McMASTER UNIVERSITY

Complete Policy Title: EXPORT PERMITS
Policy Number (if applicable): CT-110
Approved by: COG
Date of Most Recent Approval: October, 1996
Revision Date(s):
Position Responsible for Developing
and Maintaining the Policy:		 Director, Purchasing Resources
Contact Department: CUSTOMS & TRAFFIC
DISCLAIMER: If there is a discrepancy between this electronic policy and the written copy held by the Policy owner, the written copy prevails.
POLICY:

  1. PURPOSE

    To ensure that the regulations cited under the Export/Import Permits Act are followed.

  2. SCOPE

    The general groups under export control are as follows:

    1. Industrial Goods,
      e.g. metalworking machinery, chemical & petroleum equipment, general industrial equipment

    2. Munitions,
      e.g. small arms & machine guns, ammunition, munitions software

    3. Atomic Energy,
      e.g. deuterium, lithium, beryllium

    4. Technology,
      e.g. technology for metalworking machinery, inert gas & vacuum atomising technology

    5. Miscellaneous Goods,
      e.g. wild fauna & flora, medical products, foreign origin goods, forest products, textiles

    6. All goods shipped to destinations named in the Area Control List,
      e.g. South Africa, Libya

  3. GENERAL

    The Customs & Traffic Unit reviews all export shipping orders to ensure that the provisions of this Act are met. Failure to apply for authorisation to export controlled articles could result in the seizure and forfeiture of the articles shipped. In additions, this Act provides for substantial penalties for persons violating any if its provisions.

The electronic copy of this policy is maintained by CIS