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Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act (S.C. 2017, c. 6)

Assented to 2017-05-16

PART 2Related Amendments (continued)

1997, c. 36Customs Tariff (continued)

  •  (1) Paragraph 133(j) of the Act is amended by adding, in alphabetical order, a reference to “an EU country or other CETA beneficiary” in the list of countries.

  • (2) Paragraph 133(j.1) of the Act is amended by adding, in alphabetical order, a reference to “an EU country or other CETA beneficiary” in the list of countries.

  •  (1) The List of Countries and Applicable Tariff Treatments set out in the schedule to the Act is amended

    • (a) by striking out the references to “Antilles, Netherlands”, “North Africa, Spanish” and “West Indies, French” in the column “Country Name”;

    • (b) by striking out, in the column “MFN”, the symbol “X” opposite the reference to the countries listed in paragraph (a); and

    • (c) by striking out, in the column “GPT”, the symbol “X” opposite the reference to “North Africa, Spanish”.

  • (2) The List of Countries and Applicable Tariff Treatments set out in the schedule to the English version of the Act is amended

    • (a) by striking out the reference to “Southern and Antarctic Territories French” in the column “Country Name” and the symbol “X” under the columns “MFN” and “GPT” opposite the reference to that country; and

    • (b) by adding, in alphabetical order, a reference to “French Southern and Antarctic Territories” in the column “Country Name” and the symbol “X” in the columns “MFN” and “GPT” opposite the reference to that country.

  • (3) The List of Countries and Applicable Tariff Treatments set out in the schedule to the Act is amended

    • (a) by adding, in alphabetical order, in the column “Country Name”, the following:

      • Aruba
      • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
      • Canary Islands
      • Ceuta and Melilla
      • Curaçao
      • Faroe Islands
      • French Guiana
      • Greenland
      • Guadeloupe
      • Martinique
      • Mayotte
      • Réunion
      • Saint Barthélemy
      • Saint Martin
      • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
      • Sint Maarten
      • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
      • Wallis and Futuna
    • (b) by adding, in the column “MFN”, the symbol “X” opposite the references to those entries added under paragraph (a);

    • (c) by adding, in the column “GPT”, the symbol “X” opposite the references to “Canary Islands” and “Ceuta and Melilla”.

  •  (1) The List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended by

    • (a) adding in the column “Preferential Tariff / Initial Rate”, above the reference to “GPT”, a reference to “CEUT:”;

    • (b) adding in the column “Preferential Tariff / Final Rate”, above the reference to “GPT”, a reference to “CEUT:”;

    • (c) adding in the column “Preferential Tariff / Initial Rate” a reference to “Free” after the abbreviation “CEUT”, and adding in the column “Preferential Tariff / Final Rate” a reference to “Free (A)” after the abbreviation “CEUT”, for all tariff items except those set out in Schedules 4 and 5 to this Act;

    • (d) adding in the columns “Preferential Tariff / Initial Rate” and “Preferential Tariff / Final Rate”, a reference to “N/A” after the abbreviation “CEUT” for the tariff items set out in Schedule 4 to this Act; and

    • (e) adding in the columns “Preferential Tariff / Initial Rate” and “Preferential Tariff / Final Rate” after the abbreviation “CEUT”, for each tariff item set out in Schedule 5 to this Act, the rates of duty and staging categories set out with respect to that tariff item in that Schedule.

  • (2) The Description of Goods of tariff item No. 9971.00.00 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended by adding, in alphabetical order, a reference to “an EU country or other CETA beneficiary” in the list of countries.

  • (3) Note 1 to the Description of Goods of tariff item No. 9971.00.00 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is replaced by the following:

    Note 1: The Canada–European Union Tariff, Iceland Tariff, Korea Tariff, Norway Tariff and Switzerland–Liechtenstein Tariff rate of customs duty applicable to goods classified under this tariff item shall be, in respect of the value of the repair or alteration to the goods carried out only in an EU country or other CETA beneficiary, Iceland, Korea, Norway, Switzerland or Liechtenstein, respectively, determined under section 87 of this Act, in accordance with their classification in Chapters 1 to 97.

  • (4) The Description of Goods of tariff item No. 9992.00.00 in the List of Tariff Provisions set out in the schedule to the Act is amended by adding, in alphabetical order, a reference to “an EU country or other CETA beneficiary” in the list of countries.

2002, c. 28Pest Control Products Act

 Subsection 7(2) of the Pest Control Products Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Use of information provided by registrants

    (2) If the Minister determines that the active ingredient of the applicant’s pest control product is equivalent to the active ingredient of a registered pest control product, the Minister shall, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, permit the applicant to use or rely on any information referred to in subsection (1) that has been provided by any registrant if the Minister is satisfied that the information

    • (a) is relevant to the registered pest control product that contains the equivalent active ingredient; and

    • (b) is necessary to support the application.

 Subsection 16(5) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Provision of information if more than one registrant

    (5) If there is more than one registrant whose registered pest control products have active ingredients that the Minister has determined to be equivalent,

    • (a) two or more registrants may provide the information required under subsection (3) or paragraph 19(1)(a) jointly; and

    • (b) if the Minister is satisfied that the information required under subsection (3) or paragraph 19(1)(a) has been provided by one or more registrants, the Minister shall, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, permit another registrant to use or rely on that information to meet the requirements under that subsection or paragraph.

  • Marginal note:If active ingredients not equivalent

    (5.1) If the active ingredients of the registered pest control product that is subject to the re-evaluation are not equivalent to the active ingredients in another registrant’s registered pest control product, the Minister shall, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, permit the registrant whose product is subject to the re-evaluation to use or rely on information provided by the other registrant if the Minister is satisfied that the information is necessary for the re-evaluation.

 Subsection 18(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Provision of information if more than one registrant

    (3) If there is more than one registrant whose registered pest control products have active ingredients that the Minister has determined to be equivalent,

    • (a) two or more registrants may provide the information required under subsection (1) or paragraph 19(1)(a) jointly; and

    • (b) if the Minister is satisfied that the information required under subsection (1) or paragraph 19(1)(a) has been provided by one or more registrants, the Minister shall, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, permit another registrant to use or rely on that information to meet the requirements under that subsection or paragraph.

  • Marginal note:If active ingredients not equivalent

    (3.1) If the active ingredients of a registered pest control product that is subject to the special review are not equivalent to the active ingredients in another registrant’s registered pest control product, the Minister shall, subject to and in accordance with the regulations, permit the registrant whose product is subject to the special review to use or rely on information provided by the other registrant if the Minister is satisfied that the information is necessary for the special review.

 Subsection 66(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Negotiation and arbitration

    (2) An agreement referred to in subsection (1) shall be entered into, and provide for the determination of compensation payable through negotiation and binding arbitration, in accordance with the regulations.

 Subsection 67(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (z):

  • (z.01) respecting the entering into of agreements and the determination of compensation payable through negotiations and binding arbitration, under section 66;

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Definition of Act

 In sections 115 and 116, Act means the Trade-marks Act.

Marginal note:Indications in Schedule

  •  (1) Despite subsection 11.12(2) and section 11.13 of the Act, the Registrar, as defined in section 2 of the Act, must, as soon as feasible after this section comes into force, enter the indications set out in Schedule 6 to this Act on the list of geographical indications kept under subsection 11.12(1) of the Act.

  • Marginal note:Deemed entered on list

    (2) Those indications and all translations of those indications are deemed to have been entered on the list on the day on which this section comes into force.

  • Marginal note:For greater certainty

    (3) For greater certainty, the Registrar is not required to enter those translations on the list.

  • Marginal note:Geographical indications

    (4) Each of those indications, to the extent that it remains on the list, is deemed to be a geographical indication as defined in section 2 of the Act.

  • Marginal note:Acquired rights

    (5) For the purpose of subsection 11.2(3) of the Act, the reference to “the day on which a statement by the Minister is published under subsection 11.12(2) or (2.1)” is to be read, with respect to those indications, as a reference to “the day on which this section comes into force”.

  • Marginal note:Indication “Feta”

    (6) For the purpose of section 11.22 of the Act, the indication “Feta” is deemed to be listed in Part A of Annex 20-A, as amended from time to time, of Chapter Twenty of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States, done at Brussels on October 30, 2016, to the extent that the indication “Φέτα” (Feta) remains listed in that Part A of Annex 20-A of that Agreement.

Marginal note:Additional indications

  •  (1) On the publication of a statement by the Minister, as defined in section 11.11 of the Act, that a geographical indication has been added to Part A of Annex 20-A, as amended from time to time, of Chapter Twenty of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States, done at Brussels on October 30, 2016, the Registrar, as defined in section 2 of the Act, must, despite subsection 11.12(2) and section 11.13 of the Act, enter the indication on the list kept under subsection 11.12(1) of the Act.

  • Marginal note:Information in statement

    (2) The Minister’s statement must set out the information described in paragraphs 11.12(3)(b) to (d) and (f) of the Act in respect of the indication.

  • Marginal note:Deemed entered on list

    (3) The indication and all translations of the indication are deemed to have been entered on the list on the date on which the indication is added to Part A of Annex 20-A of Chapter Twenty of that Agreement.

  • Marginal note:For greater certainty

    (4) For greater certainty, the Registrar is not required to enter those translations on the list.

  • Marginal note:Geographical indication

    (5) The indication, to the extent that it remains on the list, is deemed to be a geographical indication as defined in section 2 of the Act.

  • Marginal note:Acquired rights

    (6) For the purpose of subsection 11.2(3) of the Act, the reference to “the day on which a statement by the Minister is published under subsection 11.12(2) or (2.1)” is to be read, with respect to the indication, as a reference to “the date on which the indication is added to Part A of Annex 20-A, as amended from time to time, of Chapter Twenty of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States, done at Brussels on October 30, 2016”.

Marginal note:Investment Canada Act — Section 14.11

 Any application that is filed under section 17 of the Investment Canada Act before the day on which section 14.11 of that Act as enacted by section 80 of this Act comes into force and in respect of which the Minister of Industry has not issued a decision before that day is deemed never to have been filed if

  • (a) the investment to which the application relates would have been subject to subsections 14.11(1) or (2) of that Act, had the application been filed on that day; and

  • (b) the enterprise value of the assets to which the application relates is less than the amount referred to in paragraph 14.11(1)(a) of that Act.

PART 3Consequential Amendments

R.S.C. 1970, c. C-32Canada Corporations Act

 Paragraph 16(1)(b) of the Canada Corporations Act is replaced by the following:

  • (b) to apply for, purchase or otherwise acquire any patents, patent rights, certificates of supplementary protection issued under the Patent Act, rights under such a certificate, copyrights, trade marks, formulae, licences, concessions and the like, conferring any exclusive or non-exclusive or limited right to use, or any secret or other information as to any invention that may seem capable of being used for any of the purposes of the company, or the acquisition of which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to benefit the company, and to use, exercise, develop or grant licences in respect of, or otherwise turn to account, the property, rights or information so acquired;

 Paragraph 68(1)(e) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (e) a mortgage or charge on goodwill, on any patent or licence under a patent, on any certificate of supplementary protection issued under the Patent Act or licence under such a certificate, on any trade mark or on any copyright or licence under a copyright,

Marginal note:R.S.C. 1970, c. 10 (1st Supp.), s. 15

 Clause 121(1)(k)(iv)(C) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (C) patents and certificates of supplementary protection issued under the Patent Act,

R.S., c. A-16; 1997, c. 9, s. 89Nuclear Energy Act

Marginal note:1997, c. 9, s. 92

 Paragraphs 10(1)(c) and (d) of the Nuclear Energy Act are replaced by the following:

  • (c) with the approval of the Governor in Council, lease or, by purchase, requisition or expropriation, acquire or cause to be acquired nuclear substances and any mines, deposits or claims of nuclear substances and patent rights or certificates of supplementary protection issued under the Patent Act relating to nuclear energy and any works or property for production or preparation for production of, or for research or investigations with respect to, nuclear energy; and

  • (d) with the approval of the Governor in Council, license or otherwise make available or sell or otherwise dispose of discoveries and inventions relating to, and improvements in processes, apparatus or machines used in connection with, nuclear energy, patent rights and certificates of supplementary protection acquired under this Act and collect royalties and fees on and payments for those licences, discoveries, inventions, improvements, patent rights and certificates.

 

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