Export and Import Permits Act — E-19 5
Import control list of goods 5 (1) The Governor in Council may establish a list of goods, to be called an Import Control List, including therein any article the import of which the Governor in Council deems it necessary to control for any of the following purposes: (a) to ensure, in accordance with the needs of Canada, the best possible supply and distribution of an article that is scarce in world markets or in Canada or is subject to governmental controls in the countries of origin or to allocation by intergovernmental arrangement; (b) to restrict, for the purpose of supporting any action taken under the Farm Products Marketing Agencies Act , the importation in any form of a like article to one produced or marketed in Canada the quantities of which are fixed or determined under that Act; (c) [Repealed, 1994, c. 47, s. 220] (c.1) to restrict the importation of arms, ammunition, implements or munitions of war, army, naval or air stores, or any articles deemed capable of being converted thereinto or made useful in the production thereof; (d) to implement an action taken under the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act or the Canadian Dairy Commission Act , with the object or effect of supporting the price of the article; (e) to implement an intergovernmental arrangement or commitment; or (f) to prevent the frustration or circumvention of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing in Annex 1A of the World Trade Organization Agreement by the importation of goods that are like or directly competitive with goods to which the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing applies. Statement or summary to be laid before Parliament (2) Where any goods are included in the Import Control List for the purpose of ensuring supply or distribution of goods subject to allocation by intergovernmental arrangement or for the purpose of implementing an intergovernmental arrangement or commitment, a statement of the effect or a summary of the arrangement or commitment, if it has not previously been laid before Parliament, shall be laid before Parliament not later than fifteen days after the order of the Governor in Council including those goods in the Import Control List is published in the Canada Gazette pursuant to the Statutory Instruments Act or, if Parliament is not then sitting, on any of the first fifteen days next thereafter that either House of Parliament is sitting. Addition to Import Control List (3) Where at any time it appears to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council, on a report of the Minister made pursuant to an inquiry made by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal under section 20 or 26 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act , that goods of any kind are being imported or are likely to be imported into Canada at such prices, in such quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive goods, any goods of the same kind may, by order of the Governor in Council, be included on the Import Control List, for the purpose of limiting the importation of such goods to the extent and, subject to subsection (7), for the period that in the opinion of the Governor in Council is necessary to prevent or remedy the injury. Prohibition against further orders (3.1) No order may be made under subsection (3) with respect to goods that have already been the subject of an order made under that subsection or subsection 55(1) of the Customs Tariff unless, after the expiry of the order and any related orders made under subsection (3.2) or (4.1) or under section 60 or subsection 63(1) of the Customs Tariff , there has elapsed a period equal to the greater of two years and the total period during which the order or orders were in effect. Extension order (3.2) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make an extension order including on the Import Control List any goods with respect to which an order has been made under this subsection or subsection (3) or (