Canadian International Trade Tribunal Rules
35 (1) The respondent must, within 60 days after the service of the appellant’s brief under rule 34, file a response with the Tribunal and, subject to rule 17, serve a copy of it on the other parties.
(2) A response referred to in subrule (1) shall
(a) be dated and signed by the respondent or the respondent’s counsel, if any;
(b) be numbered on each page;
(c) be divided into paragraphs that are numbered consecutively and that set out
(i) a statement of the grounds of opposition to the appeal and of the material facts relevant to each ground,
(ii) an admission or denial of each ground and of each of the material facts relevant to each ground set out in the appellant’s brief,
(iii) the issues to be decided,
(iv) the statutory provisions relied on,
(v) the history of the proceeding before the filing of the notice of appeal,
(vi) the Tribunal’s jurisdiction to hear the appeal,
(vii) a brief statement of argument to be made at the hearing, and
(viii) the relief sought;
(d) include a table of authorities on which the respondent intends to rely and a copy of those authorities that are reasonably necessary in the presentation of the appeal;
(e) include a copy of any document that may be useful in explaining or supporting the appeal and any other information relating to the appeal that the Tribunal requires; and
(f) contain the name, address for service, telephone number and email address of the respondent and of the respondent’s counsel, if any.
(3) A respondent who intends to rely at the hearing
(a) on any documents or authorities that were not available or that could not be included in a response filed with the Tribunal must, not less than 20 days before the hearing, file them with the Tribunal and, subject to rule 17, serve a copy of them on the other parties;
(b) on any physical exhibit must, not less than 20 days before the hearing, file it with the Tribunal and notify the other parties of the filing; and
(c) on any witness testimony must, not less than 20 days before the hearing, file with the Tribunal a list providing the name and occupation of any proposed witness as well as the language to be used at the hearing.
- SOR/2000-139, s. 22
- SOR/2018-87, s. 31
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