Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations (SOR/2010-165)

Full Document:

HTMLFull Document: Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations (Accessibility Buttons available) |
XMLFull Document: Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations [106 KB] |
PDFFull Document: Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations [210 KB]

Regulations are current to 2022-11-16 and last amended on 2022-11-10. Previous Versions

Table of Contents

Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations

SOR/2010-165

SPECIAL ECONOMIC MEASURES ACT

Registration 2010-07-22

Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations

P.C. 2010-952 2010-07-22

Whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that the situation in Iran constitutes a grave breach of international peace and security that has resulted or is likely to result in a serious international crisis;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, pursuant to subsections 4(1) to (3) of the Special Economic Measures ActFootnote ^a, hereby makes the annexed Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations.

Return to footnote ^aS.C. 1992, c. 17

Interpretation

1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

arms and related material

arms and related material[Repealed, SOR/2016-15, s. 1]

Canadian financial institution

Canadian financial institution has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Bank Act. (institution financière canadienne)

Convention

Convention means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, done at Vienna on April 18, 1961. (Convention)

designated person

designated person[Repealed, SOR/2016-15, s. 1]

Guide

Guide has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Export Control List. (Guide)

Iran

Iran means the Islamic Republic of Iran and includes

(a) any of its political subdivisions;
(b) its government and any of its departments or a government or department of its political subdivisions; and
(c) any of its agencies or any agency of its political subdivisions. (Iran)

Iranian financial institution

Iranian financial institution[Repealed, SOR/2016-15, s. 1]

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Foreign Affairs. (ministre)

mission premises

mission premises has the same meaning as “premises of the mission” in Article 1 of the Convention, and includes the mission’s archives. (locaux de la mission)

pension

pension means a benefit paid under the Old Age Security Act, the Canada Pension Plan or an Act respecting the Quebec Pension Plan, R.S.Q. c. R-9, any superannuation, pension or benefit paid under or in respect of any retirement savings plan or under any retirement plan, any amount paid under or in respect of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act or the Pension Benefits Division Act, and any other payment made in respect of disability. (pension)

significant interest

significant interest[Repealed, SOR/2016-15, s. 1]

SOR/2012-283, s. 1
SOR/2016-15, s. 1

Item	Column 1	Column 2
Item	Goods	Description
1	Aerodynamic particle size measuring equipment	Any equipment designed to measure in real time the aerodynamic particle size of aerosols in the range of 0.1 to 50 micrometers.
2	Aerosol generators	Any equipment capable of producing aerosols of radioactive, chemical or biological materials with aerodynamic particle sizes in the range of 0.1 to 50 micrometres.
3	Aluminum and aluminum alloy products	Piping, tubing, fittings, flanges, forging, castings, valves, any unfinished products in any form and any waste or scrap that are made of aluminum and its alloys that are not specified in the Export Control List.
4	Argon ion lasers	Argon ion lasers that are not specified in the Export Control List and have an average output power equal to or greater than 5 W.
5	Autoclaves (double-ended)	Double-ended or pass-through autoclaves with internal volume greater than 1 m³, bioseal, interlocking doors, warning lights or audible alarms.
5	Autoclaves (double-ended)
6	Automated take-off or landing systems	Systems that are usable in the systems specified in entry 6-1.A.2 of the Guide and are capable of operating vehicles with a stall speed in excess of 30 knots.
7	Batch centrifuges	Batch centrifuges with a rotor capacity of 25 L or greater, usable with biological material.
8	Bellows-sealed scroll compressors and vacuum pumps	(1) The following vacuum pumps: (a) turbomolecular pumps having a flow-rate equal to or greater than 400 l/s; (b) Roots-type roughing pumps having a volumetric aspiration flow-rate greater than 200 m³/hr; (c) bellows-sealed, scroll, dry pumps; and (d) bellows-sealed, scroll, dry compressor pumps. (2) Vacuum pumps that are not specified in the Export Control List and that (a) are suitable for corrosive fluids; (b) have a maximum flow-rate greater than 5 m³/hr, measured under standard temperature and pressure conditions of 273 K (0°C) and 101.3 kPa, respectively; and (c) are pumps in which all surfaces that may come into direct contact with fluids consist of stainless steel, aluminium alloy or a combination of the two.
9	Decanning and decladding equipment	Mechanical equipment designed or usable for decanning or decladding spent nuclear reactor fuel as part of a fuel processing process.
10	Drum drying equipment	Any drum drying equipment capable of producing dry particles of radioactive, chemical or biological materials with aerodynamic particle sizes in the range of 0.1 to 50 micrometres.
11	Electrical power supply units and transformers	High voltage direct current power supply units that are not specified in the Export Control List and (a) are capable of continuously producing 10 kV or more over a period of 8 hours, with output power of 5 kW or more with or without sweeping; and (b) have current or voltage stability better than 0.1% over a period of 4 hours.
12	Electrolytic cells for fluorine products	Electrolytic cells that are not specified in the Export Control List that (a) are used for fluorine production; and (b) have an output capacity greater than 100 g of fluorine per hour.
13	Fibrous or filamentary materials	The following fibrous or filamentary materials or prepregs that are not specified in the Export Control List: (a) carbon or aramid fibrous or filamentary materials having either (i) a specific modulus exceeding 10 x 10^{^6} m, or (ii) a specific tensile strength exceeding 17 x 10^{^4} m; (b) glass fibrous or filamentary materials having either (i) a specific modulus exceeding 3.18 x 10^{^6} m, or (ii) a specific tensile strength exceeding 76.2 x 10^{^3} m; and (c) thermoset resin-impregnated continuous yarns, rovings, tows and tapes with a width of 15 mm or less (prepregs), made for carbon or glass fibrous or filamentary materials.
14	Flow-forming machines	Flow-forming machines and spin-forming machines capable of flow-forming functions and mandrels, as follows: (a) machines that have three or more rollers and that can be equipped with numerical control units or a computer control; and (b) rotor-forming mandrels designed to form cylindrical rotors with an inside diameter between 75 and 400 mm.
15	Frequency changers (inverters) and specially designed software for them	(1) Frequency changers that (a) have multiphase frequency output; (b) are capable of providing power of 40 W or greater; (c) are capable of operating anywhere between 600 and 2000 Hz; and (d) have frequency control less than 0.2%. (2) Specially designed software for these frequency changers.
16	Glove boxes	Any glove boxes or similar devices with remote manipulators that can provide the operator with protection from radiation or radioactive materials.
17	Heat treatment and sintering furnaces	Controlled-atmosphere heat treatment furnaces capable of operation at temperatures above 400°C.
18	HEPA filters	HEPA filters of a frame area of 0.0625 m² or larger with a DOP rating of 99.997% (at 0.3 micron) or higher.
19	High speed cameras	Electronic framing cameras having a speed exceeding 1000 frames per second.
20	Lead in sheets or blocks/bricks	Must be suitable for use in shielding.
21	Magnetic alloys in thin strip form	Magnetic alloy materials in sheet or thin strip form with a thickness of 0.1 mm or less, made of iron-chromium-cobalt, iron-cobalt-vanadium, iron-chromium-cobalt-vanadium or iron-chromium.
22	Mass spectrometers	The following mass spectrometers that are not specified in the Export Control List that are capable of measuring ions of 200 atomic mass units or more and have a resolution of better than 2 parts in 200: (a) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP/MS); (b) glow discharge mass spectrometers (GDMS); (c) thermal ionization mass spectrometers (TIMS); (d) electron bombardment mass spectrometers with a source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with, materials resistant to corrosion by UF₆; (e) molecular beam mass spectrometers with either (i) a source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with, stainless steel or molybdenum and equipped with a cold trap capable of cooling to 193 K (-80°C) or less, or (ii) a source chamber constructed from, lined with or plated with, materials resistant to corrosion by UF₆; and (f) mass spectrometers equipped with a microfluorination ion source usable with actinides or actinide fluorides.
23	Nucleic acid synthesisers	Any device designed to produce oligonucleotides from nucleic acids or derivatives.
24	Oxidation furnaces	Furnaces capable of operation at temperatures over 400°C.
25	Riot gear	Riot helmets and associated equipment, balaclavas, flashbangs, sting-ball grenades, impact munitions, chemical munitions, clothing specifically used for physical protection in riot control situations, batons and paintball guns.
26	Sintered metal filters employing monel or other high nickel content alloys	Sintered metal filters made of (a) nickel; or (b) nickel alloy with a nickel content of 40% or more by weight.
27	Sintering presses	Sintering systems, including parts, software and technology for them, capable of generating a temperature in excess of 999°C or atmospheric pressure of less than 2 atmospheres.
28	Tributyl phosphate (TBP)	Chemical Abstract Service registry number 126-73-8.
29	Absolute pressure transducers	Absolute pressure transducers capable of measuring absolute pressures below 100 kPa, and specially designed parts and software for them.
30	Gamma-ray spectrometers	Gamma-ray spectrometers of all types and specifications, and specially designed parts and software for them.
31	Numerically controlled machine tools	Numerically controlled machine tools of all types, and specially designed parts and software for them.
32	Electroslag remelters	Electroslag remelters of all types and specifications, and specially designed parts for them.
33	Gold, silver, platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium and iridium	In addition to specific items made of those metals referred to in these Regulations, all raw, semi-finished or finished forms of those metals or their alloys.
34	Helium or hydrogen leak detectors	Helium or hydrogen leak detectors capable of detecting leak rates of less than 1 x 10^-5 standard cubic centimetres of air per second (atm cc/s for air).
35	Smelting machinery and products	Any smelting machines and specially designed parts for them, as well as any reducing agents or fluxes used in the smelting process.
36	Stainless steel valves, piping, tubing and fittings	Any valves, piping, tubing and fittings that are made of stainless steel type 304, 316 or 317 and that are not specified in the Export Control List.
37	Maraging steels	Maraging steels in the Export Control List 6-6.C.8 having an ultimate tensile strength equal to or greater than 2.05 GPa, measured at 20°C, in the form of sheet, plate or tubing with a wall or plate thickness equal to or less than 5.0 mm and usable in systems specified in 6-1.A or 6-19.A.1 of the Guide.
38	Explosive release devices	Explosive bolts
39	Isocyanates	Propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants, either as a pure substance or as a mixture containing at least 50% of one of the following chemicals: (a) toluene diisocyanate (TDI); (b) methyl diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI); (c) isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI); (d) sodium perchlorate; (e) xylidine; (f) hydroxy terminated polyether (HTPE); or (g) hydroxy terminated caprolactone ether (HTCE).
40	Production equipment	Computer controlled or numerically controlled laser welding and laser cutting machines, and their specially designed components.
41	Production equipment	Computer controlled or numerically controlled electron beam welding machines, and their specially designed components.

Interpretation

List

Prohibitions

Obligations

Applications

Application Before Publication

Coming into Force

RELATED PROVISIONS