1. ALBERTA

Sector: Alcoholic Beverages
Sub-Sector: Beverages; commission agents’ services; wholesale trade services; retailing services (liquor, wine and beer, liquor wine and beer stores); manufacture of food and beverages, on a fee or contract basis
Industry Classification: CPC 24 (other than 244), 62112, 62226, 63107, 643, 88411
Type of Exception: Article 307 (Market Access – Services), Article 312 (Market Access – Investment)

Description:

Alberta reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure in the above mentioned sectors that:

  1. limits the number of covered investments or service providers that may carry out a specific economic activity, whether in the form of numerical quotas, monopolies, exclusive service providers or the requirement of an economic needs test;
  2. limits the total value of transactions or assets in the form of numerical quotas or the requirement of an economic needs test;
  3. limits the total number of operations or the total quantity of output expressed in terms of designated numerical units in the form of quotas or the requirement of an economic needs test; or
  4. restricts or requires a specific type of legal entity or joint venture through which an investor may perform an economic activity.

Any Existing Measures:

2. ALBERTA

Sector: Agriculture; Forestry and fishing products
Sub-Sector: Forest resource and processing; forestry and logging products; services incidental to forestry and logging
Industry Classification: CPC 03, 8814
Type of Exception: Article 307 (Market Access – Services), Article 312 (Market Access – Investment)

Description:

Alberta reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to the production, processing, marketing, extraction and development of forest resources, and products derived from them that:

  1. limits the number of covered investments or service providers that may carry out a specific economic activity, whether in the form of numerical quotas, monopolies, exclusive service providers or the requirement of an economic needs test;
  2. limits the total value of transactions or assets in the form of numerical quotas or the requirement of an economic needs test; or
  3. limits the total number of operations or the total quantity of output expressed in terms of designated numerical units in the form of quotas or the requirement of an economic needs test.

Any Existing Measures:

3. ALBERTA

Sector: Forestry
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification: CPC 031, 91131
Type of Exception: Article 301 (Right of Entry and Exit)

Description:

Any measure adopted or maintained relating to the export of certain primary forest products, including logs, trees and wood chips, to destinations outside of Alberta.

Any Existing Measures:

4. ALBERTA

Sector: Ores and Minerals, Electricity, Gas and Water
Sub-Sector: All Sub-sectors
Industry Classification: CPC 11 to 16, 8675, 883, 91132, 91133
Type of Exception: Article 307 (Market Access – Services), Article 312 (Market Access – Investment)

Description:

Any measure adopted or maintained relating to:

  1. the licensing, certification, registration, leasing or other disposition of rights to energy or mineral resources;
  2. exploration and development of energy or mineral resources; or
  3. management or conservation of energy or mineral resources.

Any Existing Measures:

5. ALBERTA

Sector: Environment
Sub-Sector: Hazardous Materials
Industry Classification:
Type of Exception: Article 301 (Right of Entry and Exit), Article 307 (Market Access – Services), Article 312 (Market Access – Investment)

Description:

Any measure adopted or maintained relating to the management and disposal of hazardous materials.

Any Existing Measures:

6. ALBERTA

Sector: Cannabis
Sub-Sector: Cannabis; Wholesale trade services, including on a fee or contract basis; Retailing services, including on a fee or contract basis; All other cannabis-related services not covered by B, C, D, and E
Industry Classification: A, D, E, F
Type of Exception: Article 307 (Market Access – Services), Article 312 (Market Access – Investment)

Description:

Alberta reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure in the above mentioned sector that:

  1. limits the number of covered investments or service providers that may carry out a specific economic activity, whether in the form of numerical quotas, monopolies, exclusive service providers or the requirement of an economic needs test; or
  2. restricts or requires a specific type of legal entity or joint venture through which an investor may perform an economic activity.

Any Existing Measures: (Provided For Illustrative Purposes Only)

  • Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act, RSA 2000, c G-1
  • Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Regulation, Alta Reg 143/96
  • Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Board Policies

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