European Union Surtax Order
SOR/99-317
Registration 1999-07-28
European Union Surtax Order
P.C. 1999-1323 1999-07-28
His Excellency the Governor General in Council, pursuant to subsection 53(2) and section 79 of the Customs TariffFootnote a, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, for the purpose of responding to the failure of the governments of the countries of the European Union to comply with a World Trade Organization decision requiring the member states of the European Union to bring certain measures imposed by the European Commission that restrict access for Canadian-produced beef into conformity with their obligations which failure adversely affects trade in goods of Canada, hereby makes the annexed European Union Surtax Order.
Return to footnote aS.C. 1997, c. 36
Interpretation
1 In this Order, EU goods means the goods that are described in column 2 of Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 and classified under the tariff item set out opposite that description, and that originate in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Application
2 This Order does not apply to EU goods that are in transit to Canada on the day on which this Order comes into force.
Surtax
3 The EU goods that are described in Schedule 1 are hereby made subject to a surtax in an amount equal to the value for duty determined in accordance with sections 45 to 55 of the Customs Act less the customs duty calculated in accordance with the Customs Tariff in respect of those goods.
4 The EU goods that are described in Schedule 2 and imported into Canada in a quantity in excess of 2,970 metric tonnes in the twelve-month period beginning on the day on which this Order comes into force are hereby made subject to a surtax in an amount equal to the value for duty determined in accordance with sections 45 to 55 of the Customs Act less the customs duty calculated in accordance with Customs Tariff in respect of those goods.
Amendments to the Import Control List
5 [Amendment]
Coming into Force
6 This Order comes into force on August 1, 1999.
SCHEDULE 1(Sections 1 and 3)
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Tariff Item No. | Description of Goods |
| 0201.10.10 | Carcasses and Half-carcasses of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, within access commitment |
| 0201.10.20 | Carcasses and half-carcasses of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, over access commitment |
| 0201.20.10 | Other cuts of bovine animals, with bone in, fresh or chilled, within access commitment |
| 0201.20.20 | Other cuts of bovine animals, with bone in, fresh or chilled, over access commitment |
| 0201.30.10 | Meat of bovine animals, boneless, fresh or chilled, within access commitment |
| 0201.30.20 | Meat of bovine animals, boneless, fresh or chilled, over access commitment |
| 0202.10.10 | Carcasses and half-carcasses of bovine animals, frozen, within access commitment |
| 0202.10.20 | Carcasses and half-carcasses of bovine animals, frozen, over access commitment |
| 0202.20.10 | Other cuts of bovine animals, with bone in, frozen, within access commitment |
| 0202.20.20 | Other cuts of bovine animals, with bone in, frozen, over access commitment |
| 0202.30.10 | Meat of bovine animals, boneless, frozen, within access commitment |
| 0202.30.20 | Meat of bovine animals, boneless, frozen, over access commitment |
| 0203.11.00 | Carcasses and half-carcasses of swine, fresh or chilled |
| 0203.12.00 | Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine, with bone in, fresh or chilled |
| 0203.19.00 | Other cuts of swine, fresh or chilled |
| 0203.21.00 | Carcasses and half-carcasses of swine, frozen |
| 0203.22.00 | Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine, with bone in, frozen |
| 0206.29.00 | Edible offal of bovine animals, frozen, excluding tongues and livers |
| 0707.00.99 | Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled, other than for processing |
| 1602.20.90 | Prepared or preserved meat of liver of any animal, excluding: |
| – sausage and similar products of meat, meat offal or blood, and preparations based on these products, | |
| – pâtés de foie with truffles, | |
| – paste, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus or of turkeys, not in cans or glass jars, | |
| – homogenized preparations of prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of subheading 1602.10 | |
| 1602.42.10 and 1602.42.90 | Prepared or preserved meat of swine, being shoulders and cuts thereof |
| 1602.49.10 and 1602.49.90 | Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of swine, including mixtures |
| 1602.50.10, 1602.50.91 and 1602.50.99 | Prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood of bovine animals, excluding sausages and similar products |
- SOR/99-351, s. 1
SCHEDULE 2(Sections 1 and 4)
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Tariff Item No. | Description of Goods |
| 0203.29.00 | Other cuts of swine, frozen |
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