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Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations — 12
12 Means used to record and monitor the completion of the initial training and refresher training programs by each member of personnel, including the dates on which the initial training and refresher training programs were completed.
Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations — 13
13 If the transportation service provider enters into any agreement or arrangement with a person for the provision of transportation-related services or facilities, a list of the transportation-related services or facilities that are provided under each agreement or arrangement.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — a
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister for International Development and with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 8 of the International Financial Assistance Act a , makes the annexed International Financial Assistance Regulations . a S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 659
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 1
Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the International Financial Assistance Act . ( Loi ) OECD DAC List means the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee List of Official Development Assistance Recipients, as amended from time to time. ( liste établie par le CAD de l’OCDE )
International Financial Assistance Regulations — International Financial Assistance Regulations
Act means the International Financial Assistance Act . ( Loi )
International Financial Assistance Regulations — International Financial Assistance Regulations
OECD DAC List means the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee List of Official Development Assistance Recipients, as amended from time to time. ( liste établie par le CAD de l’OCDE )
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 2
Conditions to make a loan 2 The competent minister must not make a loan under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act unless (a) the competent minister is of the opinion that the recipient or guarantor of the loan is creditworthy, taking into consideration World Bank and International Monetary Fund debt sustainability assessments; and (b) the recipient or guarantor of the loan is the government of (i) a country or territory that is included in the OECD DAC List, and (ii) a borrowing member of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development of the World Bank Group.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 3
Foreign state limit 3 The sum of all outstanding loans made by the competent minister under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act to the government of a single foreign state and all outstanding loans made by the competent minister under that paragraph that are guaranteed under subsection 3(2) of the Act by the government of that foreign state must not exceed $120 million or the value of 20% of all outstanding loans made by the competent minister under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act, whichever is greater.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 4
Maximum loan term 4 The maximum term of a loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act is 10 years.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 5
Interest rate 5 The interest rate applicable to a loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act is a fixed rate that equals the Government of Canada’s cost of borrowing as determined by reference to the zero-coupon yield curve for Government of Canada bonds published by the Bank of Canada.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 6
Initiation fee 6 The initiation fee for a loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act is the lesser of 0.15% of the amount of the loan and $100,000.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 7
Commitment fee 7 In the case of a loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act that is to be disbursed in a single disbursement, the per annum commitment fee is 0.25% of the amount of the loan for the period beginning on the day that is 60 days after the effective date of the loan and ending on the day on which the recipient draws the loan, payable on a semi-annual basis.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 8
Terms and conditions of repayment 8 (1) Subject to subsection (2), principal and interest payments related to a loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act are payable by the recipient on at least an annual basis. Grace period (2) The competent minister may grant the recipient a grace period during which the recipient is not required to make principal or interest payments, or both, on a loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act if there is an imbalance between the recipient’s cash inflows and outflows.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 9
Exception 9 Sections 2 , 4 and 8 of these Regulations do not apply to a loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act as part of debt restructuring.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 10
Currency 10 A loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act may only be made in the currency of Canada, the United States, the European Monetary Union, the United Kingdom, Japan or another currency identified by the International Monetary Fund as an official foreign exchange reserve currency.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 11
Approval — Minister of Finance 11 The competent minister must not carry out any of the following transactions without the approval of the Minister of Finance: (a) making a loan under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act; (b) amending a financial term of a loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 12
Consultation — Minister of Finance 12 The competent minister must consult with the Minister of Finance before a debt or obligation relating to a loan made under paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Act is written off or forgiven.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 13
Persons or entities 13 Under paragraph 4(a) of the Act, the competent minister must not guarantee an obligation undertaken by a person or entity unless (a) the guarantee supports international assistance in a country or territory included in the OECD DAC List; and (b) the competent minister obtains from the recipient of the guarantee an undertaking to make reasonable efforts to recover losses related to the obligation.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 14
Maximum guarantee exposure 14 (1) The maximum amount of outstanding guarantees provided under paragraph 4(a) of the Act must not exceed $500 million. Recipient limit (2) The maximum amount of outstanding guarantees provided under paragraph 4(a) of the Act to a particular recipient must not exceed $100 million.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 15
Partial guarantee 15 If the competent minister provides a partial guarantee under paragraph 4(a) of the Act, the competent minister must not guarantee more than 50% of the obligation undertaken by a person or entity.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 16
Initiation fee 16 Subject to section 18 of these Regulations, the initiation fee for a guarantee provided under paragraph 4(a) of the Act is the lesser of 0.15% of the amount of the guarantee and $100,000.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 17
Fees 17 Subject to section 18 of these Regulations, the fee to obtain a guarantee provided under paragraph 4(a) of the Act is an amount equal to the net present value of the expected financial loss to the Government of Canada of the guarantee.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 18
Fees — guarantees with co-guarantor 18 If the competent minister provides a guarantee under paragraph 4(a) of the Act with a co-guarantor, the initiation fee and the fee to obtain the guarantee are the amounts charged for similar fees by the co-guarantor on a prorated basis.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 19
Circumstances of dealing with shares 19 (1) The competent minister must not under paragraph 4(f) of the Act acquire, hold, assign, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of shares except in respect of an investment that supports international assistance in a country or territory included in the OECD DAC List. Manner of dealing with shares (2) The competent minister must not seek to acquire or hold a controlling or majority interest in a corporation when making the investment referred to in subsection (1).
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 20
Approval — Minister of Finance 20 The competent minister must not carry out any of the following transactions without the approval of the Minister of Finance: (a) providing a guarantee under paragraph 4(a) of the Act; (b) executing a transaction under any of paragraphs 4(b) to (f) of the Act, except if the transaction is executed under paragraph 4(f) of the Act through a transfer payment; (c) amending a financial term of a transaction that was executed under any of paragraphs 4(a) to (f) of the Act, except if the transaction is executed under paragraph 4(f) of the Act through a transfer payment.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — 21
Condition 21 The competent minister must not, under section 5 of the Act, seek to acquire or hold a controlling or majority interest in a corporation.
International Financial Assistance Regulations — International Financial Assistance Regulations
S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 659 * 22 These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 659 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2 comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered. * [Note: Regulations in force June 25, 2019.]
Patent Rules — a
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Industry, pursuant to section 12 a and subsection 20(18) of the Patent Act b and section 12 c of that Act as it read immediately before October 1, 1989, makes the annexed Patent Rules . a S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 259(3) b R.S., c. P-4 c R.S., c. 33 (3rd Supp.). s. 3
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
Administrative Instructions [Repealed, SOR/2022-120, s. 1]
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
Administrative Instructions under the PCT means the Administrative Instructions under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, including any modifications made from time to time. ( Instructions administratives du PCT )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
associate patent agent means a patent agent appointed by another patent agent under section 28 . ( coagent )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
Budapest Treaty means the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, done at Budapest on April 28, 1977, including any amendments and revisions made from time to time to which Canada is a party. ( Traité de Budapest )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
common representative means an applicant or patentee appointed under section 26 , 218 , 219 or 220 . ( représentant commun )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
description means, except in Form 1 of Schedule 1, the part of a specification other than the claims. ( description )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
foreign practitioner means an individual whose name is included in the Register of Patent Agents under section 19 of the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Regulations . ( professionnel étranger )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
international application means an application for a patent filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. ( demande internationale )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
international depositary authority has the same meaning as in Article 2(viii) of the Budapest Treaty. ( autorité de dépôt internationale )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
national phase entry date means the date determined under subsection 155 (2) or section 210 , as applicable. ( date d’entrée en phase nationale )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
patent agent [Repealed, SOR/2021-131, s. 2]
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
Patent Cooperation Treaty means the Patent Cooperation Treaty, done at Washington on June 19, 1970, including any amendments, modifications and revisions made from time to time to which Canada is a party. ( Traité de coopération en matière de brevets )
Patent Rules — (a)
PCT national phase application means an international application in respect of which the applicant (a) has complied with the requirements of subsection 154 (1) and, if applicable, subsection 154 (2); or (b) has, before October 30, 2019, complied with the requirements of subsection 58(1) and, if applicable, subsection 58(2) of the Patent Rules , as they read immediately before that date. ( demande PCT à la phase nationale )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
PCT sequence listing standard means Standard ST.26 of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Recommended Standard for the Presentation of Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequence Listings using XML (eXtensible Markup Language) , as amended from time to time. ( norme PCT de listages des séquences )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
presentation date means the date determined under subsection 103(2) or 202(2), as applicable. ( date de soumission )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
Regulations under the Budapest Treaty means the Regulations under the Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure, including any amendments made from time to time. ( Règlement d’exécution du Traité de Budapest )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
Regulations under the PCT means the Regulations under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, including any amendments made from time to time. ( Règlement d’exécution du PCT )
Patent Rules — Patent Rules
sequence listing has the same meaning as in the PCT sequence listing standard. ( listage des séquences )
Patent Rules — 2
Clarification 2 For greater certainty, for the purposes of these Rules, (a) an application for the reissue of a patent is not considered to be an application for a patent; and (b) a patent granted on the basis of a divisional application that results from the division of an original application is not a patent granted on the basis of the original application.
Patent Rules — 3
 justify requiring the statement and the application; and (d) the applicant or patentee pays the difference between the amount that was paid and the amount of the fee that was payable on the day on which the insufficient payment was made, unless the Commissioner waives payment of the difference under section 139.1. Extension — date of payment (5) If under any of subsections (3) to (4), the Commissioner extends the period of time for the payment of a fee, that fee is deemed to have been paid on the day on which the small entity fee was paid or the insufficient payment was made, as the case may be. Non-application to subsection 128(1) (6) Subsection (5) does not apply to the determination of the date of the payment of a fee for the purposes of subsection 128(1). SOR/2022-120, s. 2 SOR/2024-50, s. 1 SOR/2024-241, s. 1
Patent Rules — 4
Time fixed by subsection 18(2) of Act 4 The Commissioner is authorized to extend the period of time fixed by subsection 18(2) of the Act — whether that period has expired or not — if the Commissioner considers that the circumstances justify the extension and if, before the end of that period, the extension is applied for and the fee set out in item 1 of Schedule 2 is paid.
Patent Rules — 5
Prescribed days 5 The following days are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 78(1) of the Act: (a) Saturday; (b) Sunday; (c) January 1 or, if January 1 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday; (d) Good Friday; (e) Easter Monday; (f) the Monday before May 25; (g) June 24 or, if June 24 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday; (h) July 1 or, if July 1 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday; (i) the first Monday in August; (j) the first Monday in September; (j.1) September 30 or, if September 30 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday; (k) the second Monday in October; (l) November 11 or, if November 11 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday; (m) December 25 and 26 or (i) if December 25 falls on a Friday, that Friday and the following Monday, and (ii) if December 25 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday and Tuesday; and (n) any day on which the Patent Office is closed to the public for all or part of the day during ordinary business hours. SOR/2022-44, s. 2
Patent Rules — 5.01
Fee deemed paid 5.01 If these Rules set out a small entity fee and a standard fee in respect of a patent or an application for a patent, a standard fee is deemed to be paid on the day on which a small entity fee is paid if (a) on or before the day on which the small entity fee is paid, a small entity declaration is filed in respect of the application in accordance with subsection 44(3), or a small entity declaration is filed in accordance with subsection 112(3) in respect of the patent or in accordance with subsection 44(3) in respect of the application on the basis of which the patent was granted; (b) it is later determined that the standard fee should have been paid; (c) before the end of the period of time for the payment of the standard fee, the applicant or patentee pays the difference between the amount of the applicable small entity fee and the amount of the standard fee that was applicable on the day on which the small entity fee was paid; and (d) the applicant or patentee files a statement declaring that the small entity fee was, to the best of their knowledge, paid in good faith and the difference between the amount of the applicable small entity fee and the amount of the standard fee that was applicable on the day on which the small entity fee was paid is being paid without undue delay after the applicant or patentee became aware that the standard fee should have been paid. SOR/2024-241, s. 2
Patent Rules — 5.02
Amount due — day of last partial payment 5.02 (1) Subject to section 5.2, if a fee is paid by means of two or more partial payments, the amount of the fee to be paid is the amount that would be payable if the full amount of the fee had been paid on the day on which the last partial payment is received. Amount due — day requirements met (2) Subject to subsection (3), the amount of the fee to be paid for an examination of an application for a patent under subsection 35(1) of the Act is the amount of the fee that is payable on the day on which the request for examination is made and the fee is paid or, if the request is made and the fee is paid on different days, the later of those days. Amount due — day of amendment (3) The amount of the fee to be paid for an examination of an application for a patent under subsection 35(1) of the Act is, if the applicant submits an amendment referred to in section 83.1, the amount of the fee that is payable on the day on which the applicant makes the amendment referred to in section 83.1. SOR/2024-241, s. 2
Patent Rules — 5.1
Small entity declaration filed after payment 5.1 Despite any provision of these Rules that sets out a small entity fee and a standard fee in respect of a patent or an application for a patent, if a patentee or applicant pays the standard fee and a small entity declaration is later filed in respect of that patent or application, the applicable fee is the standard fee. SOR/2022-120, s. 3
Patent Rules — 5.2
Extension of time for payment of fee 5.2 For greater certainty, if the Commissioner extends the period of time for the payment of a fee under subsection 3(3), (3.1) or (4), the applicable fee is (a) in the case of an extension under subsection 3(3), the standard fee that was payable on the day on which the small entity fee was paid; or (b) in the case of an extension under subsection 3(3.1) or (4), the fee that was payable on the day on which the insufficient payment was made. SOR/2022-120, s. 3 SOR/2024-241, s. 3
Patent Rules — 6
Written communications to Commissioner 6 Written communications intended for the Commissioner or the Patent Office must be addressed to the “Commissioner of Patents”.
Patent Rules — 7
Postal address 7 (1) A person who is doing business before the Patent Office must provide the Commissioner with their postal address and a written communication sent by the Commissioner or the Patent Office to that person at that address is, unless the communication is withdrawn, considered to have been sent to that person on the date that it bears. Electronic communications (2) If a person who is doing business before the Patent Office authorizes the sending of communications by electronic means specified by the Commissioner, a written communication sent by the Commissioner or the Patent Office to that person by those means is, unless the communication is withdrawn, considered to have been sent to that person on the date borne by the communication. SOR/2024-241, s. 4
Patent Rules — 8
One patent or application for patent per communication 8 (1) A written communication intended for the Commissioner or the Patent Office must not relate to more than one patent or one application for a patent. Exceptions (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a written communication relating to (a) a change in a name or an address; (b) a transfer; (c) a request to register a document; (d) a fee to maintain in effect an application for a patent or the rights accorded by a patent; (e) an appointment, or revocation of an appointment, of a patent agent; or (f) a correction of an error, if the error and correction are the same in each patent or application for a patent.
Patent Rules — 9
Minimum content of written communications — applications 9 (1) A written communication in respect of an application for a patent that is intended for the Commissioner or the Patent Office must include the name of the applicant and the application number or, if the application number is not known, information that allows the application to be identified. Minimum content of written communications — patents (2) A written communication in respect of a patent that is intended for the Commissioner or the Patent Office must include the name of the patentee and the patent number.