Marine Spark-Ignition Engine, Vessel and Off-road Recreational Vehicle Emission Regulations — 37
Importer’s declaration 37 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), for the purposes of paragraph 153(1)(b) of the Act, any person importing an engine, vessel or vehicle into Canada must submit, prior to importation, a declaration to the Minister, signed by that person or their duly authorized representative, that contains the following information: (a) the importer’s name, email address, telephone number, civic address and, if different, their mailing address; (b) the manufacturer’s name, the number of engines, vessels or vehicles, as the case may be, to be imported and the make, model, model year and class of each of those engines, vessels and vehicles; (c) the day on which they are expected to be imported; (d) if the importer is a company, (i) the business number assigned to the company by the Minister of National Revenue, and (ii) a statement that each of those engines, vessels or vehicles bears the national emissions mark or that the company is able to produce the evidence of conformity referred to in subsection 35(1) or has produced the evidence of conformity in accordance with subsection 35(2), as the case may be; and (e) if the importer is not a company, (i) a statement from the importer that each of those engines, vessels or vehicles bears (A) the national emissions mark, (B) the emission control information label referred to in paragraph 35(1)(d) that indicates, as the case may be, that (I) the engine conformed to the emission standards of the EPA in effect when its manufacture was completed, (II) the fuel lines and fuel tanks installed in the vessel or the outboard conformed to the emission standards of the EPA in effect at the time of the completion of its main assembly, or (III) the vehicle conformed to the emission standards of the EPA in effect at the time of the completion of its main assembly, or (C) a label that indicates that the engine conformed to the emission standards of the California Air Resources Board in effect at the time of its manufacture or the vehicle conformed to the emission standards of the California Air Resources Board in effect at the time of the completion of its main assembly, as the case may be, or (ii) a statement from the manufacturer or their duly authorized representative that, as the case may be, (A) the engine conformed to the standards set out in these Regulations, or to the standards referred to in subclause (i)(B)(I) or clause (i)(C), when its manufacture was completed, (B) each of the fuel lines and fuel tanks installed in the vessel or the outboard, as the case be, conformed to the standards set out in these Regulations, or to the standards referred to in subclause (i)(B)(II), at the time of the completion of the main assembly of the vessel or the manufacture of the outboard, or (C) the vehicle conformed to the standards set out in these Regulations, or to the standards referred to in subclause (i)(B)(III) or clause (i)(C), at the time of the completion of its main assembly. Exception (2) A person who is not a company who, in a calendar year, imports at most 10 of any combination of engines, vessels and vehicles is not required to make the declaration referred to in subsection (1). Alternative declaration (3) For the purposes of paragraph 153(1)(b) of the Act, a company that, in a calendar year, imports at least 500 of any combination of engines, vessels and vehicles into Canada may submit the information referred to in subsection (1) in a form and manner that is satisfactory to the Minister. SOR/2020-258, s. 77