﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Regulation gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" startdate="20080311"><Identification Code="id=&quot;&quot;" hasPreviousVersion="true"><LimsAuthority><Alpha>C-52.6</Alpha><AuthorityTitle>Customs Act</AuthorityTitle></LimsAuthority><InstrumentNumber>SOR/98-45</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>1997</YYYY><MM>12</MM><DD>29</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2013</YYYY><MM>01</MM><DD>28</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><LastModifiedDate><Date><YYYY>2008</YYYY><MM>4</MM><DD>2</DD></Date></LastModifiedDate><EnablingAuthority Code="id=&quot;&quot;,ea=&quot;&quot;"><XRefExternal reference-type="act">CUSTOMS ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle Code="id=&quot;&quot;,lt=&quot;&quot;">Verification of Origin (Non-Free Trade Partners), Tariff Classification and Value for Duty of Imported Goods Regulations</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>1997-2017 </OrderNumber><Date><YYYY> 1997</YYYY><MM>12</MM><DD>29</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order Code="od=&quot;&quot;"><Provision format-ref="indent-1-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no" Code="od=&quot;&quot;,pv=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;1&quot;"><Text>Whereas the proposed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-98-45">Verification of Origin, Tariff Classification and Value for Duty of Imported Goods Regulations (Non-Free Trade Partners)</XRefExternal> give effect, in part, to a public announcement made on October 27, 1997 and are therefore, by virtue of paragraph 164(4)(<Emphasis style="italic">a.2</Emphasis>)<FootnoteRef idref="fna_e">a</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-52.6">Customs Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fnb_e">b</FootnoteRef>, not required to be published under subsection 164(3) of that Act;</Text><Footnote id="fna_e" placement="page"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 1992, c. 28, s. 30(3)</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fnb_e" placement="page"><Label>b</Label><Text>R.S., c. 1 (2nd Supp.)</Text></Footnote></Provision><Provision format-ref="indent-1-0" language-align="no" list-item="no" Code="od=&quot;&quot;,pv=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;2&quot;"><Text>Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of National Revenue, pursuant to section 42.01<FootnoteRef idref="fnc_e">c</FootnoteRef> and paragraph 164(1)(<Emphasis style="italic">i</Emphasis>)<FootnoteRef idref="fnd_e">d</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-52.6">Customs Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fnb_e">b</FootnoteRef>, hereby makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-98-45">Verification of Origin, Tariff Classification and Value for Duty of Imported Goods Regulations (Non-Free Trade Partners)</XRefExternal>.</Text><Footnote id="fnc_e" placement="page"><Label>c</Label><Text>S.C. 1997, c. 36, s. 160</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fnd_e" placement="page"><Label>d</Label><Text>S.C. 1992, c. 28, s. 30(1)</Text></Footnote></Provision></Order><Body><Heading Code="ga=&quot;s_1&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;" level="1"><TitleText Code="ga=&quot;s_1&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;,t1=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;1&quot;">INTERPRETATION</TitleText></Heading><Section Code="se=&quot;1&quot;"><Label>1.</Label><Text>The definitions in this section apply in these Regulations.</Text><Definition generate-in-text="no" Code="se=&quot;1&quot;,df=&quot;{Act}{Loi}&quot;"><Text><DefinedTermEn>Act</DefinedTermEn> means the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-52.6">Customs Act</XRefExternal>. (<DefinedTermFr>Loi</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Definition><Definition Code="se=&quot;1&quot;,df=&quot;{Least Developed Country Tariff}{tarif des pays les moins développés}&quot;"><Text><DefinedTermEn>Least Developed Country Tariff</DefinedTermEn> means the Least Developed Country Tariff set out in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-54.011">Customs Tariff</XRefExternal>. (<DefinedTermFr>tarif des pays les moins développés</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Definition><Definition generate-in-text="no" Code="se=&quot;1&quot;,df=&quot;{verification}{vérification}&quot;"><Text><DefinedTermEn>verification</DefinedTermEn> means a verification conducted under section 42.01 of the Act. (<DefinedTermFr>vérification</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Definition><Definition generate-in-text="no" Code="se=&quot;1&quot;,df=&quot;{verification letter}{lettre de vérification}&quot;"><Text><DefinedTermEn>verification letter</DefinedTermEn> means a letter that requests information with respect to the origin, tariff classification or value for duty of goods that are the subject of a verification. (<DefinedTermFr>lettre de vérification</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Definition><Definition generate-in-text="no" Code="se=&quot;1&quot;,df=&quot;{verification questionnaire}{questionnaire de vérification}&quot;"><Text><DefinedTermEn>verification questionnaire</DefinedTermEn> means a questionnaire that requests information with respect to the origin, tariff classification or value for duty of goods that are the subject of a verification. (<DefinedTermFr>questionnaire de vérification</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Definition><Definition generate-in-text="no" Code="se=&quot;1&quot;,df=&quot;{verification visit}{}&quot;"><Text><DefinedTermEn>verification visit</DefinedTermEn><Repealed>[Repealed, SOR/2008-77, s. 3]</Repealed></Text></Definition><HistoricalNote><ul><li>SOR/2008-77, s. 3.</li></ul></HistoricalNote><a startdate="20060322">Previous Version</a></Section><Heading Code="ga=&quot;s_2&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;" level="1"><TitleText Code="ga=&quot;s_2&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;,t1=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;1&quot;">PRESCRIBED MANNER OF VERIFICATION</TitleText></Heading><Section Code="se=&quot;2&quot;"><Label>2.</Label><Subsection Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>Subject to subsection (2), a verification in respect of goods may be conducted in a manner set out in one or more of the following paragraphs:</Text><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">a</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>a review of a verification questionnaire completed by</Text><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;,p2=&quot;i&quot;"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>the importer or owner of the goods, or</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;,p2=&quot;ii&quot;"><Label>(ii)</Label><Text>the person who accounted for the goods under subsection 32(1), (3) or (5) of the Act;</Text></Subparagraph></Paragraph><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;b&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">b</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>a review of a written response received from a person referred to in paragraph (<Emphasis style="italic">a</Emphasis>) to a verification letter;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;c&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">c</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>a review of any record or information or an inspection of any goods or component of goods received from a person referred to in paragraph (<Emphasis style="italic">a</Emphasis>);</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;d&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">d</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>the collection, from the premises prescribed under subsection 3(1), and review of information that</Text><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;d&quot;,p2=&quot;i&quot;"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>was requested in a verification questionnaire or verification letter but was not provided, or</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;d&quot;,p2=&quot;ii&quot;"><Label>(ii)</Label><Text>is needed to verify information from a completed verification questionnaire or written response to a verification letter.</Text></Subparagraph></Paragraph></Subsection><Subsection Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;"><Label>(2)</Label><Text>A verification in respect of goods of tariff item numbers set out in the schedule to the <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-98-34">General Preferential Tariff and Least Developed Country Tariff Rules of Origin Regulations</XRefExternal> for which the benefit of the Least Developed Country Tariff is claimed may be conducted in a manner set out in one or more of the following paragraphs:</Text><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">a</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>a review of a verification questionnaire completed by</Text><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;,p2=&quot;i&quot;"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>the importer or owner of the goods,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;,p2=&quot;ii&quot;"><Label>(ii)</Label><Text>the person who accounted for the goods under subsection 32(1), (3) or (5) of the Act,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;,p2=&quot;iii&quot;"><Label>(iii)</Label><Text>the exporter or producer of the goods, or</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;,p2=&quot;iv&quot;"><Label>(iv)</Label><Text>a producer or supplier of a material that is used in the production of the goods;</Text></Subparagraph></Paragraph><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;b&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">b</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>a review of a written response received from a person referred to in paragraph (<Emphasis style="italic">a</Emphasis>) to a verification letter;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;c&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">c</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>a review of any record or information or an inspection of any goods or component of goods received from a person referred to in paragraph (<Emphasis style="italic">a</Emphasis>);</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;d&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">d</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>the collection, from the premises prescribed under section 3, and review of information that</Text><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;d&quot;,p2=&quot;i&quot;"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>was requested in a verification questionnaire or verification letter but was not provided, or</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph Code="se=&quot;2&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;d&quot;,p2=&quot;ii&quot;"><Label>(ii)</Label><Text>is needed to verify information from a completed verification questionnaire or written response to a verification letter.</Text></Subparagraph></Paragraph></Subsection><HistoricalNote><ul><li>SOR/2008-77, s. 4.</li></ul></HistoricalNote><a startdate="20060322">Previous Version</a></Section><Section Code="se=&quot;2.1&quot;"><Label>2.1</Label><Text><Emphasis style="bold">and 2.2 </Emphasis><Repealed>[Repealed, SOR/2008-77, s. 4]</Repealed></Text></Section><Heading Code="ga=&quot;s_3&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;" level="1"><TitleText Code="ga=&quot;s_3&quot;,h1=&quot;&quot;,t1=&quot;&quot;,nb=&quot;1&quot;">PRESCRIBED PREMISES</TitleText></Heading><Section Code="se=&quot;3&quot;"><Label>3.</Label><Subsection Code="se=&quot;3&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>The following are prescribed premises for the purposes of section 42.01 of the Act:</Text><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;3&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">a</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>the premises of the importer or owner of the goods, and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;3&quot;,ss=&quot;1&quot;,p1=&quot;b&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">b</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>the premises of the person who accounted for goods under subsection 32(1), (3) or (5) of the Act.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection><Subsection Code="se=&quot;3&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;"><Label>(2)</Label><Text>The following additional premises — located in a country that is a beneficiary of the Least Developed Country Tariff — are prescribed premises in respect of goods of tariff item numbers set out in the schedule to the <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-98-34">General Preferential Tariff and Least Developed Country Tariff Rules of Origin Regulations</XRefExternal> for which the benefit of that Tariff is claimed:</Text><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;3&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;a&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">a</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>the premises of the exporter or producer of the goods, and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph Code="se=&quot;3&quot;,ss=&quot;2&quot;,p1=&quot;b&quot;"><Label>(<Emphasis style="italic">b</Emphasis>)</Label><Text>the premises of a producer or supplier of a material that is used in the production of the goods.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection><HistoricalNote><ul><li>SOR/2008-77, s. 4.</li></ul></HistoricalNote><a startdate="20060322">Previous Version</a></Section></Body></Regulation>