<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2025-01-01" hasPreviousVersion="true" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:current-date="2025-01-22" lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424384" lims:id="1424384" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424385" lims:id="1424385"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2023-207</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2023</YYYY><MM>10</MM><DD>6</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2025</YYYY><MM>1</MM><DD>23</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424386" lims:id="1424386"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-54.011">CUSTOMS TARIFF</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424387" lims:id="1424387">General Preferential Tariff Withdrawal and Extension (2023 GPT Review) Order</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2023-1013</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2023</YYYY><MM>10</MM><DD>6</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424388" lims:id="1424388"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424389" lims:id="1424389" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that Lebanon and Tunisia are developing countries;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424390" lims:id="1424390" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2023-207">General Preferential Tariff Withdrawal and Extension (2023 GPT Review) Order</XRefExternal> under paragraphs 34(1)(a)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5184_hq_1688479993">a</FootnoteRef> and (b)<FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5184_hq_1688479993">a</FootnoteRef> of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-54.011">Customs Tariff</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_81000-2-5184_hq_1688480063">b</FootnoteRef>.</Text><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5184_hq_1688479993" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 2011, c. 24, s. 118</Text></Footnote><Footnote id="fn_81000-2-5184_hq_1688480063" placement="page" status="official"><Label>b</Label><Text>S.C. 1997, c. 36</Text></Footnote></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424391" lims:id="1424391"><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424392" lims:id="1424392" level="1"><TitleText>Withdrawal of Entitlement</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:fid="1424393" lims:id="1424393"><Label>1</Label><Text>Entitlement to the benefit of the General Preferential Tariff is withdrawn in respect of all goods that originate in the following countries:</Text><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424394" lims:id="1424394" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="no" list-item="no"><Text>Armenia, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Fiji, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Iraq, Marshall Islands, Moldova, Nauru, Paraguay, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu and Vietnam.</Text></Provision></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424395" lims:id="1424395" level="1"><TitleText>Extension of Entitlement</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:fid="1424396" lims:id="1424396"><Label>2</Label><Text>Entitlement to the benefit of the General Preferential Tariff is extended in respect of all goods that originate in the following countries:</Text><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424397" lims:id="1424397" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="no" list-item="no"><Text>Lebanon and Tunisia.</Text></Provision></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424398" lims:id="1424398" level="1"><TitleText>Exemption</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:fid="1424399" lims:id="1424399"><Label>3</Label><Text>Section 1 does not apply to goods that were in transit to Canada before January 1, 2025.</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424400" lims:id="1424400" level="1"><TitleText>Amendments to the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-54.011">Customs Tariff</XRefExternal> Schedule</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:fid="1424401" lims:id="1424401" target="1997, c. 36" type="amending"><Label>4</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424404" lims:id="1424404" level="1"><TitleText>Coming into Force</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2023-10-06" lims:enacted-date="2023-10-06" lims:lastAmendedDate="2023-10-06" lims:fid="1424405" lims:id="1424405" type="CIF"><Label>5</Label><Text>This Order comes into force on January 1, 2025.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>