Our CETA Solutions package helps you to start or expand your business on the Canadian market. We support entrepreneurs at every stage of their business development: from conception, through to incorporating the business and strengthening cooperation with Canadian entities.
Given growing protectionism in the USA and thanks to Canada’s trade agreement with the EU, Canada is becoming a natural direction of development for European businesses seeking to expand to the North American continent.
We advise on the various options available and complete the necessary formalities for you.
We explain Canada’s taxation rules.
We advise on hiring and transferring employees to Canada.
We clarify distribution standards and practices on the Canadian market.
We help you to benefit from the Canada-EU trade agreement
We analyse your company’s goals and develop tailored solutions designed to suit the Canadian market.
We advise on the appropriate classification of your goods and services, to help you increase your imports and exports in compliance with CETA regulations.
We thoroughly analyse the Canadian law which applies to trading your goods and services on the Canadian market.
We advise you on choosing the most appropriate type of business to achieve your commercial aims.
We complete the registration procedures and establish a temporary headquarters, so that you can start business quickly.
We help to obtain work permits and, if necessary, hire board members in compliance with Canadian law.
We register your business and advise on how to effectively organise your company’s tax structure in Canada.
SSW was established in 2009 as SSW Law & Tax. We are now one of Poland’s largest and most dynamically developing law firms.
Legal and tax advisory services are SSW’s core business, but in line with our motto ‘Law & Beyond’, we also offer complementary services, provided by lawyers, tax advisors, financial experts and analysts.
SSW cooperates with carefully selected law firms from around the world to provide the solutions which work best on the relevant market.
We have considerable experience in advising on Polish and international transactions involving domestic and foreign clients.
We have implemented numerous projects for Canadian companies operating in the EU, and European companies entering the Canadian market. We work closely with Canadian legal advisors, so we can provide efficient local advice coordinated from Poland.
We are highlighted by international rankings based on client feedback and statistical data, such as Chambers and Partners, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, World Tax, Lexology and Mergermarket.
The Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement is the first transatlantic economic and trade agreement concluded between the European Union and Canada.
The EU-Canada CETA agreement benefits both parties by increasing trade in goods and services. Thanks to CETA, 98% of goods are traded duty-free, with the remainder being subject to progressively reducing customs duties. Trade is conducted subject to simplified customs formalities. Between 2017 and 2022, exports from the EU to Canada increased by 47%. The European Commission estimates that around 75,000 new jobs have been created since CETA was concluded. CETA also facilitates access to critical raw materials that are important for the EU’s green transition and technological goals.
CETA also facilitates participation in Canadian tenders for the supply of goods and services, not only at the federal level but also at provincial and municipal levels. No countries outside CETA have this opportunity.
The EU and Canada have also agreed to mutually recognise conformity assessment certificates in areas such as electrical appliances, electronic and radio equipment, toys, and measuring devices or equipment. This means that the certification required for the Canadian market can be carried out in Poland.
The CETA negotiations were finalized in October 2016. On 30 October 2016, the EU Council decided to sign the agreement and to apply it provisionally prior to its ratification by all EU Member States. To date, 10 EU countries have still not ratified CETA (including Poland).
In practice, the provisional application mechanism means that most of CETA’s provisions are applied in practice even though it has not been ratified by all EU Member States. The European Parliament approved CETA on 15 February 2017, following which the Council of the EU gave the necessary notification to the Canadian authorities and the Canadian Parliament adopted implementing legislation which enabled the agreement to enter into force in its entirety on 21 September 2017. More information about CETA can be found here: EU-Canada Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement.
