Q3 federal reason code Stock that has passed its use-by date.
- Free, no account
- Based on SOR/2021-25 and official ECCC guidance
- Nothing is stored
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Q3, Products whose date for appropriate use has expired.
IWIC Q reason codes
Products whose date for appropriate use has expired
Use Q3 when the principal reason is products whose date for appropriate use has expired.
ComplyOnSiteWhere does Federal reason Q3 go on the federal notification?
In the waste classification details. Federal reason Q3 describes a waste or recyclable line on the federal notification. It records the reason for disposal or recycling, and doesn't decide whether the material is hazardous.
On federally regulated international shipments, the applicant enters the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. The movement rules and exclusions still apply.
What does Federal reason Q3 cover?
This value records products whose date for appropriate use has expired as the reason for disposal or recycling. Choose it from the activity, reason, physical state or intended operation on that waste line, not from the waste name alone.
- Official wording
- Products whose date for appropriate use has expired.
- Rule
- SOR/2021-25
Is a product past its date for appropriate use Federal reason Q3?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| Q3 | The product is being discarded or recovered because its date for appropriate use has expired. |
Q3 records why the material is going for disposal or recycling. It doesn't name the activity that made it or its hazard.
Which codes sit beside Federal reason Q3?
| Code | What it is |
|---|---|
| Q1 | Production residues that are not otherwise specified in this Part |
| Q2 | Off-specification products |
| Q4 | Material |
| Q5 | Material |
| Q6 | Unusable parts (e.g., rejected batteries, exhausted catalysts) |
| Q7 | Substances |
| Q8 | Residues from industrial processes (e.g., slags, still bottoms) |
| Q9 | Residues from pollution abatement processes |