Foreign registrants of pest control products must name a Canadian representative as their regulatory mailing address with Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency. The firm acts in that role for a fixed annual fee.
In short: Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency states that under the Pest Control Products Act all foreign registrants must name one Canadian representative as their regulatory mailing address — the address where regulatory correspondence is sent. Smutylo Law+ acts as that representative for CA$1,200 a year.
PMRA's guidance on administrative changes to contact information for registered pest control products sets the rule: a registrant located outside Canada names one Canadian representative, and that representative's address is the regulatory mailing address on file.
Whatever PMRA sends about your registrations goes to that address, which makes it the place a deadline can be missed if nobody is reading the mail.
The appointment does not include preparing registration submissions, scientific or label work, or responses to PMRA. Those are quoted separately, or handled by your regulatory consultant with the firm forwarding what arrives.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| PMRA Canadian representative, per registrant | CA$1,200 / year |
| Contact-information change filings and other regulatory work | Quoted |
Annual fees are billed quarterly in arrears, plus applicable taxes. PMRA fees and charges are charged at cost. Full terms: Agent Services Schedule.
Yes. PMRA's guidance states that under the Pest Control Products Act all foreign registrants must name one Canadian representative as the regulatory mailing address, where regulatory correspondence will be sent.
No. The registrant stays the registrant. The representative receives correspondence at a Canadian address and passes it on.
Yes. The firm can forward correspondence to your consultant as well as to you, so the people preparing the response see it the day it arrives.
Acting as Canadian representative and regulatory mailing address, receiving and forwarding correspondence, and keeping a record of it, for CA$1,200 a year per registrant plus applicable taxes.
Send the registrant's name and the products concerned. The appointment and fee are confirmed in writing first.
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