<?xml version="1.0"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2022-02-15" lims:lastAmendedDate="2022-02-15" lims:current-date="2022-02-23" lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338349" lims:id="1338349" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338350" lims:id="1338350"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2022-22</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2022</YYYY><MM>2</MM><DD>15</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate><Date><YYYY>2022</YYYY><MM>2</MM><DD>24</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338351" lims:id="1338351"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="E-4.5">EMERGENCIES ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338352" lims:id="1338352">Emergency Economic Measures Order</LongTitle><RegulationMakerOrder><RegulationMaker>P.C.</RegulationMaker><OrderNumber>2022-108</OrderNumber><Date><YYYY>2022</YYYY><MM>2</MM><DD>15</DD></Date></RegulationMakerOrder></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338353" lims:id="1338353"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338354" lims:id="1338354" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes"><Text>Whereas the Governor in Council has, by a proclamation made pursuant to subsection 17(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="E-4.5">Emergencies Act</XRefExternal>, declared that a public order emergency exists;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338355" lims:id="1338355" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes"><Text>And whereas the Governor in Council has reasonable grounds to believe that the measures with respect to property referred to in this Order are necessary;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338356" lims:id="1338356" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes"><Text>Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, pursuant to subsection 19(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="E-4.5">Emergencies Act</XRefExternal>, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2022-22">Emergency Economic Measures Order</XRefExternal>.</Text></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338357" lims:id="1338357"><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:lastAmendedDate="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338358" lims:id="1338358"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338359" lims:id="1338359">Definitions</MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>The following definitions apply to this Order:</Text><Definition lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338360" lims:id="1338360"><Text><DefinedTermEn>designated person</DefinedTermEn> means any individual or entity that is engaged, directly or indirectly, in an activity prohibited by sections 2 to 5 of the <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2022-21">Emergency Measures Regulations</XRefExternal>. (<DefinedTermFr>personne désignée</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Definition><Definition lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338361" lims:id="1338361"><Text><DefinedTermEn>entity</DefinedTermEn> includes a corporation, trust, partnership, fund, unincorporated association or organization or foreign state. (<DefinedTermFr>entité</DefinedTermFr>)</Text></Definition></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:lastAmendedDate="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338362" lims:id="1338362"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338363" lims:id="1338363">Duty to cease dealings</MarginalNote><Label>2</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338364" lims:id="1338364"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>Any entity set out in section <XRefInternal>3</XRefInternal> must, upon the coming into force of this Order, cease</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338365" lims:id="1338365"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>dealing in any property, wherever situated, that is owned, held or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a designated person or by a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of that designated person;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338366" lims:id="1338366"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>facilitating any transaction related to a dealing referred to in paragraph (a);</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338367" lims:id="1338367"><Label>(c)</Label><Text>making available any property, including funds or virtual currency, to or for the benefit of a designated person or to a person acting on behalf of or at the direction of a designated person; or</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338368" lims:id="1338368"><Label>(d)</Label><Text>providing any financial or related services to or for the benefit of any designated person or acquire any such services from or for the benefit of any such person or entity.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338369" lims:id="1338369"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338370" lims:id="1338370">Insurance policy</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>Paragraph 2(1)(d) does not apply in respect of any insurance policy which was valid prior to the coming in force of this Order other than an insurance policy for any vehicle being used in a public assembly referred to in subsection 2(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2022-21">Emergency Measures Regulations</XRefExternal>.</Text></Subsection></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:lastAmendedDate="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338371" lims:id="1338371"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338372" lims:id="1338372">Duty to determine</MarginalNote><Label>3</Label><Text>The following entities must determine on a continuing basis whether they are in possession or control of property that is owned, held or controlled by or on behalf of a designated person:</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338373" lims:id="1338373"><Label>(a)</Label><Text><DefinitionRef>authorized foreign banks</DefinitionRef>, as defined in section 2 of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="B-1.01">Bank Act</XRefExternal>, in respect of their business in Canada, and banks regulated by that Act;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338374" lims:id="1338374"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>cooperative credit societies, savings and credit unions and caisses populaires regulated by a provincial Act and associations regulated by the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-41.01">Cooperative Credit Associations Act</XRefExternal>;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338375" lims:id="1338375"><Label>(c)</Label><Text><DefinitionRef>foreign companies</DefinitionRef>, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="I-11.8">Insurance Companies Act</XRefExternal>, in respect of their insurance business in Canada;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338376" lims:id="1338376"><Label>(d)</Label><Text><DefinitionRef>companies</DefinitionRef>, <DefinitionRef>provincial companies</DefinitionRef> and <DefinitionRef>societies</DefinitionRef>, as those terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="I-11.8">Insurance Companies Act</XRefExternal>;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338377" lims:id="1338377"><Label>(e)</Label><Text>fraternal benefit societies regulated by a provincial Act in respect of their insurance activities and insurance companies and other entities regulated by a provincial Act that are engaged in the business of insuring risks;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338378" lims:id="1338378"><Label>(f)</Label><Text>companies regulated by the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="T-19.8">Trust and Loan Companies Act</XRefExternal>;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338379" lims:id="1338379"><Label>(g)</Label><Text>trust companies regulated by a provincial Act;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338380" lims:id="1338380"><Label>(h)</Label><Text>loan companies regulated by a provincial Act;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338381" lims:id="1338381"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>entities that engage in any activity described in paragraphs 5(h) and (h.1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="P-24.501">Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act</XRefExternal>;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338382" lims:id="1338382"><Label>(j)</Label><Text>entities authorized under provincial legislation to engage in the business of dealing in securities or to provide portfolio management or investment counselling services;</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338383" lims:id="1338383"><Label>(k)</Label><Text>entities that provide a platform to raise funds or virtual currency through donations; and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338384" lims:id="1338384"><Label>(l)</Label><Text>entities that perform any of the following payment functions:</Text><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338385" lims:id="1338385"><Label>(i)</Label><Text>the provision or maintenance of an account that, in relation to an electronic funds transfer, is held on behalf of one or more end users,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338386" lims:id="1338386"><Label>(ii)</Label><Text>the holding of funds on behalf of an end user until they are withdrawn by the end user or transferred to another individual or entity,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338387" lims:id="1338387"><Label>(iii)</Label><Text>the initiation of an electronic funds transfer at the request of an end user,</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338388" lims:id="1338388"><Label>(iv)</Label><Text>the authorization of an electronic funds transfer or the transmission, reception or facilitation of an instruction in relation to an electronic funds transfer, or</Text></Subparagraph><Subparagraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338389" lims:id="1338389"><Label>(v)</Label><Text>the provision of clearing or settlement services.</Text></Subparagraph></Paragraph></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:lastAmendedDate="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338390" lims:id="1338390"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338391" lims:id="1338391">Registration requirement — FINTRAC</MarginalNote><Label>4</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338392" lims:id="1338392"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>The entities referred to in paragraphs 3(k) and (l) must register with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada established by section 41 of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="P-24.501">Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act</XRefExternal> if they are in possession or control of property that is owned, held or controlled by or on behalf of a designated person.</Text></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338393" lims:id="1338393"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338394" lims:id="1338394">Reporting obligation — suspicious transactions</MarginalNote><Label>(2)</Label><Text>Those entities must also report to the Centre every financial transaction that occurs or that is attempted in the course of their activities and in respect of which there are reasonable grounds to suspect that</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338395" lims:id="1338395"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>the transaction is related to the commission or the attempted commission of a money laundering offence by a designated person; or</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338396" lims:id="1338396"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>the transaction is related to the commission or the attempted commission of a terrorist activity financing offence by a designated person.</Text></Paragraph></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338397" lims:id="1338397"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338398" lims:id="1338398">Reporting obligation — other transactions</MarginalNote><Label>(3)</Label><Text>Those entities must also report to the Centre the transactions and information set out in subsections 30(1) and 33(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2002-184">Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations</XRefExternal>.</Text></Subsection></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:lastAmendedDate="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338399" lims:id="1338399"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338400" lims:id="1338400">Duty to disclose — RCMP or CSIS</MarginalNote><Label>5</Label><Text>Every entity set out in section <XRefInternal>3</XRefInternal> must disclose without delay to the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or to the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service</Text><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338401" lims:id="1338401"><Label>(a)</Label><Text>the existence of property in their possession or control that they have reason to believe is owned, held or controlled by or on behalf of a designated person; and</Text></Paragraph><Paragraph lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338402" lims:id="1338402"><Label>(b)</Label><Text>any information about a transaction or proposed transaction in respect of property referred to in paragraph (a).</Text></Paragraph></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:lastAmendedDate="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338403" lims:id="1338403"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338404" lims:id="1338404">Disclosure of information</MarginalNote><Label>6</Label><Text>A Government of Canada, provincial or territorial institution may disclose information to any entity set out in section <XRefInternal>3</XRefInternal>, if the disclosing institution is satisfied that the disclosure will contribute to the application of this Order.</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:lastAmendedDate="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338405" lims:id="1338405"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338406" lims:id="1338406">Immunity</MarginalNote><Label>7</Label><Text>No proceedings under the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="E-4.5">Emergencies Act</XRefExternal> and no civil proceedings lie against an entity for complying with this Order.</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:lastAmendedDate="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338407" lims:id="1338407" type="CIFnobold"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2022-02-15" lims:enacted-date="2022-02-15" lims:fid="1338408" lims:id="1338408">Coming into force</MarginalNote><Label>8</Label><Text>This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>