Vehicles for Export to the European Union and its Member States - Serial No. 1134

Date: November 28, 2024

This Notice replaces Notice to Exporters No. 1004 dated September 2, 2020, and sets out the policies and practices pertaining to the administration of vehicles for export to the European Union (EU) and its member states under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

This Notice is provided pursuant to the authority of the Export and Import Permits Act (EIPA) and its corresponding regulations, and remains in effect until further notice.

Table of contents

• Definitions
• Eligibility criteria
• Administration Policy
• Related links

Definitions

Vehicles means a product that is included in item 5210 on the Export Control List (ECL), namely, vehicles that originate in Canada and comply with the product description and sufficient production criteria referred to in Table D.1 of Annex 5-A to Annex 5 of the Protocol on Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures of CETA for export to an EU country or other CETA beneficiary.

See the list of EIPA commodity codes for Vehicles.

Eligibility criteria

You are eligible for an allocation if you are a:

• Resident of Canada
• your head office is in Canada or you operate a branch office in Canada.
• Manufacturer of light passenger Vehicles
• that manufactures light passenger Vehicles of the type eligible to benefit from the CETA origin quota for Vehicles, either on a manufactured or purchased chassis, in an establishment in Canada.
• In accordance with the CETA Protocol on Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures, the exporter of the product is required to provide an origin declaration to the importer.
• In order for the importer to identify origin quota imports, and to inform the importer of the application of Annex 5-A, the exporter must include a reference to Annex 5-A on the commercial invoice or any other commercial document. In accordance with paragraph 4 of Annex 5-A, the European Union shall not count any products against the annual origin quota without such reference.

Administration Policy

• Shipment-specific permits are required for the export of all origin quota vehicles from Canada in order to obtain the preferential tariff rate under CETA.
• Shipment-specific permits are available for the export of these goods, on a first-come, first-served basis, upon submission of a duly completed shipment-specific permit application.
• Once the origin quota has been fully utilized, permits will not be issued for the remainder of the quota year.

Related links

• Key dates and access quantities
• Apply for an EIPA file number (PDF version, 168KB)
• How to apply for a shipment-specific import permit
• CETA origin quotas (including utilization information)
• Contact Us