Special Economic Measures (Syria) Regulations

3.4 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to

• (a) import, purchase, acquire, carry or ship any chemical weapons and any equipment, goods or technology related to chemical weapons from Syria, wherever situated, whether owned — or held or controlled, directly or indirectly — by Syria or any person in Syria; or

• (b) transfer, acquire or purchase from Syria or any person in Syria technical assistance that is related to any of the chemical weapons and equipment, goods or technology set out in paragraph (a).

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to His Majesty in right of Canada or a province if the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has identified a need for a member of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to acquire, control, transport, transfer and destroy chemical weapons for the purpose of facilitating the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons program.

(3) [Repealed, SOR/2026-23, s. 7]