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Projects Outside Canada Environmental Assessment Regulations (SOR/96-491).

Country/Territory
Canada
Document type
Regulation
Date
1996
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
EIA Authorization/permit Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Regulations implement subparagraph 59(i)(ii) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. The Regulations apply with respect to projects to be carried out outside Canada and any federal lands and in respect of which a federal authority exercises a power or performs a duty or function described in paragraph 5(1)(a) or (b) of the Act. The text consists of 45 sections and 1 Schedule laying down detailed procedures relating to the approval of the above-mentioned projects.

Full text
English
Website
www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (S.C. 1992, c. 37).

Legislation | Canada | 1992 (2012)

Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Dispute settlement, Indigenous peoples

Source: FAO, FAOLEX