Administrative Monetary Penalty System
C071

Contravention

Person failed to provide required certificate, licence, permit or information before the goods are released.

Penalty

Occurrence Penalty
1st $500 Footnote *
2nd $750
3rd and subsequent $1,500
Footnote *

A 30-day delay in the escalation of penalty levels from the first to the second will apply to this contravention. Should a second penalty with the same contravention be issued against the same client, the system will not escalate the penalty level to level two unless 30 days have transpired from when the first Notice of Penalty Assessment (NPA) was issued or the infraction occurred. The non-escalation rule applies from the first level to the second level only; it does not apply from the second to the third level.

Return to footnote * referrer
Penalty basis
Per document
Retention period
12 months

Guidelines

Non-compliance occurs when a person fails to provide a permit, licence, certificate or other document or information that is required by customs at time of interim or final accounting before the goods are released.

For example, a release request was received for a shipment of cheese without a permit.

Or, a release request for agricultural goods was transmitted with an incorrect service option bypassing the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) review process.

Although a penalty may be applied under this contravention all OGD admissibility requirements must be met prior to release. It is also possible that the OGD may have their own administrative monetary penalties.

References

Regulation

Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations, section 4

D-Memo

D17-1-5, Registration, Accounting and Payment for Commercial Goods

Other

D19 Series – Acts and Regulations of Other Government Departments

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