CBSA to Again Postpone End of Release Types PARS/RMD

The Canada Border Services Agency plans to again push back the sunset date for legacy release options as part of the Single Window Initiative and Integrated Import Declaration transition, the agency said in an Oct. 2 email. "Due to the delay in issuing the Single Window Initiative (SWI), Integrated Import Declaration (IID) ECCRD Addendum, the deadline to sunset the legacy Other Government Department (OGD) release service options (OGD PARS and OGD RMD) will be extended to April 1, 2020," the agency said. "The SWI IID ECCRD Addendum includes the necessary functionality that will enable TCPs to be able to process co-regulated shipments, and, as such decommissioning cannot occur until this functionality has been implemented." The CBSA released the addendum document on Oct. 2.