23 October 2018, the Canada Gazette published final regulation SOR/2018-196, banning the manufacture, import, sale, or use of asbestos and asbestos products, and imposed new limitations on exports. This regulation shall take effect on 1 January, 2018.
Following are the exclusions:
1. Asbestos may be reused in the restoration of asbestos mining sites or in road infrastructure, including mounds and noise barriers, if that asbestos was integrated into road infrastructure before the day on which these Regulations came into force.
2. A person may import, sell or use military equipment that was serviced with a product containing processed asbestos fibres if the product was used to service the military equipment while it was outside Canada for the purposes of a military operation and there was no technically or economically feasible asbestos-free alternative available at that time in that place.
3. A person may import, sell or use the following if it is intended for display in a museum.
4. A person may use the following in a laboratory in scientific research, for sample characterization or as an analytical standard and may import or sell it for such use.
5. A person may use processed asbestos fibres in diaphragms used in a chlor-alkali facility that is in operation on the day on which these Regulations come into force, and may import them for that use, before 1 January, 2030.
C&K Testing reminds enterprises to pay attention to the regulations related to the Canada regulation of banning asbestos, and respond positively and effectively to prevent subsequent risks. C&K Testing can provide testing and consultation services for hazardous materials such as asbestos.
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