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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Regulations for Certain Energy-Using Products

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) administers the Energy Efficiency Act and the Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016, which prohibit the importation of certain energy-using products unless they meet specific requirements. Dealers (i.e., manufacturers and importers who import goods for sale or lease, as well as sellers and lessors) who import regulated energy-using products into Canada must include the following import-reporting information on the Customs invoice:

  • Name of the product (e.g., external power supply, incandescent reflector lamp, digital TV adaptor, etc.
  • Model number of the product;
  • Brand name, if any, of the product;
  • Address of the dealer importing the product; and,
  • Purpose of the importation:
    • For sale or lease in Canada without modification;
    • For sale or lease in Canada after being modified to comply with the prescribed energy efficiency standard; or
    • For incorporation into a product being exported from Canada

This information is needed on the Integrated Import Declaration (IID) (i.e., release request) submitted to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for the goods to be released and the data transmitted to NRCan. 

If this information is not provided, monetary penalties may be issued by the CBSA. See Memorandum D22-1-1: Implementing the Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS) for details. 

These regulations apply to any regulated energy-using product, even if it is shipped as part of a larger machine that is unregulated (i.e., not considered an energy-using product).

 

Exemptions

Regulated energy-using products imported in the following scenarios are exempt from these regulations:

  • Personal importations
  • Imported for a company's own use (e.g., restaurants or hotels importing televisions, refrigerators, power supplies or stoves for on-site use)
  • Products imported without regulated components, including:
    • Machines without regulated components that use the same HS codes as machines containing regulated components
    • Non-regulated end-use products imported without a regulated component (e.g., external power supplies)

For additional details and a list of energy-using products that are exempt from the import reporting requirements under these regulations, please see Memorandum D19-6-3: Importation of Energy-using Products.

 

Important Information

Amendments to the Energy Efficiency Regulations are ongoing. See Amendment 18 for the latest updates. 

For a current list of all regulated energy-using products, please refer to NRCan’s Guide to Energy Regulations.