Products Containing Mercury Regulations

Marginal note:Records

• 14 (1) Any person that manufactures or imports a product that contains mercury must maintain records that demonstrate that the product was manufactured or imported in accordance with the Act and these Regulations and that include the following information:

  • (a) in the case of a person that manufactures a product,

    • (i) the common or generic name of the product manufactured, and its trade name, if any,

    • (ii) if applicable, the name of the category set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 or 2 to which the product belongs or the number of the permit issued under subsection 5(1),

    • (iii) the quantity of the product manufactured at each manufacturing plant,

    • (iv) the total quantity of mercury contained in the product, expressed in milligrams,

    • (v) the date of manufacture, and

    • (vi) the quantity of the product that is exported; and

  • (b) in the case of a person that imports a product,

    • (i) the common or generic name of the product imported, and its trade name, if any,

    • (ii) if applicable, the name of the category set out in column 1 of Schedule 1 or 2 to which the product belongs or the number of the permit issued under subsection 5(1),

    • (iii) the quantity of the product imported,

    • (iv) the total quantity of mercury contained in the product, expressed in milligrams,

    • (v) the name, civic and postal addresses, telephone number and, if any, the fax number and email address of the principal place of business of the shipper,

    • (vi) the port of entry at which the product was imported,

    • (vii) the date of import,

    • (viii) the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System tariff classification number for the product, as set out in the schedule to the Customs Tariff,

    • (ix) the business number assigned to the person by the Minister of National Revenue,

    • (x) copies of the bill of lading, invoice and all documents submitted to the Canada Border Services Agency for the product shipped, and

    • (xi) the quantity of the product that is exported.

• Marginal note:Record of compliance with section 3.1

  (1.1) If the person has manufactured or imported a product in contravention of section 3, they must maintain records that demonstrate compliance with section 3.1.

• Marginal note:Retention of records

  (2) The records and supporting documents must be kept for a period of at least five years after the day on which the records are made.