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Clean Fuel Regulations — 118
Contribution to funding program 118 (1) A registered primary supplier may create compliance credits for a compliance period by contributing to a registered emission-reduction funding program during (a) the period beginning on the January 1 that follows the end of the compliance period and ending on the following July 31; or (b) the period beginning on the October 31 that follows the end of the compliance period and ending on the following November 30. Receipt (2) A primary supplier who creates compliance credits by contributing to a emission-reduction funding program must provide to the Minister, with the report they submit under section 127 or 128 , as the case may be, a receipt issued by the program that establishes that they made the contribution. Compliance credits created (3) The number of compliance credits that the primary supplier may create under subsection (1) for a compliance period is determined by the formula C ÷ P where C is the amount of the primary supplier’s contribution to the registered emission-reduction funding program; and P is $350. Consumer Price Index (4) On every January 1 that follows the end of a compliance period, the amount set out in subsection (3) for P is replaced by the result determined by the following formula, rounded to the nearest dollar or, if the result is halfway between two consecutive whole numbers, to the greater of those whole numbers: $350 x (CPI A ÷ CPI B ) where CPI A is the average Consumer Price Index for the calendar year to which the compliance period relates, as published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act ; and CPI B is the average Consumer Price Index for the 12 months of the year 2022, as published by Statistics Canada under the Statistics Act . Deposit into account (5) The number of compliance credits created by a primary supplier under subsections (1) to (4) must be deposited into their account that was opened under paragraph 28 (a).
Clean Fuel Regulations — 119
No subsequent transfer 119 (1) A primary supplier must not transfer a compliance credit that they created under subsection 118 (1). Cancellation on December 1 (2) The Minister must cancel any compliance credit created under subsection 118 (1) that has not been used on the December 1 that follows its creation.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 120
Annual credit-creation report 120 (1) A registered creator must submit to the Minister, no later than the April 30 of the calendar year that follows the end of a compliance period, a report respecting the creation of compliance credits during that compliance period under paragraph 19 (1)(a), subparagraph 19 (1)(d)(i), (ii), (iv) or (v) or paragraph 20 (a). Contents of report (2) The credit-creation report must be signed by the authorized agent of the registered creator and contain the information referred to in Schedule 11 for the compliance period to which the report relates. June 30, 2023 (3) Despite subsection (1), the registered creator must submit the credit-creation report for the compliance period that ends on December 31, 2022 no later than June 30, 2023. April 30, 2024 — single report (4) The registered creator must combine the credit-creation reports required under subsection (1) for the compliance period that ends on June 30, 2023 and the compliance period that ends on December 31, 2023 into a single report and submit that report no later than April 30, 2024.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 121
Quarterly credit-creation reports 121 (1) A registered creator must submit to the Minister within the following time limits the following reports respecting the creation of compliance credits during a compliance period under paragraph 19 (1)(b) or (c), subparagraph 19 (1)(d)(iii) or paragraph 20 (b) or (c): (a) no later than the June 30 of the compliance period, a report respecting the creation of compliance credits between the January 1 and the March 31 of that compliance period; (b) no later than the September 30 of the compliance period, a report respecting the creation of compliance credits between the April 1 and the June 30 of that compliance period; (c) no later than the December 31 of the compliance period, a report respecting the creation of compliance credits between the July 1 and the September 30 of that compliance period; and (d) no later than the March 31 of the calendar year that follows the end of the compliance period, a report respecting the creation of compliance credits between the October 1 and the December 31 of that compliance period. Contents of report (2) The credit-creation report for each three-month period referred to in subsection (1) must be signed by the authorized agent of the registered creator and must contain the information referred to in Schedule 12 for the period to which the report relates. June 30, 2023 — single report (3) The registered creator must combine the reports required under subsection (1) for the compliance period that ends on December 31, 2022 into a single report that contains the information referred to in Schedule 12 for each three-month period referred to in that subsection and submit that report no later than June 30, 2023.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 122
Credit-adjustment report 122 (1) A registered creator who creates compliance credits during a compliance period under paragraph 19 (1)(b) or (c), subparagraph 19 (1)(d)(iii) or paragraph 20 (b) or (c) that are the subject of a quarterly credit-creation report submitted under section 121 must submit to the Minister, no later than the June 30 of the year that follows the end of the compliance period, a report on any adjustment of the number of compliance credits that have been deposited into the registered creator’s accounts under subsection 24 (1) or (2). Contents of report (2) The credit-adjustment report must be signed by the authorized agent of the registered creator and include the information that is set out in Schedule 13. Non-application (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any compliance period that ends before January 1, 2023.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 123
Carbon-intensity-pathway report 123 (1) A registered creator, carbon-intensity contributor or foreign supplier who obtains approval of the carbon intensity of a fuel, energy source or material input under subsection 85 (1) must submit to the Minister, for the compliance period during which the approval is obtained and for each compliance period that follows, a carbon-intensity-pathway report no later than the April 30 that follows the end of the compliance period. Contents of report (2) The carbon-intensity-pathway report must contain the information referred to in Schedule 14 for the compliance period and must be signed by the authorized agent of the registered creator, carbon-intensity contributor or foreign supplier. Non-application (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any compliance period that ends before January 1, 2024. 2024 compliance period (4) Despite subsection (1), a registered creator, carbon-intensity contributor or foreign supplier who has received approval of a carbon intensity of a fuel, energy source or material input under subsection 85 (1) after July 1, 2024 may, for the compliance period that ends on December 31, 2024, submit the carbon-intensity-pathway report on or before April 30, 2025.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 124
Material balance report 124 (1) A registered creator or foreign supplier must submit a material balance report to the Minister no later than the April 30 that follows the end of each compliance period in respect of any gaseous or liquid low-carbon-intensity fuel that has a carbon intensity referred to in subsection 45 (2) and was produced using a quantity of an eligible feedstock referred to in paragraph 46 (1)(b) or (c). Contents of report (2) The material balance report must contain the information referred to in Schedule 15 for the compliance period and must be signed by the authorized agent of the registered creator or foreign supplier. Non-application (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any compliance period that ends before January 1, 2024.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 125
Compliance-credit revenue report 125 (1) A registered creator who is a charging-network operator must submit to the Minister, for each compliance period, a report respecting revenue received from the transfer of compliance credits that specifies (a) the amount of revenue received during the compliance period from the transfer of compliance credits created under subsection 102 (1), no later than the July 31 that follows the end of the compliance period; and (b) the use that they made, during the compliance period and the following two compliance periods, of the revenue referred to in paragraph (a), no later than the July 31 that follows the end of the third compliance period. Contents of report (2) The compliance-credit revenue report required under subsection (1) must contain the information referred to in Schedule 16 and must be signed by the authorized agent of the registered creator. Non-application (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any compliance period that ends before January 1, 2023.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 126
Compliance-credit balance report 126 (1) A registered creator or a primary supplier must submit to the Minister a compliance-credit balance report no later than the August 15 that follows the end of a compliance period. Contents of report (2) The compliance-credit balance report must contain the information referred to in Schedule 17 with respect to compliance credits in the registered creator’s or primary supplier’s accounts on the day on which the report is submitted and must be signed by the authorized agent of the registered creator or primary supplier, as the case may be. Non-application (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any compliance period that ends before January 1, 2023.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 127
Compliance report 127 (1) A registered primary supplier must, no later than the July 31 that follows the end of each compliance period, submit a report to the Minister with respect to their compliance for the compliance period with the volumetric requirements set out in subsections 6 (1) and 7 (1) and the total reduction requirement. Contents of report (2) The compliance report must contain the information referred to in Schedule 18 for the compliance period and be signed by the authorized agent of the primary supplier. Non-application (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any compliance period that ends before July 1, 2023.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 128
Complementary compliance report 128 (1) A registered primary supplier who, by the July 31 that follows the end of a compliance period, has not satisfied the total reduction requirement must submit to the Minister a complementary compliance report no later than the December 15 that follows the end of the compliance period. Contents of report (2) The complementary compliance report must contain the information referred to in Schedule 19 for the compliance period and must be signed by the authorized agent of the primary supplier. Non-application (3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of any compliance period that ends before July 1, 2023.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 129
Condition of eligibility — reports and applications 129 A report or application that is referred to in either section 130 or 131 is ineligible if it is not verified in accordance with the requirements set out in sections 132 to 154 .
Clean Fuel Regulations — 130
Verification of applications 130 (1) A person who makes either of the following applications must have the application verified by a verification body and must submit the verification report prepared by the body with that application: (a) an application made under subsection 80 (1) in respect of a carbon intensity determined in accordance with any of sections 76 to 79 ; or (b) an application made under subsection 91 (1) for the temporary approval of a carbon intensity. Non-application (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of an application made before June 30, 2024.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 131
Verification of reports 131 (1) A person who is required to submit a report under any of section 120 , subsection 121 (3) and sections 122 to 125 and 127 and 128 must have it verified by a verification body and obtain a verification report prepared by the body. Exception (2) However, a report is not required to be verified if, (a) in the case of a report submitted under section 120 , subsection 121 (3) or section 122 , no compliance credits were created during the compliance period to which the report relates; or (b) in the case of a report submitted under section 125 , no revenue was created from the transfer of compliance credits during the compliance period to which the report relates or the two preceding compliance periods. Submission of verification report (3) The person referred to in subsection (1) must submit the verification report to the Minister together with the report to which it relates.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 132
Declarations 132 A person who is having either of the following reports verified must submit a copy of all the declarations referred to in paragraph 57 (2)(a) to the verification body: (a) a report submitted under section 120 , 121 or 122 that indicates that compliance credits were created by the carrying out of a CO 2 e-emission-reduction project described in paragraph 30 (d) or under any of sections 94 to 96 , 99 , 100 and 104 , as the case may be, by the production in Canada or import into Canada of a low-carbon-intensity fuel after December 31, 2022; or (b) a report submitted under section 124 .
Clean Fuel Regulations — 133
Contents of verification report 133 The verification report must contain the information referred to in Schedule 20.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 134
Management system and processes 134 The books and records related to a verification that must be retained in accordance with subsection 166 (2) include any that (a) support the information contained in the application or the report being verified and allow that information to be recreated; (b) demonstrate that the application or the report being verified meets the requirements of these Regulations; (c) contain information that relates to the functioning of the verification body’s management system and processes and its compliance with that system and those processes during the period during which the verification was being conducted; (d) contain information with respect to the members of the team that conducted the verification and the role that each member performed with respect to the verification; or (e) describe the scope of the verification.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 135
Submission of all reports 135 A person who makes an application or submits a report that is the subject of a verification report, including in the case where the verification results in the disclaimer that is referred to in paragraph 154 (d), must submit to the Minister all verification reports that they have previously obtained with respect to the application or the report.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 136
Monitoring plan 136 (1) A person who is having an application or a report verified must prepare a monitoring plan, keep it up to date and submit it with the application or the report to the verification body. Contents of plan (2) The monitoring plan must contain the information referred to in Schedule 21.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 137
Accredited body 137 The verification of an application or a report must be conducted by an accredited verification body whose accreditation is neither suspended nor revoked.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 138
Eligibility conditions for accreditation 138 (1) A person is eligible to be accredited as a verification body by the Standards Council of Canada, the ANSI National Accreditation Board or a designated accreditation body, if the person (a) meets the requirements set out in International Standard ISO/IEC 17029, entitled Conformity assessment — General principles and requirements for validation and verification bodies and International Standard ISO 14065, entitled General principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying environmental information , both of which are published by the International Organization for Standardization; (b) meets any requirements set out in Part 1 of the Methods for Verification and Certification; and (c) employs a verification team that meets the requirements set out in International Standard ISO 14066, entitled Greenhouse gases — Competence requirements for greenhouse gas validation teams and verification teams , published by the International Organization for Standardization. Designation of accreditation body (2) The Minister may designate an accreditation body as a designated accreditation body referred to in subsection (1) if it is a member of the International Accreditation Forum and meets the requirements set out in ISO/IEC Standard 17011.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 139
Independent reviewer 139 For the purposes of subclause 9.6 of the Standards referred to in paragraph 138 (1)(a), the person who conducts the review must be an independent reviewer who (a) has, at a minimum, the same competencies as those of a team leader, as set out in subclause 7.3.9 of ISO Standard 14065 referred to in that paragraph; and (b) is an employee of the verification body.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 140
Technical accreditation 140 (1) A verification must be conducted by a verification body that is accredited, in accordance with section 138 , as a verification body that is competent in any of the following areas that are applicable to the application or the report being verified: (a) the production, import, distribution and delivery of fossil fuels, including hydrogen that is produced from such fuels; (b) the production, import, distribution and delivery of low-carbon-intensity fuels, other than hydrogen; (c) the production and distribution of electricity and any transactions related to electricity; (d) the production, import, distribution and delivery of hydrogen from renewable sources. Definition of distribution (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), distribution includes distribution at a fuelling station.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 142
Subcontract — conditions 142 (1) Any activities that are conducted as part of the verification of an application or a report, other than those conducted by a team leader referred to in subsection 141 (1) and by an independent reviewer referred to in section 139 , may be subcontracted to another person if (a) that other person has entered into a written contract with the verification body to conduct those activities; (b) that other person has entered into a written confidentiality agreement with respect to information obtained during the conduct of those activities; and (c) the verification body has put in place processes that permit it to evaluate the work of that other person. Applicable requirements (2) Subsections 141 (2) and (3) and sections 145 to 153 apply in respect of any activities subcontracted to another person under subsection (1).
Clean Fuel Regulations — 143
Outsourcing of verification — conditions 143 (1) Any activities that are carried out as part of the verification of an application or report, or any part of those activities, may be outsourced to any other verification body that is accredited in accordance with section 138 if (a) the total number of hours of work performed by other verification bodies in carrying out the outsourced activities, in proportion to the total number of hours of work performed for the purposes of the verification, does not exceed the percentage specified in the Methods for Verification and Certification; (b) the verification body has entered into a written contract with any verification body to which those activities are outsourced; (c) any verification body to which those activities are outsourced is accredited as competent in the areas referred to in subsection 140 (1) that are applicable to the application or report being verified; (d) the verification report is prepared in accordance with section 133 by the verification body that is outsourcing those activities; and (e) the verification body that is outsourcing those activities remains responsible for ensuring that the verification is carried out in full, including any outsourced activities. Applicable requirements (2) Section 137 , subsections 138 (1) and (2), section 140 , subsections 141 (2) and (3) and sections 145 to 153 apply in respect of any activities that are outsourced to another verification body.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 144
Other verification report 144 A verification report that was prepared by another verification body may be relied on for the purposes of a new verification if (a) the number of hours of work performed by the other verification body, in proportion to the total number of hours of work performed for the purposes of the new verification, does not exceed the percentage specified in the Methods for Verification and Certification; (b) the verification body that relies on the other verification body’s verification report prepares the new verification report in accordance with section 133 ; (c) the verification body that relies on the other verification body’s verification report remains responsible for the entirety of the new verification report, including the opinion referred to in section 154 ; and (d) the other verification body’s verification was conducted in accordance with the applicable requirements of these Regulations.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 145
Conflicts of interest 145 (1) A person who carries out any verification activities with respect to an application or report or who acts as an independent reviewer of a verification must be independent of (a) the employees of the federal public administration who administer or implement these Regulations or carry out any related activities; and (b) the person who is making the application or is required to submit the report. Informing Minister of conflict (2) Before a verification body begins the verification of an application or report, the person who is making the application or is required to submit the report must inform the Minister of whether a conflict of interest exists between them or any employee referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and any individual who will conduct the verification or act as the independent reviewer. Discovery of conflict (3) If the verification body discovers a conflict of interest, it must inform the Minister within five days after the day on which it discovers it. Measures taken to manage conflict (4) A person or verification body that informs the Minister of a conflict of interest under subsection (2) or (3) must provide a description of the conflict of interest and the measures that will be taken to manage it.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 146
No work without decision by Minister 146 (1) If a conflict of interest has been discovered, the person who has the conflict of interest must not conduct any verification work and the verification must not be the subject of an independent review, unless the Minister decides that the measures taken under subsection 145 (4) will effectively manage the conflict. Decision within 20 days (2) The Minister must inform the person who is making the application or is required to submit the report of the Minister’s decision within 20 days after the day on which the Minister is informed of the conflict of interest.