G/MA/QR/N/CAN/4/Add.3  
 
5 April 2022  
(22-2748) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
CANADA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 1 April 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Canada . 
 
A. Notifying Member :  Canada  
B. Date of notification :  1 April 2022  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/CAN/ 4/Add. 2 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in G/MA/QR/N/CAN/ 4 which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restri ctions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in S ection 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 10.03.2022  
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
         The Russian Federation's unprovoked and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine is a violation of 
international law, including Article 2(4) of t he Charter of the United Nations, and presents 
a grave threat to international peace and security and the rules -based international order.  
 
 
* In English  only. G/MA/QR/N/CAN/4/Add.3  
 
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   Canada's essential security interests are threatened by the Russian Federation's violation 
of international law and its willful disregard of the rules -based international order. Restoring 
this order is imperative for Canada's security and for the stability  of the region.  
  
  G/MA/QR/N/CAN/4/Add.3  
 
- 3 - Section 1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line code(s) 
affected, based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Prohibition on 
the import of 
petroleum from 
the Russian 
Federation   P For reference 
purposes only : 
 
27.09  
 
27.10  
 
27.11  
 
  Petroleum oils and 
oils obtained from 
bituminous 
minerals, crude  
 
Petroleum oils and 
oils obtained from 
bituminous 
minerals, other 
than crude; 
preparations not 
elsewhere specified 
or included, 
containing by 
weight 70% or 
more of petroleum 
oils or of oils 
obtained from 
bituminous 
minerals, these oils 
being the basic 
constituents of the 
preparations; waste 
oils 
 
Petroleum gases  
and other gaseous 
hydrocarbons  Article XXI of the 
GATT  
 Regulations Amending 
the Special Economic 
Measures (Russia) 
Regulations  
 
EN: 
https://www.internatio
nal.gc.ca/world -
monde/international_r
elations -
relations_internati onal
es/sanctions/russia_re
gulations -
reglement_russie8.asp
x?lang=eng  
 
FR: 
Règlement modifiant le 
Règlement sur les 
mesures économiques 
spéciales  visant la 
Russie  
(international.gc.ca)  
 
Entry into force: 10 
March 2022  Canada Gazette Part II - 
Vol. 156, No. 7 , pages 
929 – 939. 
 
https://www.gazette.gc
.ca/rp -
pr/p2/2022/2022 -03-
30/pdf/g 2-15607.pdf  
 
Specific details in 
Paragraph 3.5 and 
Schedule 5.  
 
 
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