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Selling ex-Canadian Military Parts from Canada

Posted by A peed off Canuck on Wed Aug 14, 2002 03:04:39 PM

For all you Canadians selling and exporting ex-Canadian military items, please be informed. And for all you buyers looking at that part on Barnstormers for your Lancaster restoration, you should keep this in mind.

Seems the Canadian Government is doing their best to kill the preservation and the trade/sale of ex-military items of which includes military aircraft and aircraft related parts, publications and similar. If you?re selling surplus Canadian military items abroad, you should be aware of the ?Controlled Goods Program? which includes the ?Export Control list?. This program and list applies to basically all ex-Canadian military items with some exemptions and noting that there was no reference to exclude items manufactured before a certain date, this means all vintage aircraft and parts are included. You can be approved to export these items but you have to apply for an Export Permit and by the grace of Allah you?re not seen as a threat to national security, they may bless you with a permit. And if you don?t have one?they?ll get ya!

A good idea in concept but in reality, what threat is it selling a prop hub for a Hurricane to the US? I think they need to rethink this and make accommodations for the trade and sale of obsolete items that help keep the warbirds flying and that help them be restored to authentic standards.

More information can be found at http://mmsd1.mms.nrcan.gc.ca/cgrp/text/cgrp/default-e.asp or see below.

Hope this helps and don?t forget about the Cultural Property Export and Import Act as well, cause they?ll get ya too!

If anyone out there can shed some light on this and let us know that it's all a bad dream or I missed something, please let us know.

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Controlled Goods Program ? Export Control list

2010. "Aircraft", unmanned airborne vehicles, aero-engines and "aircraft" equipment, related equipment and components, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:

a. Combat "aircraft" and specially designed components therefor;
b. Other "aircraft" specially designed or modified for military use, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training, transporting and airdropping troops or military equipment, logistics support, and specially designed components therefor;
c. Aero-engines specially designed or modified for military use, and specially designed components therefor;
d. Unmanned airborne vehicles, including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs), and autonomous, programmable vehicles specially designed or modified for military use and their launchers, ground support and related equipment for command and control;
e. Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the "aircraft" controlled by 2010.a. or 2010.b. or the aero-engines controlled by 2010.c., and specially designed components therefor;
f. Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for "aircraft" controlled by 2010.a. or 2010.b., or for aero-engines controlled by 2010.c.;
g. Pressurised breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in "aircraft", anti-g suits, military crash helmets and protective masks, liquid oxygen converters used for "aircraft" or missiles, and catapults and cartridge actuated devices for emergency escape of personnel from "aircraft";
h. Parachutes used for combat personnel, cargo dropping or "aircraft" deceleration, as follows:
1. Parachutes for:
a. Pin point dropping of rangers;
b. Dropping of paratroopers;
2. Cargo parachutes;
3. Paragliders drag parachutes, drogue parachutes for stabilisation and attitude control of dropping bodies, (e.g., recovery capsules, ejection seats, bombs);
4. Drogue parachutes for use with ejection seat systems for deployment and inflation sequence regulation of emergency parachutes;
5. Recovery parachutes for guided missiles, drones or space vehicles;
6. Approach parachutes and landing deceleration parachutes;
7. Other military parachutes;
i. Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads; equipment specially designed or modified for military use for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment.
Notes:
1. 2010.b. does not control "aircraft" or variants of those "aircraft" specially designed for military use which:
a. Are not configured for military use and are not fitted with equipment or attachments specially designed or modified for military use; and
b. Have been certified for civil use by the civil aviation authority in a participating state.
2. 2010.c. does not control:
a. Aero-engines designed or modified for military use which have been certified by civil aviation authorities in a participating state for use in "civil aircraft", or specially designed components therefor;
b. Reciprocating engines or specially designed components therefor.
3. The control in 2010.b. and 2010.c. on specially designed components and related equipment for non-military "aircraft" or aero-engines modified for military use applies only to those military components and to military related equipment required for the modification to military use.

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