Les Entrepôts A.B. Inc. - conviction information for 2019-10-04
| Corporation name: | Les Entrepôts A.B. Inc. |
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| Address: | 61, Théodore-Viau Street |
| City: | Terrebonne |
| Province/territory: | Quebec |
| Postal code: | J6Y 0J8 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Sector or industry: | 418 - Miscellaneous merchant wholesalers |
| Location of offense: | 61, Théodore-Viau Street, Terrebonne, Quebec |
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| Case summary: |
Les Entrepôts A.B. inc. is a large auto body wholesaler. The company offers products for body shops and various industries. Between 2015 and 2017, Les Entrepôts A.B. inc. imported, offered for sale and sold automotive refinishing products with higher concentrations of volatile organic compounds than the limit set out in the Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulations. In addition, in January 2018, Les Entrepôts A.B. inc. failed to comply with an environmental protection compliance order (EPCO) issued under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. |
| Charges: |
Count 1: 3(1) of the Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automobile Refinishing Products Regulations (272(1)(h) of the CEPA)
Count 2: 3(2) of the Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automobile Refinishing Products Regulations (272(1)(h) of the CEPA) Count 3: 238(1) of the CEPA (272(1)(a) of the CEPA |
| Enforcement notification: | Terrebonne company fined a total of $564,000 for violations against the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 |
| Result: | Guilty (Court Decision) |
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| Date of conviction: | 2019-10-04 |
| Court level: | Provincial and Territorial Court |
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| Additional details about the nature of the offense: |
| Act | Regulations | Section(s) |
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| Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) | Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulations | 272(1)(h); 238(1); 272(1)(a) |
| Date of sentencing: |
2019-10-04 |
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| Location of sentencing: | Saint-Jérome |
| Sentence(s): |
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| Amount of fine(s): | $564,000 |
| Sentencing details: |
On October 4, 2019, before the Court of Québec, the company Les Entrepôts A.B. inc. pleaded guilty to importing, offering for sale and selling automotive refinishing products that do not comply with the Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulations.
Les Entrepôts A.B. inc. also failed to comply with an environmental protection compliance order issued under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. The company was fined $125,000 for importing non-conforming products and another $125,000 for selling them. The company was also fined $150,000 for failing to comply with an environmental protection compliance order. An additional fine of $164,000 corresponding to the profits generated by the sale of non-conforming products was imposed on the company. All of the fines totalling $564,000 will be directed to the Environmental Damages Fund. In addition to the fines, the judge ordered that the seized automotive refinishing products be forfeited and destroyed at the company’s expense, and that an article be published in the Le Carrossier magazine. The article will have to include the facts relating to the commission of the offence and the details of the punishment imposed. |