Tuesday, January 6, 2009

CBSA: D-Memo Revisions

(CBSA)

D11-4-16 Advance Rulings Under Free Trade Agreements

• Form B227, Request for a Free Trade Agreement Advance Ruling or for a Review of a Free Trade Agreement Advance Ruling, has been cancelled by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

Changes have been made to the “Guidelines and General Information” section to remove references to this form.

• This memorandum has also been revised to include updated contact information in Appendix C, CBSA Regional and Headquarters Offices.

Details here.

D11-4-4: Rules Of Origin Respecting The General Preferential Tariff And Least Developed Country Tariff

The revision of this memorandum is part of an overall revision of the D11-4 and D11-5 Memoranda series.

Changes have been made to the “Guidelines and General Information” section to clarify policy or procedural issues.

Details here.

D19-4-1: Export of Controlled Cultural Property - Cultural Property Export and Import Act

1. This memorandum replaces Memorandum D19-4-1 dated May 17, 1993, as well as Interim Memorandum D19-4-1 dated January 12, 2007.

2. This memorandum has been updated to reflect changes to the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) role in administering the provisions of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.

3. Terminology has been updated to reflect changes in the CBSA's organizational structure

4. New information regarding amending a permit, non-compliance, and penalties has been added to the memorandum in Paragraph 9, 13, 14 and 18 respectively.

Details here.