Customs Tariff

Marginal note:Extension and withdrawal of entitlement

• 34 (1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by order,

  • (a) amend the schedule to extend entitlement to the General Preferential Tariff to any goods that originate in a country that is a beneficiary of the Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff if, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, that country is a developing country;

  • (b) amend the schedule to withdraw entitlement to the General Preferential Tariff from any goods that originate in a country that is a beneficiary of that Tariff; and

  • (c) amend the List of Tariff Provisions and the “F” Staging List to reduce a rate of customs duty set out following the abbreviation “GPT” in the column entitled “Preferential Tariff” in those Lists.

• Marginal note:Content of order

  (2) An order made under subsection (1)

  • (a) must specify the date on which the order becomes effective;

  • (b) must, if the order partially extends entitlement to the General Preferential Tariff, indicate the goods to which entitlement to that Tariff is extended;

  • (c) may exempt goods from the conditions set out in subsection 24(1) and prescribe any conditions that apply; and

  • (d) must, if the order wholly or partially withdraws entitlement to the General Preferential Tariff, indicate the goods to which the Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff applies as a consequence.