Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products Regulations

Marginal note:Seller — composite wood products

• 30 (1) A person that sells or offers for sale composite wood products must retain, in English or French or both languages, a copy of the declaration of certification referred to in section 19 for the product types that it sells or offers for sale and for the product types that are incorporated into the component parts or finished goods that it sells or offers for sale.

• Marginal note:Exempted laminated products

  (2) Despite subsection (1), for any laminated product referred to in subsections 7(4) and 8(5) that the person referred to in subsection (1) sells or offers for sale or that is incorporated into a component part or finished good that the person sells or offers for sale, the person must retain a copy of the declaration of certification referred to in section 19 only for any composite wood panel that constitutes the core or platform of the laminated product.

• Marginal note:Retention period and location

  (3) The declaration referred to in subsections (1) and (2) must be retained for a period of five years after the day on which it is made at one of the following locations:

  • (a) the person’s principal place of business in Canada; or

  • (b) any other place in Canada where the record can be inspected, if the person notifies the Minister of the civic address of that place within 30 days after the day on which the record is moved to that place for retention.