Ozone-depleting Substances and Halocarbon Alternatives Regulations — 1
Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations. Act means the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 . ( Loi ) CFC means a chlorofluorocarbon. ( CFC ) critical use means a use of methyl bromide that conforms to Decision IX/6 set out in the document entitled Report of the Ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer , published by the Ozone Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme. ( utilisation critique ) Decision means a decision adopted at a meeting of the Parties held under Article 11 of the Protocol. ( Décision ) emergency use means a use of up to 20 tonnes of methyl bromide, in response to an emergency event, that conforms to Decision IX/6 set out in the document entitled Report of the Ninth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer , published by the Ozone Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme. ( utilisation d’urgence ) essential use means a use, other than a laboratory or analytical use, that conforms to Decision IV/25 set out in the document entitled Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer , published by the Ozone Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme. ( utilisation essentielle ) feedstock means a substance that is used — and the molecular structure of which is transformed — in the manufacture of a chemical substance. ( matière première ) foaming agent means a chemical that is added to a plastic during the process of manufacturing plastic foam so that gas cells are formed throughout the plastic. ( agent de gonflement ) HBFC means a hydrobromofluorocarbon. ( HBFC ) HCFC means a hydrochlorofluorocarbon. ( HCFC ) HFC means a hydrofluorocarbon. ( HFC ) laboratory or analytical use means a use that is agreed to be a laboratory or analytical use through a Decision of the Parties. ( utilisation en laboratoire ou à des fins d’analyse ) Party means a State that has ratified the Protocol or that meets the conditions referred to in paragraph 8 of Article 4 of the Protocol. ( Partie ) plastic foam means a plastic the weight per unit of volume of which is decreased substantially by the use of a foaming agent during the manufacturing process. ( mousse plastique ) pre-shipment application means the treatment with methyl bromide, within 21 days prior to export, of a commodity or a product that is to be entirely exported to another country, or of a means of conveyance, in order to meet a requirement of the importing country or a requirement of Canadian law. ( traitement préalable à l’expédition ) Protocol means the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer , published by the United Nations Environment Programme and signed by Canada on September 16, 1987, in its most recent version. ( Protocole ) quarantine application means the treatment with methyl bromide of a commodity, product, facility or means of conveyance, when the treatment is intended to prevent the spread of, or to control or eradicate, pests of quarantine significance in order to meet a requirement of the importing country or a requirement of Canadian law. ( traitement en quarantaine ) reclaimed means, in respect of a substance, recovered and then reprocessed and upgraded through a process such as filtering, drying, distillation or chemical treatment to restore the substance to industry-accepted reuse standards. ( régénérée ) recovered means, in respect of a substance used and subsequently collected. ( récupérée ) recycled means, in respect of a substance, recovered, cleaned through a process such as filtering or drying and reused, including reused to recharge equipment. ( recyclée ) rigid foam product means a product containing or consisting of any of the following types of foam: (a) closed-cell rigid polyurethane foam, including one- and two-component froth, pour, spray, injected or bead-applied foam and polyisocyanurate foam;