On June 15, 2016, An Act to Amend the Customs Act (Bill C-21) received its first reading in the House of Commons. This enactment, introduced by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, amends the Customs Act to authorize the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) to collect, from prescribed persons and prescribed sources, personal information on all persons who are leaving or have left Canada. It also amends the Act to authorize an…
On June 22, 2016, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a final rule [Docket No. 151204999–6179–02] revising the BIS guidance regarding administrative enforcement cases based on violations of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The rule rewrites its Guidance on Charging and Penalty Determinations in Settlement of Administrative Enforcement Cases found in Supplement No. 1 to part 766 of the EAR, setting forth the factors that the Office of Export…
On June 20, 2016, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce (Commerce) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule [Docket No. 140929814–4814–01] to modify the applicability date contained in the final rule published in the Federal Register on March 24, 2016, Modification of Regulations Regarding Price Adjustments in Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 81 FR 15641, and is seeking comments from parties. The original applicability date language did not convey Commerce’s intention, i.e., to…
On June 16, 2016, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket No. APHIS–2008–0119] clarifying the Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.) declaration requirements. The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 amended the Lacey Act to provide, among other things, that importers submit a declaration at the time of importation for certain plants and plant products. Enforcement of the declaration requirement began on April 1,…
On June 7, 2016, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule [Docket No. 160303182–6182–01] amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove the Special Iraq Reconstruction License (SIRL) from the EAR. The action, if published in final form, would further the objectives of the Retrospective Regulatory Review Initiative that directs BIS and other federal agencies to streamline regulations and reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens on the public. Specifically,…
On June 7, 2016, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a final rule [Docket No. 160302176–6176–01] to amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to implement the recommendations presented at the February 2015 Australia Group (AG) intersessional implementation meeting, and later adopted pursuant to the AG silent approval procedure, and the understandings reached at the June 2015 AG Plenary meeting. The rule amends three Commerce Control List (CCL) entries to…
On June 16, 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a general notice that announces that CBP has changed the date on which the semi-annual written examination for an individual broker’s license will be held in October 2016. The customs broker’s license examination scheduled for October 2016 will be held on Wednesday, October 5.
On June 3, 2016, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce, published in the Federal Register a notice announcing, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a test of the International Trade Data System (ITDS) involving the electronic submission of forms and/or data, related to exportation of fish products regulated by NMFS, using the export Partner Government Agency (PGA) data set of the Automated Export System (AES) Trade…
On June 15, 2016, the Department of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of Marine Conservation (OES/OMC) published in the Federal Register a notice [Public Notice: 9603] that announces a pilot test of the International Trade Data System (ITDS) involving the electronic submission of forms and/or data related to importations of shrimp and shrimp products using the Partner Government Agency (PGA) Message Set and Document Image System (DIS) components of…
On June 14, 2016, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of June 10, 2016 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions and Policies of Certain Members of the Government of Belarus and Other Persons to Undermine Belarus’s Democratic Processes or Institutions which extends for an additional year the national emergency first declared by Executive Order 13405 dated June 16, 2016 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national…