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Version of section 59 from 2003-01-01 to 2020-06-30:


Marginal note:Free trade partner emergency measures

  •  (1) An order under subsection 55(1) may be made applicable to goods of any kind imported from a free trade partner only if it appears to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council, on the basis of a report under section 20 or 29 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act or a report of the Minister, that

    • (a) the quantity of those goods represents a substantial share of total imports of goods of the same kind;

    • (b) in the case of goods imported from a NAFTA country, the quantity of those goods, alone or, in exceptional circumstances, together with the quantity of goods of the same kind imported from each other NAFTA country, contributes importantly to serious injury or threat of serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods; and

    • (c) in the case of goods imported from any other free trade partner, the quantity of those goods contributes importantly to serious injury or threat of serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods.

  • Marginal note:Duration of order

    (2) If an order that applies to goods imported from a free trade partner by virtue of subsection (1) is made under subsection 55(1) on the basis of a report of the Minister, the order ceases to have effect with respect to those goods at the end of the two hundredth day after the day on which the order is made, except that it remains in effect for the period, not exceeding four years, that is specified in the order if, before the order so ceases to have effect, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal reports to the Governor in Council under the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act that

    • (a) the quantity of those goods as described in the report of the Minister is substantial in comparison with the quantity of goods of the same kind imported from other countries;

    • (b) in the case of goods imported from a NAFTA country, the quantity of those goods, alone or, in exceptional circumstances, together with the quantity of goods of the same kind imported from each other NAFTA country, contributes importantly to the serious injury or threat of serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods; and

    • (c) in the case of goods imported from any other free trade partner, the quantity of those goods contributes importantly to the serious injury or threat of serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods.

  • Marginal note:Repeal

    (3) If an order that applies to goods imported from a free trade partner in accordance with subsection (1) is made under subsection 55(1) on the basis of a report of the Minister, the Governor in Council shall repeal the order if the Governor in Council is satisfied on the basis of a report of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, made under the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, that the quantity of those goods is not substantial in comparison with the quantity of goods of the same kind imported from other countries or

    • (a) in the case of goods imported from a NAFTA country, that the quantity of those goods, alone or, in exceptional circumstances, together with the quantity of goods of the same kind imported from each other NAFTA country, does not contribute importantly to the serious injury or threat of serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods; and

    • (b) in the case of goods imported from any other free trade partner, that the quantity of those goods does not contribute importantly to the serious injury or threat of serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods.


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