Canada #5574 (v.3)
Base data
- Notified in
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G/MA/QR/N/CAN/7 22/10/2026
- Version validity
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02/10/2026 -
present
Current active version v.3
- 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 https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/ acts/f-14/page-6.html#docCont
in force 1985, last amended 2019
An Act to Amend the Fisheries Act and other Acts in Consequence, s. 32 https://www.parl.ca/ Content/Bills/421/Go vernment/C-68/C-68_4/C-68_4.PDF
Date of entry into force: 21 June 2019
- Administrative mechanism
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Administered by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans 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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