CUSMA Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations: SOR/2020-156

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 154, Number 15

Registration
SOR/2020-156 June 30, 2020

CUSTOMS TARIFF

P.C. 2020-512 June 29, 2020

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to subsection 16(2)^{footnote a} of the Customs Tariff^{footnote b}, makes the annexed CUSMA Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations.

CUSMA Rules of Origin for Casual Goods Regulations

Interpretation

Definition of casual goods

1 In these Regulations, casual goods means goods other than goods imported for sale or for an industrial, occupational, commercial or institutional or other like use.

Casual Goods

United States Tariff

2 Casual goods that are acquired in the United States

• (a) are considered to originate in the United States and are entitled to the benefit of the United States Tariff if
  • (i) the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of the United States and indicates that the goods are the product of the United States or Canada, or
  • (ii) the goods do not bear a mark and there is no indication that the goods are not the product of the United States or Canada; and
• (b) are considered to originate in Mexico and are entitled to the benefit of the Mexico Tariff if the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of the United States and indicates that the goods are the product of Mexico.

Mexico Tariff

3 Casual goods that are acquired in Mexico

• (a) are considered to originate in Mexico and are entitled to the benefit of the Mexico Tariff if
  • (i) the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of Mexico and indicates that the goods are the product of Mexico or Canada, or
  • (ii) the goods do not bear a mark and there is no indication that the goods are not the product of Mexico or Canada; and
• (b) are considered to originate in the United States and are entitled to the benefit of the United States Tariff if the marking of the goods is in accordance with the marking laws of Mexico and indicates that the goods are the product of the United States.

Coming into Force

S.C. 2020, c. 1

4 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 190 of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2020-154, Order Repealing Certain Orders Made Under the Customs Tariff (CUSMA).