1. These Regulations may be cited as the Special Import Measures Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Special Import Measures Act; (Loi)

“American Secretariat”

“American Secretariat” means the United States section of the Secretariat provided for by Article 1909 of the Free Trade Agreement; (secrétariat américain)

“industrial research”

“industrial research”[Repealed, SOR/2001-54, s. 1]

“officer”

“officer” means an officer as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act; (agent)

“pre-competitive development activity”

“pre-competitive development activity”[Repealed, SOR/2001-54, s. 1]

“production”

“production” includes manufacturing, growing and processing; (production)

“start-up period of production”

“start-up period of production” means the period that

• (a) begins on the date that

  • (i) new production facilities are first used for commercial production, or

  • (ii) production first commences for commercial purposes of a product that is new, or substantially different from products previously produced by the producer, and that requires production equipment or technology that is new or substantially different from production equipment or technology previously used by the producer, and

• (b) ends on the date that the level of production is no longer limited to a significant degree owing to technical difficulties related to the use of new production facilities or the production of a new or substantially different product. (période de démarrage de la production)

2.1 The operation of the definition “American Secretariat” in section 2, of Part II.1 and of sections 46 to 49 is suspended for the period during which subsections 56(1.02), 58(1.2) and 59(3.3) and section 77.038 of the Act are in force, except in respect of a definitive decision that was made before the coming into force of subsections 56(1.02), 58(1.2) and 59(3.3) and section 77.038 of the Act.