• 2. (1) Subject to sections 7 and 9 to 11, these Regulations do not apply to gasoline for use in

  • (a) aircraft;

  • (b) competition vehicles, provided that the gasoline has an antiknock index of at least 100; or

  • (c) scientific research in Canada.

• (2) Subject to sections 9 to 11, these Regulations do not apply to

  • (a) gasoline in transit through Canada, from a place outside Canada to another place outside Canada, and accompanied by written evidence establishing that the gasoline is in transit; or

  • (b) gasoline produced or sold for export and accompanied by written evidence establishing that the gasoline will be exported.

• (3) Subsection 3(1) and sections 4, 16 and 17 do not apply to U.S. reformulated gasoline or California gasoline.

• (4) Subject to sections 7 and 9 to 13 and subsections 18(4) and 19(3), these Regulations do not apply to gasoline-like blendstock.

• (5) Any batch that is supplied during the summer but is intended for use during the winter in the northern supply area is considered to be supplied during the winter if the primary supplier identifies the batch under subsection 9(1) as northern winter complying gasoline.

• (6) These Regulations do not apply to gasoline that has been stored in the northern supply area for the purpose of providing gasoline to persons in emergency situations if the gasoline was supplied before July 1, 1999 and stored before July 1, 2000.

• 3. (1) Effective July 1, 1999 and subject to section 15, no primary supplier shall supply gasoline that contains benzene at a concentration that exceeds 1.0% by volume.

• (2) No person shall sell or offer for sale gasoline that contains benzene at a concentration that exceeds 1.5% by volume

  • (a) in the northern supply area, effective July 1, 2000;

  • (b) in all areas identified in an application under paragraph 16(3)(b) in respect of which the Minister has authorized the use of a temporary alternative limit, effective April 1, 2000; and

  • (c) in any other area in Canada not described in paragraph (a) and (b), effective October 1, 1999.

4. Effective July 1, 1999 and subject to section 15, no primary supplier shall supply gasoline that has a benzene emissions number that exceeds

• (a) 71, in the case of a batch supplied during the summer; and

• (b) 92, in the case of a batch supplied during the winter.

• 5. (1) Subject to subsection 6(1), all samples must be taken in accordance with any one of the American Society for Testing and Materials sampling methods specifically set out in section 7 of the National Standard of Canada Standard CAN/CGSB-3.5-99, Unleaded Automotive Gasoline.

• (2) The concentration of benzene and that of aromatics in gasoline referred to in sections 3 and 16 and Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0 No. 14.3-94, Standard Test Method for the Identification of Hydrocarbon Components in Automotive Gasoline Using Gas Chromatography.

• (3) Subject to subsection 6(2), the concentration of olefins in gasoline referred to in Schedule 3 must be measured in accordance with the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0 No. 14.3-94, Standard Test Method for the Identification of Hydrocarbon Components in Automotive Gasoline Using Gas Chromatography.

• (4) The concentration of sulphur in gasoline referred to in Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with

  • (a) until December 31, 2003, the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0 No. 16.1-98, Sulphur in Gasoline by Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (EDXRF); and

  • (b) after December 31, 2003, the American Society for Testing and Materials method D 5453-00, Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulphur in Light Hydrocarbons, Motor Fuels and Oils by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.

• (5) The vapour pressure of gasoline at 37.8°C (100°F) referred to in Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with the American Society for Testing and Materials method D 5191-01, Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method) and converted to “dry vapor pressure equivalent” as described in that method.

• (6) The evaporative fractions of gasoline at 93.3°C (200°F) and 148.9°C (300°F) referred to in Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with the American Society for Testing and Materials method D 86-01, Standard Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure.

• (7) The concentration of oxygen in gasoline referred to in Schedule 1 must be measured in accordance with the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0, No. 14.3-94, Standard Test Method for the Identification of Hydrocarbon Components in Automotive Gasoline Using Gas Chromatography.

• (8) The concentration of benzene and that of aromatics in oxygenates referred to in the definition “commercially pure oxygenate” in subsection 1(1) must be measured in accordance with the National Standard of Canada method CAN/CGSB-3.0 No. 14.3-94, Standard Test Method for the Identification of Hydrocarbon Components in Automotive Gasoline Using Gas Chromatography.

• (9) The concentration of benzene and that of aromatics in butane referred to in the definition “commercially pure butane” in subsection 1(1) must be measured in accordance with the American Society for Testing and Materials method D 2163-91, Standard Test Method for Analysis of Liquefied Petroleum (LP) Gases and Propene Concentrates by Gas Chromatography.

• (10) The concentration of sulphur in oxygenates referred to in the definition “commercially pure oxygenate” in subsection 1(1) must be measured in accordance with the American Society for Testing and Materials method D 5453-00, Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Sulphur in Light Hydrocarbons, Motor Fuels and Oils by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.

• (11) The concentration of sulphur in butane referred to in the definition “commercially pure butane” in subsection 1(1) must be measured in accordance with the American Society for Testing and Materials method D 6667-01, Standard Test Method for Determination of Total Volatile Sulphur in Gaseous Hydrocarbons and Liquefied Petroleum Gases by Ultraviolet Fluorescence.