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The Wassenaar Arrangement, a group of 41 countries focused on export controls for conventional arms and dual-use goods and technology, agreed at its Dec. 3-4 annual plenary meeting in Austria on new export controls on cybersecurity technologies that under certain conditions may be detrimental to…

The European Commission proposed Dec. 13 a directive that specifies acts that would have to be considered infringements of the European Union’s customs rules as well as a framework for imposing punitive sanctions. The Commission states that this proposal would ensure that violations of the updated…

EICS has released a notice to exporters of softwood lumber to the United States. It is avaiable at: http://www.international.gc.ca/controls-controles/softwood-bois_oeuvre/…

Subscribers may be interested in the following, published on 14 December 2013 in Part I of the Canada Gazette. Canada Border Services Agency Special Import Measures Act - Certain hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate — Decision http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2013…

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), in conjunction with Health Canada (HC), is hosting a Trade Consultation Session via WebEx with a focus on the importation of products regulated under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA). The session is scheduled for January 16, 2014 from 1-4 p.m.…

The CSCB Toronto Region will hold a general meeting on Thursday, 23 January 2014. Mark your calendars! Details will follow at a later date. Date: Thursday, 23 January 2014 Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Four Points by Sheraton 6257 Airport Road Mississauga, ON Presenter: Canadian Food Inspection…

Start and end time of scheduled maintenance outage for this upcoming weekend has been revised. For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday, December 15, 2013 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) AND from 13:00 to 16:30 (ET). This includes: all incoming data or send outbound…

The following has been updated in the CFIA website: "Export Requirements – China" http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/fish-and-seafood/exports/by-jurisdicti….

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) today announced the prescribed annual interest rates... These rates are calculated quarterly according to the laws that apply and will be in effect from January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2014. All interest rates have decreased by 1% since last quarter, except for the rate…

The following meat hygiene directives are now available in HTML versions at: http://www.inspection.gc.ca/eng/1331330793114/1331330868647 MHD 2013-52 Chapter 11 – Introduction (2013-10-16)

a) Chapter 03 was published to modify the import conditions for the end uses; “Food Service”, "Retail Use" and "Further Processing for Human Consumption" originating from China, for the following HS codes. 03.02 - Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No. 03…

For maintenance purposes, all EDI applications will be unavailable on Sunday, December 15, 2013 from 04:30 to 06:00 (ET) AND from 12:00 to 15:00 (ET). This includes: all incoming data or send outbound messages such as acknowledgements, reject messages and notices, e.g. RNS, Completeness Notices…

The following is a CBSA message (EDI-093). For maintenance purposes, the CCS/CADEX system will be unavailable on 2013-12-14 05:00 to 2013-12-14 05:30 AND 2013-12-15 05:00 to 2013-12-15 05:30 EST. CADEX, Customs Declaration Message (CUSDEC) B3s and AO notification of release queries transmitted to…