* [Reproduced from the consolidated text of the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (FEMA) provided by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Deletions are indicated by a line through the text, and additions are indicated by shaded text. The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by Douglas H. Forsythe, Economic Law Division, Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The FEMA Amendments were contained in Bill C-54, which was passed by the House of Commons on October 9, 1996, passed by the Senate without amendment on November 7, 1996, received Royal Assent on December 30, 1996 and came into force on January 1, 1997

[The Canadian Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act, entered into force February 14, 1985, appears at 24 I.L.M. 794 (1985); the U.S. Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (the Helms-Burton Act) appears at 35 I.L.M. 357 (1996); the U.S. Statement by the President on Suspending Title III of the Helms- Burton Act, January 3, 1997, appears at 36 I.L.M. 216 (1997); the European Union Council of Ministers Common Position on Cuba, December 2, 1996, appears at 36 I.L.M. 213 (1997); the Canada-Cuba Joint Declaration, January 22, 1997, improving relations between the two countries in a wide variety of fields, appears at 36 I.L.M. 210 (1997); the European Union Council Regulation (EC) No. 2271/96, Protecting Against the Effects of the Extra- Territorial Application of Legislation Adopted by a Third Country, appears at 36 I.L.M. 125 (1997); and the Mexican Act to Protect Trade and Investment from Foreign Norms that Contravene International Law, with an Introductory Note by Jorge A. Vargas, appears at 36 I.L.M. 133 (1997).]