150. (1) The national emissions marks are national trade-marks.

Property rights

(2) The exclusive property in and, except as otherwise provided in this 

Division, the right to use a national emissions mark are hereby vested in Her 
Majesty in right of Canada.

Prohibition

(3) No person shall use a national emissions mark except in accordance with this 

Division and the regulations.

Confusing marks

(4) No person shall use any other mark in such a manner that it is likely to be 
mistaken for a national emissions mark.

Use of marks

151. A company authorized by the Minister may, subject to this Division and the 

regulations, apply a national emissions mark to vehicles, engines or equipment.

Transportation within Canada

152. No company shall transport within Canada a prescribed vehicle, engine or 
equipment that does not have a national emissions mark applied to it.

Vehicle, Engine and Equipment Standards

Compliance by companies

153. (1) No company shall apply a national emissions mark to any vehicle, engine 

or equipment, sell any vehicle, engine or equipment to which a national 
emissions mark has been applied or import any vehicle, engine or equipment 

unless

(a) the vehicle, engine or equipment conforms to the standards prescribed for 
vehicles, engines or equipment of its class at the time its main assembly or 

manufacture was completed;

(b) evidence of such conformity has been obtained and produced in the prescribed 
form and manner or, if the regulations so provide, in a form and manner 

satisfactory to the Minister;

(c) prescribed information relating to standards for emissions from the vehicle, 
engine or equipment has been submitted to the Minister in the prescribed manner;

(d) information is marked on the vehicle, engine or equipment in accordance with 

the regulations;

(e) if required by the regulations, prescribed documentation or accessories 
accompany the vehicle, engine or equipment;

(f) prescribed information relating to the operation or use of the vehicle, 

engine or equipment is disseminated in the prescribed form and manner;

(g) records are maintained and furnished in the prescribed form and manner in 
relation to the design, manufacture, testing and field performance of the 

vehicle, engine or equipment, for the purpose of

(i) enabling an enforcement officer to determine whether the vehicle, engine or 
equipment conforms to all prescribed standards applicable to it, and