Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulations

Marginal note:Required information

• 13 (1) Any person that manufactures, imports or sells a product set out in the schedule must maintain records containing the following information:

  • (a) in the case of a person that manufactures,

    • (i) the quantity of the product manufactured at each manufacturing plant,

    • (ii) the trade mark and trade name of the manufactured product, and

    • (iii) the date of the product’s manufacture;

  • (b) in the case of a person that imports,

    • (i) the quantity of the product imported,

    • (ii) the trade mark and trade name of the product imported,

    • (iii) the port of entry where the product was imported,

    • (iv) the name, civic or postal address, telephone number, and, if any, the fax number and e-mail address of the principal place of business of the sender,

    • (v) the date of import of the product,

    • (vi) the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System number for the product,

    • (vii) the importer number for the product shipped, and

    • (viii) the copies of the bill of lading, invoice and all documents submitted to the Canada Border Services Agency for the product shipped;

  • The following provision is not in force.

    (c) in the case of a person that sells to a supplier, wholesaler or retailer,

    • (i) the quantity of the product sold,

    • (ii) the trade mark and trade name of the product sold,

    • (iii) the date of the sale of the product,

    • (iv) the delivery date of the product, and

    • (v) the name, civic or postal address of each supplier, wholesaler and retailer to whom the product was sold.

• Marginal note:Record keeping and time limits

  (2) Any person that submits the information set out in subsection 4(2) must keep a record of that information, supporting documents and the certification referred to in subsection 4(3) for a period of at least five years after the day on which they are submitted.

• Marginal note:Location and duration of records

  (3) The records, supporting documents and the certification as referred to in subsection 4(3) must be kept, for a period of at least five years after the day on which they are made, at the person’s principal place of business in Canada or at any other place in Canada where they can be inspected. If the records are kept at any place other than the person’s principal place of business, the person must provide the Minister with the civic address of the place where they are kept.