Special Economic Measures (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) Regulations

10 (1) Sections 2 and 3 do not apply in respect of

• (a) goods consigned to the Canadian Embassies in Beijing or Seoul or their consular missions;

• (b) goods whose provision is set out in accordance with any agreement or arrangement between Canada and the DPRK and for which an export permit, if required, has been issued under the Export and Import Permits Act;

• (c) goods consigned to one of the following organizations for the purpose of safeguarding human life, disaster relief, stabilization or the providing of food, medicine, medical supplies or equipment, and for which an export permit, if required, has been issued under the Export and Import Permits Act:

  • (i) international organizations with diplomatic status,

  • (ii) United Nations agencies,

  • (iii) the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or

  • (iv) non-governmental organizations;

• (d) personal or settlers’ effects that are taken or shipped by an individual and that are solely for the use of the individual or the individual’s immediate family; or

• (e) personal correspondence, including lettermail, printed papers and postcards, of a weight not exceeding 250 g per item of correspondence.

(2) Section 2 does not apply in respect of goods whose export is prohibited under section 3 of the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

(3) Section 3 does not apply in respect of goods whose import is prohibited under section 5 of the Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).