Canadian International Trade Tribunal Rules

2 In these Rules,

Act

Act means the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act; (Loi)

address

address includes an address for electronic transmission; (adresse)

Agency

Agency[Repealed, SOR/2018-87, s. 1]

appeal

appeal means an appeal referred to in paragraph 30(a); (appel)

appellant

appellant means a person who files a notice of appeal pursuant to rule 31; (appelant)

Commissioner

Commissioner[Repealed, SOR/2018-87, s. 1]

counsel

counsel includes any person who acts in a proceeding on behalf of a party; (avocat)

counsel of record

counsel of record means the counsel of record for a party as determined in accordance with rule 11; (avocat inscrit au dossier)

Deputy Minister

Deputy Minister[Repealed, SOR/2000-139, s. 1]

document

document means a submission, affidavit or any other documentary material, regardless of physical form or medium, including any correspondence, memorandum, book, plan, map, drawing, diagram, pictorial or graphic work, photograph, film, microform, sound recording, videotape and machine readable record, and any copy, in whole or in part, of that material; (document)

electronic hearing

electronic hearing means a hearing held by telephone or video conference, or by any other electronic means by which parties can communicate with each other and the Tribunal orally; (audience électronique)

electronic transmission

electronic transmission includes communication by fax, by email or by means of the Tribunal website (e-filing); (transmission électronique)

fax

fax[Repealed, SOR/2000-139, s. 1]

Form

Form[Repealed, SOR/2000-139, s. 1]

hearing by way of written submissions

hearing by way of written submissions means a hearing held by the exchange of documents; (audience sur pièces)

interested party

interested party, in relation to an inquiry under section 42 or 45 of the Special Import Measures Act or a review under section 76.01, 76.02, 76.03 or 76.1 of that Act, means

• (a) the complainant, if any, under section 31 of that Act in the investigation in which the preliminary determination referred to in section 42 of that Act was made,

• (b) any domestic producer, exporter to Canada or importer into Canada of goods in respect of which the preliminary determination was made,

• (c) an association of, or that includes, domestic producers, exporters to Canada or importers into Canada of goods in respect of which the preliminary determination was made,

• (d) the government of any country mentioned in the preliminary determination,

• (d.1) a trade union that represents persons employed in the domestic industry producing like goods or directly competitive goods or an association that includes such trade unions; and

• (e) any other person who, because their rights or pecuniary interests may be affected or for any other reason, is entitled to be heard by the Tribunal before the Tribunal disposes of the inquiry or the review, as the case may be, in accordance with that Act; (partie intéressée)

intervener

intervener means a person who

• (a) has filed a request to intervene and has been added as an intervener under rule 41, or

• (b) is an interested party that has been granted leave of the Tribunal to intervene in any proceedings in relation to a complaint under section 30.17 of the Act; (intervenant)

other interested party

other interested party has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Regulations; (autres intéressés)

party

party means

• (a) in the case of an inquiry under section 42 or 45 of the Special Import Measures Act or a review under section 76.01, 76.02, 76.03 or 76.1 of that Act, an interested party who has filed a notice of participation in the inquiry or review, as the case may be, in accordance with these Rules,

• (b) in the case of a proceeding under section 89 or paragraph 91(1)(g) of the Special Import Measures Act, a person to whom notice has been sent under subrule 76(2) or rule 79, if the person has

  • (i) filed a notice of participation in accordance with these Rules, or

  • (ii) if no hearing is to be held in the proceeding, made a written submission to the Tribunal,

• (c) in the case of an appeal, the appellant, the respondent or an intervener,

• (d) in the case of a complaint under subsection 30.11(1) of the Act, the complainant, the government institution or an intervener, and

• (e) in the case of any other proceeding, a person who has an interest in the subject-matter of the proceeding and who has

  • (i) filed a notice of participation in that proceeding in accordance with these Rules, or

  • (ii) been given status by the Tribunal to be a party in that proceeding; (partie)

proceeding

proceeding includes an appeal, re-hearing, reference, inquiry, recommencement of inquiry, review, request for a ruling, reconsideration of an order or finding, complaint filed by a domestic producer or any other proceeding before the Tribunal under the Act or under any other Act of Parliament or regulations made thereunder; (procédure)

request to intervene

request to intervene includes an appearance referred to in subsection 67(2) of the Customs Act or subsection 61(2) of the Special Import Measures Act; (demande d’intervention)

respondent

respondent means the Minister of National Revenue or the President, as the case may be. (intimé)

Secretary

Secretary[Repealed, SOR/2018-87, s. 1]