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Version of section 34 from 2011-12-15 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Extension and withdrawal of entitlement

  •  (1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by order, amend the schedule to

    • (a) extend entitlement to the General Preferential Tariff to any goods that originate in a country that is a beneficiary of the Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff if, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, that country is a developing country;

    • (b) withdraw entitlement to the General Preferential Tariff from any goods that originate in a country that is a beneficiary of that Tariff; and

    • (c) reduce a rate of customs duty set out following the abbreviation “GPT” in the column entitled “Preferential Tariff” in the List of Tariff Provisions and the “F” Staging List.

  • Marginal note:Content of order

    (2) An order made under subsection (1)

    • (a) must specify the date on which the order becomes effective;

    • (b) must, if the order partially extends entitlement to the General Preferential Tariff, indicate the goods to which entitlement to that Tariff is extended;

    • (c) may exempt goods from the conditions set out in subsection 24(1) and prescribe any conditions that apply; and

    • (d) must, if the order wholly or partially withdraws entitlement to the General Preferential Tariff, indicate the goods to which the Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff applies as a consequence.

  • 1997, c. 36, s. 34
  • 2011, c. 24, s. 118

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