CCFTA Tariff Preference Regulations (SOR/97-322)

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CCFTA Tariff Preference Regulations

SOR/97-322

Registration 1997-07-05

CCFTA Tariff Preference Regulations

P.C. 1997-953 1997-07-04

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to paragraph 13(2)(b)Footnote ^a of the Customs TariffFootnote ^b, hereby makes the annexed CCFTA Tariff Preference Regulations.

1 For the purposes of paragraph 25.7(b) of the Customs Tariff, goods are entitled to the benefit of the Chile Tariff where

(a) the goods are shipped from Chile, without shipment through another country, to Canada
- (i) on a through bill of lading, or
- (ii) without a through bill of lading and the importer provides, where requested by an officer, documentary evidence that indicates the shipping route and all points of shipment and transhipment prior to the importation of the goods; or
(b) in the case of goods that are shipped to Canada from Chile through another country, the importer provides, where requested by an officer,
- (i) documentary evidence that indicates the shipping route and all points of shipment and transhipment prior to the importation of the goods, and
- (ii) a copy of the customs control documents that demonstrate that the goods remained under customs control while in that other country.

Footnote ^*2 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 51 of the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, chapter 14 of the Statutes of Canada, 1997, comes into force.