Definition of “complaint”

21.1 In sections 23 to 30, “complaint” means a written complaint filed with the Tribunal under any of subsections 23(1) to (1.094) and, for the purposes of those sections, a complaint is properly documented if the Tribunal is satisfied that it contains or is accompanied by the information required by section 23.

• Marginal note:Filing of complaint — Jordan Tariff

  (1.094) Any domestic producer of goods that are like or directly competitive with any goods being imported into Canada and that are entitled to the Jordan Tariff, or any person or association acting on behalf of such a domestic producer, may file a written complaint with the Tribunal alleging that, as a result of that entitlement, the imported goods are being imported in such increased quantities in absolute terms and under such conditions as to alone constitute a cause of serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods.

• (i.94) in the case of a complaint filed under subsection 23(1.094), the goods that are entitled to the Jordan Tariff are, as a result of that entitlement, being imported in such increased quantities in absolute terms and under such conditions as to alone constitute a cause of serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods, or

• (a.94) in the case of a complaint filed under subsection 23(1.094), the goods that are entitled to the Jordan Tariff are, as a result of that entitlement, being imported in such increased quantities in absolute terms and under such conditions as to alone constitute a principal cause of serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods; or

• (a) the Commission for Environmental Cooperation established under Article 8 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation entered into between the Government of Canada, the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the United States of America and signed on September 14, 1993, as amended from time to time in accordance with Article 48 of that Agreement,

• (b) the Canada–Chile Commission for Environmental Cooperation established under Article 8 of the Agreement on Environmental Cooperation entered into between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Chile and signed on February 6, 1997, as amended from time to time in accordance with Article 47 of that Agreement,

• (c) the Commission for Labor Cooperation established under Article 8 of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation entered into between the Government of Canada, the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the United States of America and signed on September 14, 1993, as amended from time to time in accordance with Article 52 of that Agreement,

• (d) the Canada–Chile Commission for Labour Cooperation established under Article 8 of the Agreement on Labour Cooperation entered into between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Chile and signed on February 6, 1997, as amended from time to time in accordance with Article 47 of that Agreement, or

• c) exempter des personnes ou des marchandises, individuellement ou par catégorie, de l’application du paragraphe (1), sous réserve des éventuelles conditions prévues par le règlement.

Marginal note:Déclaration de l’origine

• 42.2 (1) Dès l’achèvement de la vérification de l’origine en application de l’alinéa 42.1(1)a), l’agent désigné, en application du paragraphe 42.1(1), fournit à l’exportateur ou au producteur des marchandises en cause une déclaration établissant si celles-ci sont admissibles, au titre du Tarif des douanes, au traitement tarifaire préférentiel demandé.

Denial or Withdrawal of Benefit of Preferential Tariff Treatment Under Certain Free Trade Agreements

Definition of “identical goods”

• 42.4 (1) In this section, “identical goods” has the meaning assigned to that expression by the provision, set out in column 2 of Part 2 of the schedule, of an agreement set out in column 1.

• Marginal note:Denial or withdrawal of benefit — specified countries

  (2) Notwithstanding section 24 of the Customs Tariff, the Minister may, subject to any prescribed conditions, deny or withdraw preferential tariff treatment under an agreement set out in column 1 of Part 2 of the schedule in respect of goods for which that treatment is claimed if the exporter or producer of the goods has made false representations that identical goods exported or produced by that exporter or producer and for which that treatment was claimed were eligible for that treatment.

• (b) in the case of goods exported from a country or territory set out in column 1 of Part 3 of the schedule, any matter, other than those referred to in paragraphs (a) and (c), concerning those goods that is set out in the provision set out in column 2; and

• (c.11) the goods were imported from Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary or from a country or territory set out in column 1 of Part 4 of the schedule but no claim for preferential tariff treatment under CIFTA or an agreement set out in column 2, as the case may be, was made in respect of those goods at the time they were accounted for under subsection 32(1), (3) or (5);

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (1.1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for the purpose of the uniform interpretation, application and administration of a chapter or provision, set out in column 2 of Part 5 of the schedule, of an agreement set out in column 1 and any other matters that may be agreed on from time to time by the parties to that agreement.