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Export Controls Handbook
Revised February 2012
Export Controls Division
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Website: http://www.exportcontrols.gc.ca
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada,
represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2012
Catalogue Number: FR2-9/2012E-PDF
ISBN 978-1-100-20166-5
Table of Contents
- A. Introduction
- B. Objectives of Export Controls
- B.1. Wassenaar Arrangement (Groups 1 and 2 on the Export Control List)
- B.2. Nuclear Suppliers Group (Groups 3 and 4 on the Export Control List)
- B.3. Miscellaneous Goods and Technology (Group 5 on the Export Control List)
- B.4. Missile Technology Control Regime (Group 6 on the Export Control List)
- B.5. Australia Group (Group 7 on the Export Control List)
- C. How to Use A Guide to Canada's Export Controls (including the Export Control List)
- D. Destination and Origin Considerations
- E. Export Permit Application Process
- E.1. Confidentiality of Information
- E.2. Export Controls On-Line (EXCOL)
- E.3. How to Complete the Application to Export
- Box 2: Examples of Consignees and End-Users
- Box 3: Evaluating Foreign Clients
- Box 4: Applications to Export Goods Temporarily (including for Repairs, Upgrades, and to Loan Equipment)
- Box 5: Exports by Intangible Means
- Box 6: Applications to Permanently Export Goods After Temporary Import into Canada (including Exports After Repairs and Returns of Equipment on Loan).
- Box 7: Exchange Rate Fluctuations
- E.4. Mandatory Supporting Documentation
- E.5. Export Permit Validity
- F. Administrative Procedures and Other Issues
- F.1. Processing Time
- F.2. Status Enquiries.
- F.3. Policy Review
- F.4. Consultations
- F.5. Military Goods and Technology
- F.6. General Export Permits
- F.7. Controlled Goods Program
- F.8. Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
- F.9. Canadian National Authority for the Chemical Weapons Convention
- F.10. Other Government Departments
- G. After Issuance of an Export Permit: Compliance with Export Controls
- H. Customs Procedures (Canada Border Services Agency)
- I. Applications to Export Firearms, Related Goods, and Ammunition
- J. Import-related Documents
- K. Further Information and Reference
