Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations

Marginal note:Services — marine transportation of crude oil and petroleum products

• 3.12 (1) It is prohibited for any person in Canada and any Canadian outside Canada to provide to or for the benefit of Russia or any person in Russia a service referred to in Schedule 10 in relation to marine transportation, including ship-to-ship transfers, of goods referred to in item 1 or 2 of Schedule 5 if

  • (a) the service is provided in relation to an industry referred to in Division 50 of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, Revision 4, published by the United Nations in 2008;

  • (b) the goods are exported from Russia or originate from Russia; and

  • (c) the goods are purchased above the price set out for those goods in the G7+ Coalition Oil Price Cap List, prepared by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development and published on the Department’s website.

• Marginal note:Non-application — goods on ship

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of services provided in relation to

  • (a) goods referred to in item 1 of Schedule 5 that were loaded onto a ship before December 7, 2022 and unloaded at the port of destination before January 21, 2023; and

  • (b) goods referred to in item 2 of Schedule 5 that were loaded onto a ship before February 5, 2023 and unloaded at the port of destination before April 1, 2023.

• Marginal note:Non-application — emergency situation

  (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of services provided in response to an emergency situation and that are necessary to ensure navigational safety or to minimize danger to human life or damage to the environment.

• Marginal note:Non-application — EU member states

  (4) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of goods imported into the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia or a landlocked European Union member state if the importation is permitted under Council Regulation (EU) 2022/879 of June 3, 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine.