Canadian Coast Guard
Marine Services Fees Information Bulletin

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Number Twenty-Seven
October, 2011

This Bulletin is provided to inform the marine community on developments affecting the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) Marine Services Fees (MSF). Comments on information contained in this Bulletin should be directed to the Cost Recovery Program of the CCG. Contact information for the Cost Recovery Program is available at the end of this Bulletin and on the CCG website. Current and previous editions of the MSF Bulletin are also posted on the website at: www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/MSF_Bulletins.

The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is proposing to amend the Fee Schedule – Fees to be Paid for Marine Navigation Services provided by the Canadian Coast Guard to respond to comments raised by the Standing Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations (SJC) with regard to the Fee Schedule, and to correct minor errors in grammar and punctuation.

CCG is also proposing to amend the Fee Schedule – Fees to be Paid for Icebreaking Services provided by the Canadian Coast Guard to remove the interest provision under Section 5. The changes proposed by the SJC, for which we are seeking your comments, are highlighted below:

FEES TO BE PAID FOR MARINE NAVIGATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD

INTERPRETATION

“tonne” means a metric ton. (tonne métrique)

APPLICATION

(3) This fee schedule does not apply to Canadian ships or ships operating covered by section 10 that are operating exclusively in one or more of the following:

PART III

GENERAL

15. {section 15 to be removed}

ANNEX I

STANDARD FOR ECDIS AND DGPS

BACKGROUND

Performance Standards for Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDISs) were formally adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on December 15, 1995 (IMO Resolution A.817 (19), adopted December 15, 1995). The IMO Performance Standards (IMO PS) permit National Maritime Safety Administrations to consider ECDIS as the legal equivalent to the charts required by regulation V/20 of the 1974 Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS) Convention. IMO has specifically requested that member governments have their National Hydrographic Offices produce electronic navigational charts (ENCs) and establish the associated updating service as soon as possible, and to ensure that manufacturers conform to the performance standards when designing and producing an ECDIS.

CONCLUSION

It is the intent of this paper to establish an interim standard that vessels may comply with to enable them to qualify for the 5 per cent PNS reduction in the Marine Services Fee. This interim standard in no way obviates the formal approval process for regulatory purposes. It also does not relieve the shipowner of complying with the appropriate Charts and Nautical Publications Regulations, 1995, or the Navigating Appliances and Equipment Regulations.

FEES TO BE PAID FOR ICEBREAKING SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CANADIAN COAST GUARD

PART II

GENERAL

5. {section 5 to be removed}

Comments on these proposals may be submitted to the Cost Recovery Group at the address below no later than November 9, 2011.

This Marine Services Fees Information Bulletin provides interpretations of fee schedules imposed under the Oceans Act. These interpretations are not binding and, where a discrepancy between the two documents arises, the fee schedule will always take precedence.

Should you have an email address change to report or should you wish to have an email added to the distribution list, please let us know by contacting us at the following email address: MSFinfo@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

For more information related to this Bulletin, please contact:

Cost Recovery, Maritime Services, Canadian Coast Guard
Stn. 5S014, 200 Kent Street
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E6

Telephone: 613-990-1539
Fax: 613-998-3255
Marine Services Fees Toll Free Telephone: 1-800-563-6295
Email: MSFinfo@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Internet Site: www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/eng/CCG/Marine_Services_Fees