Export and Import Permits Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 4.2 (1) In section 5,

  contribute importantly

  contribuer de manière importante

  contribute importantly, in respect of goods imported from a NAFTA country or from Chile, means to be an important cause, but not necessarily the most important cause; (contribuer de manière importante)

  principal cause

  cause principale

  principal cause, in respect of goods imported from Peru or Colombia, means an important cause that is no less important than any other cause; (cause principale)

  serious injury

  dommage grave

  serious injury means, in relation to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods, a significant overall impairment in the position of the domestic producers; (dommage grave)

  surge

  augmentation subite

  surge, in respect of goods imported from a NAFTA country or from Chile, has the meaning given that word by Article 805 of NAFTA or Article F-05 of CCFTA, as the case may be; (augmentation subite)

  threat of serious injury

  menace de dommage grave

  threat of serious injury means serious injury that, on the basis of facts, and not merely of allegation, conjecture or remote possibility, is clearly imminent. (menace de dommage grave)

• Marginal note:Application of definition in regulations

  (2) Any regulations made under paragraph 40(b) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act defining "like or directly competitive goods" apply for the purposes of sections 5 and 5.4.