The bill to implement the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade
Agreement (CETA) (Bill C-30), has been set by his
Excellency the Governor General in Council to come into force on
September 21, 2017.
Bill C-30 raises the Investment Canada
Act (ICA) review threshold for non-state owned
enterprise investors from EU member states, as well as the US,
Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Honduras, and South Korea,
in non-cultural businesses to C$1.5 billion in enterprise value of
the Canadian business.
Further, CETA is intended to significantly boost trade and
investment ties between Canada and the EU and will cover most
aspects of the Canada-EU bilateral economic relationship, including
trade in goods and services, investment, and government
procurement, in addition to granting the flexibility to include
areas of mutual interest beyond those that have traditionally been
included in Canada’s trade agreements, such as regulatory
cooperation. CETA would eliminate