(ii) facilitating the identification and analysis of defects referred to in 

subsection 157(1); and

(h) in the case of engines and equipment, the company maintains a registration 
system in the prescribed form and manner.

Exception

(2) Except as otherwise provided by the regulations, subsection (1) does not 

apply with respect to the application of a national emissions mark or an 
importation referred to in that subsection if the requirements under that 

subsection are met before the vehicle, engine or equipment leaves the possession 
or control of the company and, in the case of a vehicle, before the vehicle is 

presented for registration under the laws of a province or an aboriginal 
government.

Certification by foreign agency

(3) Any vehicle, engine or equipment is deemed to conform to a prescribed 

standard if

(a) the regulations provide that an enactment of a foreign government 
corresponds to that standard; and

(b) a prescribed agency of that government has certified that the vehicle, 

engine or equipment conforms to the enactment as applied by the agency, unless 
the Minister determines otherwise.

Compliance on importation