| Montreal, 5/07/2006 – The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) released today its overall work plan to gather the relevant information for a factual record on submission SEM-04-007 (Quebec Automobiles).
In a submission filed with the Secretariat on 3 November 2004, the Québec Association Against Air Pollution (Association québécoise de lutte contre la pollution atmosphérique) alleges that Canada, and specifically Québec, is failing to effectively enforce sections 96.1 and 96.2 of Québec's Regulation respecting the quality of the atmosphere (Règlement sur la qualité de l'atmosphère), as well as sections 19.1, 20 and 51 of Québec's Environment Quality Act (Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement) in connection with emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides from post-1985 light vehicle models. Under these provisions, removing or modifying a catalytic converter from a vehicle constitutes an infraction punishable by a fine and/or a prison term. On 14 June 2006, the CEC Council instructed the Secretariat to develop a factual record for this submission.
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