Benzodiazepines and Other Targeted Substances Regulations

Marginal note:Application

• 77 (1) If a targeted substance is being shipped from a country of export to a foreign country by a route that requires it to be in transit through Canada or to be transhipped in Canada, the exporter in the country of export or an agent in Canada of that exporter must apply to the Minister for a permit for transit or transhipment by providing the following information:

  • (a) the name, address and telephone number of the exporter in the country of export;

  • (b) the name, address and telephone number of the person who will be responsible for the targeted substance while it is in Canada;

  • (c) with respect to the targeted substance for which the permit is requested,

    • (i) its specified name,

    • (ii) if it is a salt, the name of the salt,

    • (iii) if applicable, its brand name,

    • (iv) the quantity,

    • (v) in the case of a raw material, its purity, and

    • (vi) if applicable, its anhydrous content;

  • (d) the expected date of transit or transhipment in Canada;

  • (e) the name of the Canadian port of entry and exit;

  • (f) each mode of transportation that is to be used in Canada for the targeted substance; and

  • (g) in the case of a transhipment, the address, if applicable, of every place in Canada at which the targeted substance will be stored during the transhipment and the expected duration of each storage.

• Marginal note:Supporting documentation

  (2) An application referred to in subsection (1) must be accompanied by

  • (a) a copy of the export permit issued by a competent authority in the country of export; and

  • (b) a copy of the import permit issued by a competent authority in the country of final destination.

• Marginal note:Statement by signatory

  (3) An application referred to in subsection (1) must

  • (a) be signed by a person who is authorized for that purpose by the exporter, including an agent in Canada of that exporter; and

  • (b) state that all the information submitted in support of the application is correct and complete to the best of the signatory’s knowledge.