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• 1 (1) The definitions in this subsection apply in these Regulations.

  additive

  additive  means a substance that is added to gasoline that does not materially affect its composition and that has been demonstrated to improve the gasoline’s characteristics so as to enhance engine performance and includes metal deactivators, oxidation inhibitors, corrosion inhibitors, icing inhibitors and induction system detergents. (additif)

  aromatics

  aromatics  means benzene and other cyclic hydrocarbon compounds that contain one or more benzene rings as determined by the method specified in subsection 5(2). (aromatiques)

  batch

  batch  means an identifiable quantity of gasoline that can be characterized by one set of model parameters, as sampled and measured in accordance with section 5 or 6. (lot)

  California gasoline

  California gasoline  means gasoline that

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  • (b) has been identified as California gasoline under subsection 9(1) of these Regulations. (essence Californie)

  complying gasoline

  complying gasoline  means gasoline that meets the compositional requirements of these Regulations relating to benzene and the benzene emissions number and that has been identified as

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  gasoline

  gasoline  means

  • (a) a fuel that is sold or represented as gasoline; or

  • (b) a petroleum distillate, or a mixture of petroleum distillates, oxygenates or additives, that is suitable for use in a spark ignition engine and that has the following characteristics, as determined from the applicable test method listed in the National Standard of Canada standard CAN/CGSB-3.5-2016, Automotive gasoline:

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  gasoline-like blendstock

  gasoline-like blendstock  means gasoline, other than gasoline dispensed from a refuelling facility, that is intended to be further refined or blended so as to result in complying gasoline and that has been identified as gasoline-like blendstock under section 9. (composé de base de type essence automobile)

  model parameters

  model parameters  means

  • (a) the concentration of oxygen as a percentage of the gasoline by weight;

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  • (d) the evaporative fraction at 93.3°C (200°F) as a percentage of the gasoline by volume;

  • (e) the evaporative fraction at 148.9°C (300°F) as a percentage of the gasoline by volume;

  • (f) the concentration of aromatics as a percentage of the gasoline by volume; and

  • (g) the concentration of benzene as a percentage of the gasoline by volume. (paramètres du modèle)

  olefins

  olefins  means unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds that contain one or more double bonds as determined by the method specified in subsection 5(3). (oléfines)

  U.S. reformulated gasoline

  U.S. reformulated gasoline  means reformulated gasoline as defined in the Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Standards for Reformulated and Conventional Gasoline in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 80, section 80.2, paragraph (ee). (essence reformulée É.-U.)

• (2) Any regulation, standard or method that is incorporated by reference in these Regulations is incorporated as amended from time to time.

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• 9 (1) A primary supplier may, before dispatching a batch from a refinery or blending facility or importing a batch, identify the gasoline by recording it as one of the following types:

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• (2) Any batch of gasoline dispatched by a primary supplier from a refinery or blending facility, or imported by a primary supplier, that has not been identified under subsection (1) is considered, for the purposes of these Regulations, to have been identified as complying gasoline.

• (3) Every primary supplier must have a record for each batch it dispatches or imports that includes

  • (a) the type of gasoline as identified under subsection (1), unless it is complying gasoline;

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• (5) Every primary supplier must have written evidence that establishes that each batch identified under subsection (1) as one of the following types of gasoline was sold or delivered for the use appropriate to the identified type:

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• (6) For each batch identified under subsection (1) as U.S. reformulated gasoline or California gasoline, every primary supplier must have written evidence that establishes that the batch meets the compositional requirements for U.S. reformulated gasoline or California gasoline, as the case may be.

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• 13 (1) For every batch identified under subsection 9(1) as gasoline-like blendstock, every primary supplier must, before dispatching the batch from its refinery or blending facility or before importing the batch, record the name and address of the person who purchases or receives the batch, the date of dispatch or importation and the volume of the batch that is scheduled to be dispatched or imported.

• (2) Every primary supplier must provide the Minister, as an annex to the report required under section 8 and for each batch of gasoline-like blendstock that was dispatched or imported during the period covered by the report, with the information prescribed under subsection (1), except the scheduled volume, and with the actual volume of the batch dispatched or imported.

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• (5) Effective July 1, 1999, no person shall, in respect of gasoline-like blendstock,

  • (a) sell it or offer it for sale

    • (i) represented as complying gasoline, or

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• 12 (1) Every importer must notify the Minister, at least 12 hours before the time of importation, of the importer’s intention to import in the following circumstances:

  • (a) the importation, at any one time, of more than 100 m³ of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1) or (2) as complying gasoline, U.S. reformulated gasoline, California gasoline or northern winter complying gasoline;

  • (b) the importation, at any one time, of any amount of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1) as gasoline-like blendstock; or

  • (c) the importation into a province and within any one day, of more than 1 000 m³ of gasoline identified under subsection 9(1) or (2) as complying gasoline, U.S. reformulated gasoline, California gasoline or northern winter complying gasoline.

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