Volatile Organic Compound Concentration Limits for Certain Products Regulations (SOR/2021-268)

Marginal note:Prohibition

• 3 (1) Subject to subsection (4), a person must not manufacture or import a product that belongs to a product category set out in column 1 of the table to Schedule 1 and, if applicable, a subcategory set out in column 2 that has a VOC concentration that is greater than the applicable maximum VOC concentration set out in column 3, unless

  • (a) the product is, according to the instructions set out in both official languages on the product’s container or in any accompanying documentation, to be diluted before use to a level at which the VOC concentration is less than or equal to the applicable maximum VOC concentration set out in column 3; or

  • (b) a permit has been issued under section 9, 16 or 19 in respect of the product.

• Marginal note:Product categories set out in Schedule 2

  (2) Subject to subsection (4), a person must not manufacture or import a product that belongs to a product category set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 and has a VOC emission potential that is greater than the applicable maximum VOC emission potential set out in column 2, unless a permit has been issued under section 19 in respect of the product.

• Marginal note:Non-application of paragraph (1)(a)

  (3) The exception set out in paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to a multi-purpose solvent or paint thinner referred to in items 48 and 52, respectively, of the table to Schedule 1.

• Marginal note:Start date for prohibitions

  (4) The prohibitions set out in subsections (1) and (2) apply beginning on

  • (a) in the case of a disinfectant referred to in item 31 of the table to Schedule 1, January 1 of the year following the calendar year of the third anniversary of the day on which these Regulations are registered; or

  • (b) in any other case, January 1 of the year following the calendar year of the second anniversary of the day on which these Regulations are registered.