Declarations Regulations (Chemical Weapons Convention) (SOR/2010-56)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-20

Notice and Declaration Regarding Exports and Imports

Marginal note:Notice

 Any person that anticipates exporting or importing a Schedule 1 chemical under an authorization referred to in subsection 8(2) of the Act must notify the National Authority in writing not less than 45 days before the export or import. The notice must be signed and dated by the person that gives the notice or, in the case of a corporation, by its authorized representative and must contain the following information:

  • (a) the name and contact information of the person that gives the notice;

  • (b) if applicable, the name, position and contact information of the authorized representative;

  • (c) the IUPAC name of the Schedule 1 chemical and its CAS registry number or, if no CAS registry number has been assigned, its structural formula; and

  • (d) as the case may be, each of the quantities of each Schedule 1 chemical that is anticipated to be exported or imported, expressed in grams or in kilograms, the country of final destination or the country from which the chemical will be imported, the name and address of the facility in question that is located in that country, the purposes for which the chemical will be exported or imported and the date of the export or import.

Marginal note:Annual declaration of past activities

 Any person that, during a calendar year, exports or imports a Schedule 1 chemical under an authorization referred to in subsection 8(2) of the Act must make, no later than February 28 of the following year, an annual declaration of the calendar year’s activities to the National Authority that is signed and dated by the declarant or, in the case of a corporation, by its authorized representative and that contains the following information:

  • (a) the name and contact information of the declarant;

  • (b) if applicable, the name, position and contact information of the authorized representative;

  • (c) the IUPAC name of the Schedule 1 chemical and its CAS registry number or, if no CAS registry number has been assigned, its structural formula; and

  • (d) as the case may be, each of the quantities of each Schedule 1 chemical exported or imported, expressed in grams or in kilograms, the country of final destination or the country from which the chemical was imported, the name and address of the facility in question that is located in that country, the purposes for which the chemical was exported or imported and the date of the export or import.

PART 3

SCHEDULE 2 CHEMICALS

Application

Marginal note:Application
  •  (1) Sections 9 to 12 apply to plant sites that consist of one or more plants where, during a calendar year, an activity referred to in section 11 of the Act, other than export or import, is carried out with respect to any Schedule 2 chemical described below in excess of the following applicable quantities:

    • (a) 100 grams of any Schedule 2 chemical marked by an asterisk (*) in Part A of Schedule 2 of the Schedules of Chemicals set out in the Annex on Chemicals in the Convention, with the exception of those that constitute less than 0.5% of the total weight of a mixture;

    • (b) 10 kg of any other Schedule 2 chemical listed in Part A of Schedule 2 of the Schedules of Chemicals set out in the Annex on Chemicals in the Convention, with the exception of those that constitute less than 0.5% of the total weight of a mixture; and

    • (c) 100 kg of any Schedule 2 chemical listed in Part B of Schedule 2 of the Schedules of Chemicals set out in the Annex on Chemicals in the Convention, with the exception of those that constitute less than 10% of the total weight of a mixture.

  • Marginal note:Interpretation

    (2) For greater certainty, the quantities referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c) relate only to the weight of a Schedule 2 chemical contained in a mixture and not to the weight of the mixture itself.