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ARCHIVED - Revised Draft of the Off-Road Compression-Ignition Engine Emission Regulations

Importation Requirements and Documents

(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person importing an engine into Canada shall submit a declaration at a customs office, signed by that person or their duly authorized representative, that contains the following information:

  1. the name and street address and, if different, the mailing address of the importer;
  2. in respect of an engine that is not installed in or on a machine, the name of the manufacturer and the model and model year of the engine;
  3. in respect of a machine, the name of the manufacturer and the make, model and type of the machine;
  4. the date of importation;
  5. in the case of a company:
    1. the business number assigned to the company by the Minister of National Revenue, and
    2. a statement that the engine bears the national emissions mark, or that the company is either able to produce the evidence of conformity referred to in section 16 or complies with section 17; and
  6. in the case of a person that is not a company:
    1. a statement from the person that the engine bears:
      1. the national emissions mark,
      2. the emission control information label referred to in paragraph 16(d) showing that the engine conformed to the emission standards of the EPA in effect at the time of its manufacture, or
      3. a label showing that the engine conformed to the emission standards of the California Air Resources Board in effect at the time of its manufacture, or
    2. a statement from the manufacturer or its duly authorized representative that the engine conformed to the standards set out in these Regulations, or to the standards referred to in clause (i)(B) or (C), at the time of its manufacture.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 153(1)(b) of the Act, any company that imports 50 or more engines into Canada in a calendar year may provide the information referred to in subsection (1) in another form and manner that is satisfactory to the Minister.

The declaration referred to in paragraph 155(1)(a) of the Act shall be signed by the person referred to in that paragraph or their duly authorized representative, and shall contain:

  1. the information described in paragraphs 19(1)(a) to (d) and subparagraph 19(1)(e)(i);
  2. a statement that the engine will be used in Canada solely for purposes of exhibition, demonstration, evaluation or testing; and
  3. the date on which the engine will be removed from Canada or destroyed or will conform with these Regulations.

A company that imports an engine into Canada in reliance on subsection 153(2) of the Act shall submit a declaration at a customs office, signed by its duly authorized representative, that contains the information described in paragraphs 19(1)(a) to (d) and subparagraph 19(1)(e)(i) and, in addition:

  1. a statement from the manufacturer of the engine that the engine will, when completed in accordance with instructions provided by the manufacturer, conform to the standards prescribed under these Regulations; and
  2. a statement from the company that the engine will be completed in accordance with the instructions referred to in paragraph (a).
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