Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2025 (SOR/2025-270)

(1) 1000 mg/kg (0.1% w/w) for all congeners in electrical and electronic equipment, except

• (a) equipment that is necessary for the protection of the essential security interests, including arms, munitions and war material intended for specifically military purposes;

• (b) equipment designed to be sent into space;

• (c) equipment that is specifically designed, and is to be installed, as part of another type of excluded equipment, that can fulfill its function only if it is part of that equipment and that can be replaced only by the same specifically designed equipment;

• (d) large-scale stationary industrial tools;

• (e) large-scale fixed installations;

• (f) means of transport for persons or goods;

• (g) non-road mobile machinery made available exclusively for professional use;

• (h) active implantable medical devices;

• (i) photovoltaic panels intended to be used in a system that is designed, assembled and installed by professionals for permanent use at a defined location to produce energy from solar light for public, commercial, industrial or residential applications; and

• (j) equipment that is specifically designed solely for the purposes of research and development and that is only made available on a business-to-business basis

(2) 500 mg/kg (0.05% w/w) for all congeners in a product that is a manufactured item that is formed into a specific physical shape or design during its manufacture, that has, for its final use, a function or functions dependent in whole or in part on its shape or design and that is not electrical or electronic equipment nor a commercial-grade substance, commercial-grade mixture, polymer or resin; and

(3) 10 mg/kg (0.001% w/w) for each congener in a product that is a commercial-grade substance, commercial-grade mixture, polymer or resin