Changes to Canada’s Export Control List
On 12 July, a number of changes were published in the Canada Gazette to the country’s Export Control List. The changes take effect 30 July and include the following:
1. The definitions Guide and Wassenaar Arrangement in section 1 of the Export Control List are replaced by the following:
Guide means A Guide to Canada’s Export Control List – December 2015, published by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. (Guide)
Wassenaar Arrangement means the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies that was reached at the Plenary Meeting in Vienna, Austria held on July 11 and 12, 1996 and amended by WA-LIST (15) 1 Corr. 1 at the Plenary Meeting in Vienna, Austria held on December 2 and 3, 2015. (Accord de Wassenaar)
2. Paragraph (b) of Group 3 of the schedule to the List is replaced by the following:
(b) in accordance with the procedures referred to in the Guidelines for Nuclear Transfers (INFCIRC/254/Rev.13/Part 1), issued by the Nuclear Suppliers Group and adopted at the Plenary Meeting held from June 1 to 5, 2015.
3. Paragraph (b) of Group 4 of the schedule to the List is replaced by the following:
(b) in accordance with the procedures referred to in the Guidelines for Transfers of Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment, Materials, Software, and Related Technology (INFCIRC/254/Rev.10/Part 2), issued by the Nuclear Suppliers Group and adopted at the Plenary Meeting held from June 1 to 5, 2015.
4. Group 6 of the schedule to the List is replaced by the following:
GROUP 6
Missile Technology Control Regime
Goods and technology, as described in Group 6 of the Guide, the export of which Canada has agreed to control under bilateral arrangements concluded on April 7, 1987, in accordance with the Guidelines for Sensitive Missile-Relevant Transfers, issued by the Missile Technology Control Regime to control the export of missile equipment and technology referred to in the MTCR/TEM/2015/Annex of October 8, 2015 that was adopted at the Plenary Meeting held from October 5 to 9, 2015.
5. Paragraph (a) of Group 7 of the schedule to the List is replaced by the following:
(a) under a bilateral arrangement concluded on December 24, 1992, between Canada and the United States, this arrangement having been made in accordance with the Guidelines for Transfers of Sensitive Chemical or Biological Items, issued by the Australia Group to control the export of chemical and biological weapons the list of which was amended at the Plenary Meeting held from June 1 to 5, 2015.
See: http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2017/2017-07-12/html/sor-dors139-eng.php
