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Clearance Services Portal Glossary
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Create Order (alcohol division)
Division: Alcoholic Beverages
Division: Children's Advertising
Division: Cosmetics
Division: Foods and Beverages
Division: Responsible Advertising of Foods & Beverages to Children
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| Billing Address Book | Your third-party billing addresses. |
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| My account | Access and modify your account details. |
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| New Order | Begin a new order. |
| Open orders | Your orders currently in progress. |
| Completed order | Your orders that have been finalized. |
| View | View your submission and order details. |
| Resubmit | Resubmit revised script, additional documents, notes to Ad Standards. A script submitted with significant copy changes may require a full review and no longer be considered a Resubmit. |
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| Number Transfer | If minor, non-claim, copy changes are made to a previously approved script, the ASC number may be transferred to the new version of the script. A Number Transfer request can be made up to one year after the date of the original approval. A script with significant copy changes may require a full review and no longer be considered a Number Transfer. |
Create order |
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| Order communication language | Indicate which language you would like Ad Standards to communicate with you on this order. |
| Save order | Proceed to next step. |
| Variation | A variation of an already entered submission in this order. |
| Save & Next | Proceed to next step. |
| Script | Mandatory |
| Supporting | Storyboard, video, product label, product license, product monograph, attestation, etc... |
| Select file | Select file(s) to upload. |
| Add another commercial/script submission | Add another submission for this same advertiser. |
| Continue | Proceed to final order verification. |
| Add new submission | Add another submission for this same advertiser. |
| Open | Review and revise this submission. |
| Delete | Remove this submission from this order. |
| View | View your submission and order details. |
Create order (alcohol division only) |
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| CRTC | Review of alcoholic beverage advertising copy for broadcast advertising (nationally). Review of broadcast and non-broadcast advertising (British Columbia only). |
| AGCO | Review of alcoholic beverage advertising (all media) for the province of Ontario. |
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| Lookup | Lookup your alternative billing addresses. |
| Add new | Add a new alternative billing address. |
| Cancel | Go back to previous screen. |
Division: Alcoholic Beverages
Submission Type |
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| Advertisement review |
The advertisement promotes the sale or availability of an alcoholic beverage or the availability of alcoholic beverages and includes descriptive or qualifying claims (e.g. any tagline is a descriptive or qualifying claim). Submit only one advertisement per submission.
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| Sponsorship review | The advertisement is limited to naming, illustrating or identifying alcoholic beverages and/or its price, but includes no descriptive or qualifying claims or representations about the product. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| Concept assessment | A concept assessment allows for a general overview of a concept or campaign, usually before developping formal creative. |
Media Type |
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| Any media | Applicable only to a concept assessment review. |
| Banner | Embeded advertisement on a web page. Submit only one banner per submission. |
| Post | A message published on a social media platform. Please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one post per submission. |
| Print/OOH/DOOH | A print advertisement (e.g. magazine, newspaper or point-of-purchase), an out-of-home advertisement (e.g. poster or billboard) or a digital out-of-home advertisement (static). Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| Radio | An advertisement on the radio. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| Streaming audio | An advertisement on a streaming audio platform or on a podcast. Please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| Streaming Video/ DOOH Video | An advertisement on a streaming video platform , in cinema or a digital out-of-home video. As applicable, please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| TV |
An advertisement on television. Submit only one advertisement per submission.
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| Website | Reviewing the content of a website. Please provide text, images, videos, links, etc. |
Division: Children's Advertising
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| Committee Review - 48 hr |
Expedited review by the Children's Committee of a finished, ready to air commercial. Script and final video are required. Submit only one advertisement per submission.
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| Committee Review - Meeting | Review by the Children's Committee of a finished, ready to air commercial at a regularly scheduled meeting. Script and final video are required. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| Concept assessment | A concept assessment allows for a general overview of a concept or campaign, usually before developping formal creative. |
| Late Tag of Approved Movie | A tag for an already approved movie. Please include the approval number in your notes. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| Renewal | Ad Standards Children’s Clearance Numbers are valid for one year. Advertisers wishing to continue to broadcast following number expiry must resubmit their commercial for re-evaluation. Please include the previous order number and/or approval number in the notes. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| Script evaluation | A review a script, storyboard or rough-cut prior to final commercial production. Ad Standards will provide written advice as to whether or not the submission complies with the Children’s Code. This preliminary evaluation does not guarantee final Committee clearance. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
Media Type |
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| Any media | Applicable only to a concept assessment review. |
| Radio | An advertisement on the radio. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| Television | An advertisement on television. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
Division: Cosmetics
Submission Type |
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| Advertisement review |
To submit an advertisement for review.
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| Concept assessment | A concept assessment allows for a general overview of a concept or campaign, usually before developping formal creative. |
Media Type |
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| Any media | Applicable only to a concept assessment review. |
| Banner | Embeded advertisement on a web page. Submit only one banner per submission. |
| Post | A message published on a social media platform. Please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one post per submission. Submit only one post per submission. |
| Print/OOH/DOOH |
A print advertisement (e.g. magazine, newspaper or point-of-purchase), an out-of-home advertisement (e.g. poster or billboard) or a digital out-of-home advertisement (static). Submit only one post per submission.
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| Radio/Streaming audio | An advertisement on the radio, on a streaming audio platform or on a podcast. As applicable, please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| TV/Streaming video/DOOH video |
An advertisement on a streaming video platform , in cinema or a digital out-of-home video. As applicable, please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one advertisement per submission.
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| Website | Reviewing the content of a website. Please provide text, images, videos, links, etc. |
Division: Foods and Beverages
Submission Type |
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| Advertisement review |
To submit an advertisement for review.
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| Advertisement Review with a Health Claim | To submit an advertisement for a food or beverage with a health claim for review. See health claims. |
| Concept assessment | A concept assessment allows for a general overview of a concept or campaign, usually before developping formal creative. |
Media Type |
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| Any media | Applicable only to a concept assessment review. |
| Banner | Embeded advertisement on a web page. Submit only one banner per submission. |
| Post | A message published on a social media platform. Please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one post per submission. |
| Print/OOH/DOOH |
A print advertisement (e.g. magazine, newspaper or point-of-purchase), an out-of-home advertisement (e.g. poster or billboard) or a digital out-of-home advertisement (static). Submit only one advertisement per submission.
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| Radio/Streaming audio | An advertisement on the radio, on a streaming audio platform or on a podcast. As applicable, please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| TV/Streaming video/DOOH video |
An advertisement on a streaming video platform , in cinema or a digital out-of-home video. As applicable, please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one advertisement per submission.
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| Website | Reviewing the content of a website. Please provide text, images, videos, links, etc. |
Division: Responsible Advertising of Foods & Beverages to Children
Submission Type |
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| Advertisement review |
To submit an advertisement for review.
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| Concept assessment | A concept assessment allows for a general overview of a concept or campaign, usually before developping formal creative. |
Media Type |
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| Any media | Applicable only to a concept assessment review. |
| Banner | Embeded advertisement on a web page. Submit only one banner per submission. |
| In App | Ads on advertiser owned apps and advertiser-owned interactive games. |
| Cinema/Movies/ Video games |
An advertisement on or within a disk-based or downloadable movie or video or video game. An on-screen cinema ad. Submit only one advertisement per submission.
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| Post | A message published on a social media platform. Please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one post per submission. |
| Print/OOH/DOOH/ DOOH Video |
A print advertisement (e.g. magazine, newspaper or point-of-purchase), an out-of-home advertisement, a digital out-of-home advertisement (static) or a digital out-of-home video. Submit only one advertisement per submission.
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| Radio/Streaming audio | An advertisement on the radio, on a streaming audio platform or on a podcast. As applicable, please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| TV/streaming video | An advertisement on television or on a streaming video platform. As applicable, please include text, images, audio, hyperlinks, etc. Submit only one advertisement per submission. |
| Website | Reviewing the content of a website. Please provide text, images, videos, links, etc. |