C-11, r. 8.1 - Regulation respecting the language of the civil administration

Section 4 Disposition versions

2023-06-01

4. A version in a language other than French may be attached to contracts and other contract-related written documents referred to respectively in sections 21 and 21.3 of the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11) in each of the following situations:

(1)  where it is expedient to create the interest of legal persons or enterprises that do not have an establishment in Québec as part of a process for the award of a public contract;

(2)  where a bidder or contractor must, with respect to a contract, send written documents that

(a)  do not exist in French;

(b)  are produced by a third person; and

(c)  are related to the field of insurance or are of a financial, technical, industrial or scientific nature;

(3)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract or an agreement as part of a research project and at least one contractor or participating establishment is situated outside Québec;

(4)  where the written document sent to an agency of the civil administration under a contract is intended to be used outside Québec;

(5)  where the information and documents related to the marketing of electric power transmission services and the operation and reliability of the electric power transmission network must be recorded or filed on a platform used to comply with the standards of bodies established outside Québec so that an agency of the civil administration uses the platform to inform and enter into contracts;

(6)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract in Québec with a legal person established in Québec and the exchanges necessary for entering into the contract take place with the head office or an establishment of the legal person, where the head office or the establishment is outside Québec;

(7)  where an agency of the civil administration adheres to a contract submitted by the head office or the parent company of a legal person established in Québec or by the entity controlling a legal person established in Québec, where the head office, company or entity is outside Québec;

(8)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract with both a supplier or a service provider and another government that does not have French as an official language;

(9)  where a school body recognized under section 29.1 of the Charter of the French language enters into a contract with a legal person or an enterprise in the English educational network and the object of the contract is services on student school success, the development of educational resources, the offer of training for school personnel or tutoring to students;

(10)  where school bodies recognized under section 29.1 of the Charter of the French language enter into a contract with each other;

(11)  where a school body recognized under section 29.1 of the Charter of the French language enters into a contract with a legal person that provides educational services in English;

(12)  where the contract is entered into by an agency of the civil administration assisting the Minister responsible for ensuring that the concerns of the English-speaking community of Québec are taken into consideration and the object of the contract is the performance of that responsibility;

(13)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract with a legal person or an enterprise constituted and administered exclusively for the purpose of offering services in a reserve, in an establishment or on the lands referred to in section 97 of the Charter of the French language or to a person referred to in that section;

(14)  where it is impossible for an agency of the civil administration to obtain in due time and at a reasonable cost the product or service sought or another equivalent product or service;

(15)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract in the field of information technologies with respect to licences that do not exist in French;

(16)  where an agency of the civil administration acts as the legal representative of a natural person with whom it has the option to use another language;

(17)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a lease of a dwelling with a natural person with whom it has the option to use another language;

(18)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract of instantaneous performance with a natural person and for which

(a)  no file opening or registration process is necessary;

(b)  the contract is signed in the presence of the parties;

(c)  the natural person has asked that the body use another language.

O.C. 813-2023, s. 4.

Not in force

In force: 2023-06-01

4. A version in a language other than French may be attached to contracts and other contract-related written documents referred to respectively in sections 21 and 21.3 of the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11) in each of the following situations:

(1)  where it is expedient to create the interest of legal persons or enterprises that do not have an establishment in Québec as part of a process for the award of a public contract;

(2)  where a bidder or contractor must, with respect to a contract, send written documents that

(a)  do not exist in French;

(b)  are produced by a third person; and

(c)  are related to the field of insurance or are of a financial, technical, industrial or scientific nature;

(3)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract or an agreement as part of a research project and at least one contractor or participating establishment is situated outside Québec;

(4)  where the written document sent to an agency of the civil administration under a contract is intended to be used outside Québec;

(5)  where the information and documents related to the marketing of electric power transmission services and the operation and reliability of the electric power transmission network must be recorded or filed on a platform used to comply with the standards of bodies established outside Québec so that an agency of the civil administration uses the platform to inform and enter into contracts;

(6)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract in Québec with a legal person established in Québec and the exchanges necessary for entering into the contract take place with the head office or an establishment of the legal person, where the head office or the establishment is outside Québec;

(7)  where an agency of the civil administration adheres to a contract submitted by the head office or the parent company of a legal person established in Québec or by the entity controlling a legal person established in Québec, where the head office, company or entity is outside Québec;

(8)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract with both a supplier or a service provider and another government that does not have French as an official language;

(9)  where a school body recognized under section 29.1 of the Charter of the French language enters into a contract with a legal person or an enterprise in the English educational network and the object of the contract is services on student school success, the development of educational resources, the offer of training for school personnel or tutoring to students;

(10)  where school bodies recognized under section 29.1 of the Charter of the French language enter into a contract with each other;

(11)  where a school body recognized under section 29.1 of the Charter of the French language enters into a contract with a legal person that provides educational services in English;

(12)  where the contract is entered into by an agency of the civil administration assisting the Minister responsible for ensuring that the concerns of the English-speaking community of Québec are taken into consideration and the object of the contract is the performance of that responsibility;

(13)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract with a legal person or an enterprise constituted and administered exclusively for the purpose of offering services in a reserve, in an establishment or on the lands referred to in section 97 of the Charter of the French language or to a person referred to in that section;

(14)  where it is impossible for an agency of the civil administration to obtain in due time and at a reasonable cost the product or service sought or another equivalent product or service;

(15)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract in the field of information technologies with respect to licences that do not exist in French;

(16)  where an agency of the civil administration acts as the legal representative of a natural person with whom it has the option to use another language;

(17)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a lease of a dwelling with a natural person with whom it has the option to use another language;

(18)  where an agency of the civil administration enters into a contract of instantaneous performance with a natural person and for which

(a)  no file opening or registration process is necessary;

(b)  the contract is signed in the presence of the parties;

(c)  the natural person has asked that the body use another language.

O.C. 813-2023, s. 4.