[April 5, 2017 Red font CBSA response]
Very shortly a revised D3-1-1 will be published which includes a paragraph regarding the print outs of electronic cargo data in lieu of an A8A. The following wording is what will be in the new D3-1-1:
When ACI/eManifest data has been transmitted and requires a paper cargo control document (CCD) for release purposes, the carrier has the option of using the In Bond – Cargo Control Document, Form A8A-B or a paper print out of the ACI transmission, provided it contains the information found in Appendix F.
Once the D3-1-1 has been published and the Operational bulletin has gone out, the TCCPU believes that in the scenarios described below by the client (other than remanifests), a paper print out of a cargo transmission would be acceptable. Please see comments in red below.
Please confirm if the eHBL replaces the A8A. The hard copy of the electronic house bill transmission will be acceptable under new policy as long as all of the data as indicated in the new D3-1-1 is on the printout.
Please confirm if the previous forwarder still needs to send us BOTH a Long Room Copy and a Delivery Authority Copy of the Advice Note. This would especially still be required for any paper PARS or RMD or any reject Y-50 that requires a paper RMD by a BSO. A paper print out of the electronic transmission will be acceptable.
Given that the 6000 series rail carriers provide a plain white paper copy of all the A8A information as a manifest for use as either PARS or RMD and accepted by the long room, would ONLY a copy of the eHBL information be acceptable for use in PARS? Yes.
Would it be acceptable for use in paper RMD? Yes.
Is it acceptable for the record-keeping purposes by the forwarder or broker who received it? Yes.
If the next level tier forwarder does have to re-manifest, and they are not live yet, in order to cancel the previous, don’t we still have to submit the proper A8A (long room and delivery authority) to CBSA with our new manifest (in four copies)? I doubt any long room
will stamp cancelled a copy of a previous forwarder’s House Bill Message. A paper remanifest still requires a paper A8A.