Tobacco Reporting Regulations

Marginal note:Information

• 3 (1) These Regulations prescribe the information that manufacturers of tobacco products are required to submit to the Minister, as well as the manner in which it is to be submitted.

• Marginal note:Content of reports

  (2) In addition to the information required for each type of report set out in these Regulations, every report must set out the following information:

  • (a) the name of the manufacturer on whose behalf the report is submitted, as well as the telephone number, email address and civic address of its principal place of business in Canada;

  • (b) the name, telephone number and email address of the individual who prepared the report and, if that individual works for an entity other than a manufacturer on whose behalf the report is submitted, the name of the entity, as well as the telephone number, email address and civic address of its principal place of business;

  • (c) the date of the report;

  • (d) the period covered by the report; and

  • (e) the section of these Regulations under which the report is made.

• Marginal note:Attestation

  (3) The individual who prepared the report must attach to the report an attestation that states that the information in the report is true and complete to the best of their knowledge and belief and is provided in good faith.

• Marginal note:Brand name

  (4) The manufacturer must use a unique brand name to identify each consumer tobacco product in a report submitted under section 13 and must use it in a uniform manner in all other reports submitted in respect of the same consumer tobacco product.

• Marginal note:Change to brand name

  (5) However, a manufacturer may change the brand name used to identify a consumer tobacco product in a report by submitting a report under section 13 that identifies the brand name that was previously used, as well as the changed brand name.

• Marginal note:Exception — export

  (6) The reports referred to in sections 10 to 12, 14, 15 and 17 to 24 are not required for consumer tobacco products that are manufactured solely for export.