Export and Import Permits Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. E-19)

Short Title

Marginal note:Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Export and Import Permits Act.

Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) In this Act,

  Area Control List

  Area Control List means a list of countries established under section 4; (liste des pays visés)

  Automatic Firearms Country Control List

  Automatic Firearms Country Control List means a list of countries established under section 4.1; (liste des pays désignés (armes automatiques))

  broker

  broker means to arrange or negotiate a transaction that relates to the movement of goods or technology included in a Brokering Control List from a foreign country to another foreign country, including a transaction referred to in subsection (1.1); (courtage)

  Brokering Control List

  Brokering Control List means a list of goods and technology established under section 4.11; (liste des marchandises de courtage contrôlé)

  CCFTA

  CCFTA has the same meaning as Agreement in subsection 2(1) of the Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; (ALÉCC)

  CCRFTA

  CCRFTA has the same meaning as Agreement in subsection 2(1) of the Canada — Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; (ALÉCCR)

  CETA

  CETA has the same meaning as Agreement in section 2 of the Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Implementation Act; (AÉCG)

  CHFTA

  CHFTA has the same meaning as Agreement in section 2 of the Canada–Honduras Economic Growth and Prosperity Act; (ALÉCH)

  Chile

  Chile has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Chili)

  CIFTA

  CIFTA has the same meaning as Agreement in subsection 2(1) of the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act; (ALÉCI)

  Colombia

  Colombia has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Colombie)

  Costa Rica

  Costa Rica has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Costa Rica)

  CPTPP

  CPTPP has the same meaning as Agreement in section 2 of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Implementation Act; (PTPGP)

  CPTPP country

  CPTPP country has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (pays PTPGP)

  CUKTCA

  CUKTCA has the meaning assigned by the definition Agreement in section 2 of the Canada–United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act; (ACCCRU)

  CUKTCA beneficiary

  CUKTCA beneficiary has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (bénéficiaire de l’ACCCRU)

  CUSMA

  CUSMA has the meaning assigned by the definition Agreement in section 2 of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act; (ACEUM)

  CUSMA country

  CUSMA country means a country that is a party to CUSMA; (pays ACEUM)

  data

  data means representations, in any form, of information or concepts; (données)

  EU country or other CETA beneficiary

  EU country or other CETA beneficiary has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (pays de l’Union européenne ou autre bénéficiaire de l’AÉCG)

  export allocation

  export allocation means an export allocation issued under paragraph 6.2(2)(b) or 6.3(3)(b); (autorisation d’exportation)

  Export Control List

  Export Control List means a list of goods and technology established under section 3; (liste des marchandises d’exportation contrôlée)

  foreign country

  foreign country means a country other than Canada; (pays étranger)

  Free Trade Agreement

  Free Trade Agreement[Repealed, 1997, c. 14, s. 70]

  free trade partner

  free trade partner means

  • (a) a CUSMA country,

  • (a.1) an EU country or other CETA beneficiary,

  • (a.2) CPTPP country,

  • (b) Chile,

  • (c) Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary, or

  • (d) a CUKTCA beneficiary; (partenaire de libre-échange)

  goods imported from a NAFTA country

  goods imported from a NAFTA country[Repealed, 1997, c. 14, s. 70]

  goods imported from Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary

  goods imported from Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary[Repealed, 1997, c. 36, s. 207]

  Honduras

  Honduras has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Honduras)

  import allocation

  import allocation means an import allocation issued under paragraph 6.2(2)(b); (autorisation d’importation)

  Import Control List

  Import Control List means a list of goods established under section 5; (liste des marchandises d’importation contrôlée)

  imported from Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary

  imported from Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary has the meaning assigned by regulations made under section 52 of the Customs Tariff; (importé d’Israël ou d’un autre bénéficiaire de l’ALÉCI)

  Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary

  Israel or another CIFTA beneficiary has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Israël ou autre bénéficiaire de l’ALÉCI)

  Minister

  Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act; (ministre)

  NAFTA

  NAFTA[Repealed, 2020, c. 1, s. 40]

  NAFTA country

  NAFTA country[Repealed, 2020, c. 1, s. 40]

  organization

  organization has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Criminal Code; (organisation)

  Panama

  Panama has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Panama)

  Peru

  Peru has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff; (Pérou)

  record

  record means any material on which data are recorded or marked and which is capable of being read or understood by a person or a computer system or other device; (registre)

  resident of Canada

  resident of Canada means, in the case of a natural person, a person who ordinarily resides in Canada and, in the case of a corporation, a corporation having its head office in Canada or operating a branch office in Canada; (résident du Canada)

  softwood lumber agreement

  softwood lumber agreement means the Softwood Lumber Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America signed on September 12, 2006 and amended on October 12, 2006, and includes any rectifications made to it before its ratification by Canada; (accord sur le bois d’oeuvre)

  technology

  technology includes technical data, technical assistance and information necessary for the development, production or use of an article included in an Export Control List or a Brokering Control List; (technologie) 

  transfer

  transfer means, in relation to technology, to dispose of it or disclose its content in any manner from a place in Canada to a place outside Canada; (transfert)

  World Trade Organization Agreement

  World Trade Organization Agreement has the same meaning as the word Agreement in subsection 2(1) of the World Trade Organization Agreement Implementation Act. (Accord sur l’Organisation mondiale du commerce)

• Marginal note:Transaction — brokering

  (1.1) For the purpose of the definition broker, a transaction that relates to the movement of goods or technology includes a transaction that relates to its acquisition or disposition, and a transaction that relates to the movement of technology also includes a transaction that relates to the disclosure of its contents.

• Marginal note:Goods imported from certain countries

  (2) For the purposes of this Act, goods are imported from one of the following countries or territories if they are shipped directly to Canada from that country or territory, within the meaning of sections 17 and 18 of the Customs Tariff:

  • a CUSMA country
  • an EU country or other CETA beneficiary
  • Chile
  • Costa Rica
  • CPTPP country
  • CUKTCA beneficiary
  • Honduras

Establishment of Control Lists

Marginal note:Export control list of goods and technology

• 3 (1) The Governor in Council may establish a list of goods and technology, to be called an Export Control List, including therein any article the export or transfer of which the Governor in Council deems it necessary to control for any of the following purposes:

  • (a) to ensure that arms, ammunition, implements or munitions of war, naval, army or air stores or any articles deemed capable of being converted thereinto or made useful in the production thereof or otherwise having a strategic nature or value will not be made available to any destination where their use might be detrimental to the security of Canada;

  • (b) to ensure that any action taken to promote the further processing in Canada of a natural resource that is produced in Canada is not rendered ineffective by reason of the unrestricted exportation of that natural resource;

  • (c) to limit or keep under surveillance the export of any raw or processed material that is produced in Canada in circumstances of surplus supply and depressed prices and that is not a produce of agriculture;

  • (c.1) [Repealed, 1999, c. 31, s. 88]

  • (d) to implement an intergovernmental arrangement or commitment;

  • (e) to ensure that there is an adequate supply and distribution of the article in Canada for defence or other needs;

  • (f) to ensure the orderly export marketing of any goods that are subject to a limitation imposed by any country or customs territory on the quantity of the goods that, on importation into that country or customs territory in any given period, is eligible for the benefit provided for goods imported within that limitation; or

  • (g) to facilitate the collection of information in respect of the exportation of goods that were, are, or are likely to be, the subject of trade investigations or trade disputes.

• Marginal note:Conditions

  (2) The description of goods set out in the Export Control List may contain conditions that are based on approvals, classifications or determinations made by specified persons or specified government entities, including foreign government entities.