Pest Control Products Regulations

Marginal note:Importation of foreign product

• 42 (1) A person may import a foreign product whose use is authorized if all of the following conditions are met:

  • (a) the person holds a foreign product use certificate in respect of that product;

  • (b) that certificate holder purchases the product directly from the foreign source without the intervention of an agent or mandatary;

  • (c) before the importation, the certificate holder provides the Minister with all of the following information:

    • (i) the proposed date of the importation,

    • (ii) the name of the person who will transport the foreign product into Canada, and

    • (iii) the name of the entry point;

  • (d) the certificate holder

    • (i) affixes to each container of the foreign product, as soon as practicable after the importation of the product but in any case no later than upon its arrival either at the location of storage, or at the location of use specified in the foreign product use certificate, a copy of the approved foreign product use label in a way that the product identifier that relates to its registration outside Canada remains visible at all times, and

    • (ii) ensures that a copy of any brochure or leaflet that sets out the directions for use accompanies the product; and

  • (e) the quantity of the product imported does not exceed the amount set out in the foreign product use certificate.

• Marginal note:Pooled purchases

  (2) Two or more persons may together import in one shipment their authorized quantities of foreign products set out in their respective foreign product use certificates if the importation meets the conditions of subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Transport

  (3) The person who transports the foreign product into Canada must carry it to either the location of storage, or the location of use specified in the foreign product use certificate, and have the following documents in their possession:

  • (a) proof of purchase in respect of each quantity of foreign product in the shipment, including the name of the foreign source from whom it was purchased; and

  • (b) copies of all of the relevant foreign product use certificates.