Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (SOR/2014-58)

Marginal note:Jet fuel and additives

• 3.052 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to export, sell, supply or ship any good referred to in column 1 of Schedule 5.02, wherever situated, to Russia or to any person in Russia.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of usual and reasonable quantities of goods stored on board an aircraft and intended for consumption on board the aircraft during its outgoing and return flight.

• Marginal note:Non-application — contracts

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of goods that meet all of the following conditions:

  • (a) the goods are exported, sold, supplied or shipped under a contract entered into at least 60 days before the day on which this section comes into force;

  • (b) the goods are exported, sold, supplied or shipped within 120 days after the day on which this section comes into force.

Marginal note:Restricted goods

• 3.06 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to export, sell, supply or ship any good, wherever situated, to Russia or to any person in Russia if the good is referred to in the Restricted Goods and Technologies List or in Schedule 5.1.

• Marginal note:Restricted technologies

  (2) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to provide to Russia or to any person in Russia any technology that is referred to in the Restricted Goods and Technologies List or in Schedule 5.1.

• Marginal note:Non-application — goods

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to

  • (a) goods temporarily exported for use by a representative of the media from Canada or from a partner country that is listed in Annex 1 to the Restricted Goods and Technologies List;

  • (b) goods for use in support of international nuclear safeguards verifications;

  • (c) goods for use by a department or agency of the Government of Canada or of a partner country that is listed in Annex 1 to the Restricted Goods and Technologies List;

  • (d) goods for use in inspections under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, signed at Paris, France on January 13, 1993, as amended from time to time;

  • (e) goods for use in relation to the activities of the International Space Station;

  • (f) software updates for an end-user that is a civilian entity that is owned, held or controlled by a Canadian or a national of a partner country that is listed in Annex 1 to the Restricted Goods and Technologies List, or a subsidiary of such an entity;

  • (g) civil aircraft registered in a foreign state that are departing from Canada after a temporary sojourn in Canada or civil aircraft registered in Canada departing for a temporary sojourn abroad;

  • (h) the following goods, if stored on board an aircraft or ship:

    • (i) equipment and spare parts that are necessary for the proper operation of the aircraft or ship, or

    • (ii) usual and reasonable quantities of supplies intended for consumption on board the aircraft or ship during the outgoing and return flight or voyage;

  • (i) goods exported for use or consumption on an aircraft or ship that is registered in Canada or the United States;

  • (j) goods exported by an air carrier that is owned by a Canadian or a national of the United States for use in the maintenance, repair or operation of an aircraft registered in Canada or the United States;

  • (k) consumer communication devices that are generally available to the public and designed to be installed by the user without further substantial support; and

  • (l) personal effects exported by an individual that are solely for the use of the individual or the individual’s immediate family and are not intended for sale or to remain in Russia unless consumed there.

• Marginal note:Non-application — technologies

  (4) Subsection (2) does not apply to

  • (a) technology provided in relation to a good if the export, sale, supply or shipment of that good is authorized by subsection (3); and

  • (b) any exchange of information aimed at establishing technical standards in the framework of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

• (5) [Repealed, SOR/2022-102, s. 2]

Marginal note:Insurance — aviation and aerospace

• 3.07 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to provide insurance or reinsurance to or for the benefit of Russia or any person in Russia in relation to any good described in Chapter 88 of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, published by the World Customs Organization, or in relation to technology for a good described in that chapter.

• Marginal note:Existing insurance

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of existing insurance or reinsurance until 30 days after the day on which this section comes into force.

Marginal note:Luxury goods — export

• 3.08 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to export, sell, supply or ship any good referred to in column 1 of Part 1 to Schedule 6, wherever situated, to Russia or to any person in Russia.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to personal effects that are taken by an individual leaving Canada for Russia that are solely for the use of the individual or the individual’s immediate family.

• Marginal note:Luxury goods — import

  (3) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to import, purchase or acquire any good referred to in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 6, wherever situated, from Russia or from any person in Russia.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to personal effects that are taken by an individual leaving Russia that are solely for the use of the individual or the individual’s immediate family.

• (5) [Repealed, SOR/2025-143, s. 2]

Marginal note:Industrial goods

• 3.09 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to export, sell, supply or ship any good referred to in column 1 of Schedule 7, wherever situated, to Russia or to any person in Russia.

• Marginal note:Non-application — goods

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to

  • (a) goods temporarily exported for use by a representative of the media from Canada or from a partner country that is listed in Annex 1 to the Restricted Goods and Technologies List;

  • (b) goods for use in support of international nuclear safeguards verifications;

  • (c) goods for use by a department or agency of the Government of Canada or of a partner country that is listed in Annex 1 to the Restricted Goods and Technologies List;

  • (d) goods for use in inspections under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, signed at Paris, France on January 13, 1993, as amended from time to time;

  • (e) goods for use in relation to the activities of the International Space Station;

  • (f) software updates for an end-user that is a civilian entity that is owned, held or controlled by a Canadian or a national of a partner country that is listed in Annex 1 to the Restricted Goods and Technologies List, or a subsidiary of such an entity;

  • (g) civil aircraft registered in a foreign state that are departing from Canada after a temporary sojourn in Canada or civil aircraft registered in Canada departing for a temporary sojourn abroad;

  • (h) the following goods, if stored on board an aircraft or ship:

    • (i) equipment and spare parts that are necessary for the proper operation of the aircraft or ship, or

    • (ii) usual and reasonable quantities of supplies intended for consumption on board the aircraft or ship during the outgoing and return flight or voyage;

  • (i) goods exported for use or consumption on an aircraft or ship that is registered in Canada or the United States;

  • (j) goods exported by an air carrier that is owned by a Canadian or a national of the United States for use in the maintenance, repair or operation of an aircraft registered in Canada or the United States;

  • (k) consumer communication devices that are generally available to the public and designed to be installed by the user without further substantial support;

  • (l) personal effects exported by an individual that are solely for the use of the individual or the individual’s immediate family and are not intended for sale or to remain in Russia unless consumed there; or

  • (m) goods for use in relation to the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety, infrastructure or the environment.

• (3) [Repealed, SOR/2025-143, s. 3]

• Marginal note:Non-application — contracts

  (4) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of goods that meet all of the following conditions:

  • (a) the goods were not referred to in Schedule 7 as it read immediately before the day on which this subsection comes into force;

  • (b) the goods are referred to in Schedule 7 as it reads on the day on which this subsection comes into force;

  • (c) the goods are exported, sold, supplied or shipped under a contract entered into at least 60 days before the day on which this subsection comes into force;

  • (d) the goods are exported, sold, supplied or shipped within 120 days after the day on which this subsection comes into force.

Marginal note:Services

• 3.1 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to provide to Russia or to any person in Russia a service referred to in Part 1 of Schedule 8 in relation to an industry referred to in Part 2 of that Schedule.

• Marginal note:Existing contracts — items 1 to 28

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the provision of a service referred to in any of items 1 to 28 of Part 1 of Schedule 8 in relation to an industry referred to in any of items 8 to 15 of Part 2 of that Schedule until 60 days after the day on which this subsection comes into force if the service is provided under a contract entered into before that coming into force.

• Marginal note:Existing contracts — items 29 and 30

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the provision of a service referred to in item 29 or 30 of Part 1 of Schedule 8 until 60 days after the day on which this subsection comes into force if the service is provided under a contract entered into before that coming into force.

Marginal note:Gold — import

• 3.11 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to import, purchase or acquire any good referred to in column 1 of Schedule 9, from Russia or from any person in Russia.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to

  • (a) goods in transit through Russia from a third country; and

  • (b) personal effects that are taken by an individual leaving Russia that are solely for the use of the individual or the individual’s immediate family.

• (3) [Repealed, SOR/2025-143, s. 4]

Marginal note:Services — marine transportation of crude oil and petroleum products

• 3.12 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to provide to or for the benefit of Russia or any person in Russia a service referred to in Schedule 10 in relation to marine transportation, including ship-to-ship transfers, of goods set out in column 1 of Schedule 10.01 if

  • (a) the service is provided in relation to an industry referred to in Division 50 of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4, published by the United Nations in 2008;

  • (b) the goods are exported from Russia or originate from Russia; and

  • (c) the price paid or to be paid for the goods that are set out in column 1 of Schedule 10.01 and referred to in any of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System codes or tariff classification numbers set out in column 2 is greater than the price cap per barrel set out in column 3.

• Marginal note:Non-application — goods on ship

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of services provided in relation to any goods that are set out in column 1 of Schedule 10.01 and referred to in any of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System codes or tariff classification numbers that were loaded onto a ship before the date on which this subsection comes into force and unloaded at the port of destination 45 days after that date.

• Marginal note:Non-application — emergency situation

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of services provided in response to an emergency situation and that are necessary to ensure navigational safety or to minimize danger to human life or damage to the environment.

• (4) [Repealed, SOR/2025-168, s. 1]