Canada #5574 (v.2)
Base data
- Notified in
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G/MA/QR/N/CAN/6 16/12/2024
- Version validity
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30/09/2024 -
present
Current active version v.2
- Reporting member
- Canada
- In force from
- End date
- In force
- General description
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Conditional prohibition on the importation or exportation of a living cetacean or sperm, an egg or an embryo of a cetacean
- National legal basis
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Fisheries Act, s. 23.2 (Bill C-68 amending the Fisheries Act)
Date of entry into force: June 21, 2019 - Administrative mechanism
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https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/campaign-campagne/fisheries-act-loi-sur-les-peches/index-eng.html
Authorization only for scientific research or for the purpose of keeping the cetacean in captivity if it is in best interest of cetacean’s welfare to do so - Responsible entities
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- HS version
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HS 2017
- Referenced WTO document symbol
Meta data
- WTO justifications
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XX:(b) - (b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;
GATT 1994 (GATT 1947 provisions)
Reported as: Article XX (b) of the GATT - Non-WTO commitments
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- Affected partners
- Non-affected partners
Measures
- Reported restrictions
- CP, CP-X
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CP
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CP-X
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Tariff lines
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Various
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Specimens (live, cetacean, sperm, egg or embryo)
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