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EXPORT AND IMPORT PERMITS ACTGeneral Export Permit No. 47 — Export of Arms Trade Treaty Items to the United StatesThe Minister of Foreign Affairs, pursuant to subsection 7(1.1)a of the Export and Import Permits Actb, issues the annexed General Export Permit No. 47 — Export of Arms Trade Treaty Items to the United States.S.C. 2004, c. 15, s. 56R.S., c. E-19Ottawa, June 17, 2019La ministre des Affaires étrangères,Chrystia FreelandMinister of Foreign Affairs
Interpretation
DefinitionsThe following definitions apply in this Permit.Act means the Export and Import Permits Act. (Loi sur les licences d’exportation et d’importation)Export Controls Operations Division means the Export Controls Operations Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. (Direction des opérations des contrôles à l’exportation)Guide has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Export Control List. (Guide)
General
AuthorizationSubject to sections 3 to 6, any resident of Canada may export any of the following goods from Canada to the United States:any good referred to in item 2-1 of the Guide;any good referred to in item 2-3 of the Guide;any good referred to in Group 9 of the schedule to the Export Control List.
Unauthorized goodsThis Permit does not authorizethe export of goods to a country other than the United States;the export of prohibited ammunition, prohibited devices, prohibited firearms or prohibited weapons, as defined in subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code; andthe export of any good referred to in item 2-2.a. or 2-4.a. of the Guide.
Conditions
Firearms ActA resident of Canada who exports a firearm under this Permit musthold a licence under the Firearms Act issued by the chief firearms officer of the province in which they reside; andif the firearm is a restricted firearm, hold a registration certificate for it issued under that Act.
InformationA resident of Canada who exports under this Permit a good referred to in Group 9 of the schedule to the Export Control List must provide in writing to the Export Controls Operations Divisionbefore exporting under this Permit in a calendar year, their name, address, telephone number, email address and any facsimile number;within 30 days after each six-month period ending on June 30 and December 31 of the calendar year for which the information in paragraph (a) was provided, a report statingwhether they exported a good under this Permit during that period, andif a good was exported,the name and address of each consignee,a description of the good, the provision of the schedule to the Export Control List that refers to it and the item number assigned to it by the Guide, andthe quantity and value in Canadian dollars of the good; andwithin 15 days after the day on which the resident of Canada receives a request from the Export Controls Operations Division, any information referred to in paragraph (b) that is requested by it in respect of exports during the period specified in the request.ExceptionDespite paragraph (1)(b), a resident of Canada who provides the information referred to in paragraph (1)(a) during the six month period ending on December 31 is not obliged to provide a report for the six-month period ending on June 30 during the same calendar year.Temporary exportSubsection (1) does not apply to the export of a good if the good is to be returned to Canada and to the resident of Canada who exported it within two years after the day of export.Good not returned within two yearsIf a good referred to in subsection (3) is not returned to the resident of Canada within two years after the day of export, the resident of Canada must provide in writing to the Export Controls Operations Division the information referred to in subsection (1) no later than 30 days after the day that is two years after the day of export.
RecordsA resident of Canada who exports a good under this Permit must retain, for a period of six years after the year in which the good is exported, the following records:the date on which the good was exported;the name and address of each consignee;the quantity and value in Canadian dollars of the exported good; anda description of the exported good, the provision of the schedule to the Export Control List that refers to it and the item number assigned to it by the Guide.
Coming into Force
S.C. 2018, c. 26This Permit comes into force on the day on which section 6 of An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments), chapter 26 of the Statutes of Canada, 2018, comes into force, but if it is registered after that day, it comes into force on the day on which it is registered.[Note: Regulations in force September 1, 2019, see SI/2019-41.]