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Bien que la dénomination du programme CANPASS PFRE comprenne le terme CANPASS, celui-ci ne comporte pas les éléments essentiels des autres programmes CANPASS au regard des exigences en ce qui a trait aux processus de demande, de passage et de déclaration. Le permis PFRE n'est valide que pour les régions éloignées situées entre Pigeon River et, inclusivement, le lac des Bois, la côte canadienne du lac Supérieur, l'île Cockburn, Sault Ste.
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The Q19 program was implemented in 1978. The program area spans across 276 km of the Quebec-Maine border. This program enables commercial importers to report after normal hours of operation at four POEs and anytime at an unguarded private road crossing at Saint-Zacharie, Quebec, along the Quebec East Border District. The roads in the area are mostly unpaved, and for large trucks, are passable only at night at certain times of the year. The Q19 program was initially designed to facilitate the entry of logs for sawmills in the area, but the program is also used to import lumber machinery parts and fuel. Importers are required to provide cargo manifests for each passage, which are placed in locked boxes at each of the five POEs. Q19 drivers must report to the nearest open POE when importing personal goods.
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