Export of Substances Under the Rotterdam Convention Regulations (SOR/2002-317).

The present Regulations enact the Rotterdam Convention and subsection 332 (1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to the export of hazardous substances, such as, for example, pesticides. The text –consisting of 18 sections – deals with the following matters: export conditions, application for an export permit, issuance of export permits, refusal, cancellation, amendment, suspension and expiration of export permits and export documents. Three Schedules are required as follows: Uses for which an export permit is required (1); Information required in an export permit application (2); Undertaking (3).