Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on Iran

Marginal note:Specific products

• 4 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada or any Canadian outside Canada to sell, supply or transfer, directly or indirectly, any of the following products, wherever situated, destined for Iran, for a person acting on behalf of Iran or for any person in Iran:

  • (a) those that appear in Information Circular INFCIRC/254/Rev.12/Part 1, entitled Communication Received from the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding Certain Member States’ Guidelines for the Export of Nuclear Material, Equipment and Technology;

  • (b) those that appear in Information Circular INFCIRC/254/Rev.9/Part 2, entitled Communication Received from the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding Certain Member States’ Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-related Dual-use Equipment, Materials, Software and Related Technology;

  • (c) those identified by the Security Council for the purpose of paragraph 2 of Annex B to Security Council Resolution 2231.

  • (d) [Repealed, SOR/2023-219, s. 1]

  • (e) [Repealed, SOR/2023-219, s. 1]

  • (f) [Repealed, SOR/2023-219, s. 1]

  • (g) [Repealed, SOR/2023-219, s. 1]

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to products that appear in section 1 of Annex B to Information Circular INFCIRC/254/Rev.12/Part 1 that are for light-water reactors, or to low-enriched uranium covered by section 1.2 of Annex A to that Information Circular, if it is incorporated into assembled nuclear fuel elements for light-water reactors.

• Marginal note:Uranium mining and nuclear materials and technologies

  (3) It is prohibited for any person in Canada or any Canadian outside Canada to

  • (a) make available any property or provide any financial or related services related to uranium mining in Canada, or to the production or the use of nuclear materials and technologies listed in Information Circular INFCIRC/254/Rev.12/Part 1, in Canada, to Iran, to any person in Iran or to any person that is owned, held or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Iran or any person in Iran, or acting on behalf of or at the direction of Iran or any person in Iran; or

  • (b) enter into or facilitate any transaction related to uranium mining in Canada, or to the production or the use of nuclear materials and technologies listed in Information Circular INFCIRC/254/Rev.12/Part 1 in Canada, with Iran, with any person in Iran or with any person that is owned, held or controlled, directly or indirectly, by Iran or any person in Iran, or acting on behalf of or at the direction of Iran or any person in Iran.

• Marginal note:Technical assistance

  (4) It is prohibited for any person in Canada or any Canadian outside Canada to provide technical assistance to Iran or to any person in Iran related to the sale, supply or transfer of any of the products referred to in subsection (1) or related to the manufacture or use of such a product in Iran or on behalf of Iran.

• Marginal note:Property and financial services

  (5) It is prohibited for any person in Canada or any Canadian outside Canada to make available any property or provide financial or related services to Iran or to any person in Iran related to the sale, supply or transfer of any of the products referred to in subsection (1) or related to the manufacture or use of such a product in Iran or on behalf of Iran.