General Export Permit No. 38 — CWC Toxic Chemical and Precursor Mixtures (SOR/98-265)

Interpretation

1 The definitions in this section apply in this Permit.

CWC toxic chemicals and precursors

CWC toxic chemicals and precursors means the goods referred to in Group 7 of the schedule to the Export Control List that are described in any of items 7-3.3 to 7-3.6 of the Guide. (produits chimiques toxiques et précurseurs CAC)

Export Controls Division

Export Controls Division means the Export Controls Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. (Direction des contrôles à l’exportation)

Guide

Guide has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Export Control List. (Guide)

Application

2 Subject to section 3, this Permit authorizes the exportation of mixtures of CWC toxic chemicals and precursors to any country other than to a country listed on the Area Control List or to Iraq or North Korea.

General

3 A resident of Canada may, under the authority of and in accordance with this Permit, export from Canada

• (a) mixtures that contain less than 10 per cent by weight of any CWC toxic chemical or precursor described in item 7-3.3 or 7-3.4 of the Guide; and

• (b) mixtures that contain less than 25 per cent by weight of any CWC toxic chemical or precursor described in item 7-3.5 or 7-3.6 of the Guide.

Conditions

4 It is a condition of this Permit that the exporter

• (a) keep at the exporter’s place of business or residence any documents in respect of each export made under this Permit for a period of six years after the date of the export;

• (b) on request, make the documents referred to in paragraph (a) available to an officer of the Export Controls Division; and

• (c) where mixtures of CWC toxic chemicals and precursors are required to be reported in a prescribed form under the Customs Act, insert the expression “GEP-38” or “LGE-38” in the appropriate field of the prescribed form.

Coming into Force

5 This Permit comes into force on April 23, 1998.