WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.126
13May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1866)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CANADA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofFisheries andOceans
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Fishinspection fees
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment
totheFishInspection Regulations (pages 1086-1096)
6. Description ofcontent: Thisamendment isaresult oftheDepartment ofFisheries and
Oceans '(DFO) participation inthegovernment-wide Programme Review and
re-examination ofhowfishinspection services areprovided. Theintent istoimplement
costrecovery inconjunction withspending reductions inorder toachieve budgetary
objectives while retaining aneffective FishInspection Programme.
Thedevelopment ofthisamendment wasdone under theguiding principles that
itwould setfeesthatreflect theeffort required indelivering theservice, befair,simple
toadminister, andwould include incentives toencourage compliance.
Importers willalsoberequired tomaintain records ofthedateanddestination of
thefirsttransfer ofimported fish,complaints received andresulting actions taken, and
evidence ofadequate processing ofcanned andready-to-eat fish.
Therequirement forthemandatory inspection ofcertain fishandthegrading of
canned salmon arerevoked.
7. Objective andrationale: Prevention ofdeceptive practices
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, PartI,13April 1996
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Notstated
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 13May1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: