The correct rates should have been 0.2368 for 23 November and 0.2364 for 24 through 26 November 2001.

3 December 2001 Class File Update Members are advised that the classification file was updated on 29 November 2001 in the Customs Commercial System. The updates reflect amendments made pursuant to the order amending the schedule to the Customs Tariff, 2001-3 (Machinery), PC 2001-2010, SOR/2001-467…

3 December 2001 Customs Notice N-415 Customs Notice N-415, Elimination of Paper Copies of Form B3 for Statistics Canada, advises the public that they are no longer required to present an extra copy of Form B3, Canada Customs Coding Form, for Statistics Canada. Under current procedures, this copy is…

3 December 2001 Interim D Memorandum D20-1-0 D Memorandum D10-1-0, Reporting of Exported Goods Regulations, is in the process of being updated. For more current information, members can consult brochure RC4116, Exporting Goods from Canada, which is available on the CCRA web site at http://www.ccra-…

30 November 2001 Appeal No. AP-2000-047 This is an appeal under subsection 67(1) of the former Customs Act from decisions of the Commissioner of the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency made under subsection 63(3) of the former Customs Act on August 23, 2000. The issue in this appeal is whether various…

29 November 2001 Interim Memorandum D20-1-1 The following information is available on the CCRA web site at the following address: http://207.61.56.166/news/doce.cfm?id=2329. 1. Memorandum D20-1-1, Export Declaration, is in the process of being updated. 2. For more current information, members should…

29 November 2001 US Refrains from Imposing Restrictions on Canadian Steel Wire Rod Exports On 28 November the Minister for International Trade, the Hon. Pierre Pettigrew, PC, MP welcomed a decision by US President Bush to refrain from imposing restrictions on Canadian steel wire rod exports to the…