Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products Regulations

Marginal note:Manufacturer — exempted laminated products

• 27 (1) A manufacturer of laminated products referred to in subsections 7(4) and 8(5) must maintain a record of the following information and documents in English or French or both languages:

  • (a) in respect of the resin used,

    • (i) its trade name,

    • (ii) if the manufacturer of the laminated products purchases resin, the names, civic and postal addresses, telephone numbers and, if any, email addresses of the supplier and of the manufacturer of the resin as well as records of purchase of the resin from the supplier, and

    • (iii) if the manufacturer of the laminated products uses its own resin, documents demonstrating the manufacturer produces phenol-formaldehyde resin or no-added-formaldehyde resin; and

  • (b) in the case of a product type whose core or platform is a composite wood panel,

    • (i) if the manufacturer of the laminated products purchases the composite wood panels, the names, civic and postal addresses, telephone numbers and, if any, email addresses of the supplier and of the manufacturer of the composite wood panels as well as records of purchase of the composite wood panels from the supplier,

    • (ii) if the manufacturer of the laminated products uses its own composite wood panels, documents demonstrating that formaldehyde emissions from those panels do not exceed the applicable limit set out in subsection 6(1) or the correlated limit referred to in subsection 6(2), and

    • (iii) the declaration of certification referred to in section 19 for the core or platform.

• Marginal note:Retention period and location

  (2) The information and documents included in the record must be retained for a period of five years after the day on which they are made at one of the following locations:

  • (a) the manufacturer’s principal place of business in Canada; or

  • (b) any other place in Canada where the record can be inspected, if the manufacturer notifies the Minister of the civic address of that place within 30 days after the day on which the record is moved to that place for retention.

• Marginal note:Disclosure to Minister

  (3) On request, the manufacturer must provide the Minister with any of the information and documents referred to in subsection (1).