8.10. Not later than 31 October each year, a certified body must pay to the Société québécoise de récupération et de recyclage, an amount equivalent to at least 80% of the annual compensation owed to the municipalities for the year concerned. The balance of the compensation must be paid not later than 31 December of the same year.
However, if the schedule of contributions referred to in section 53.31.15 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2) is published in the Gazette officielle du Québec after 31 May, the dates on which the payments provided for in the first paragraph are deferred to the end of the fifth and seventh months, respectively, following the publication of the schedule.
Despite the first and second paragraphs, the amount of the compensation owed to the municipalities for the years listed below and allotted to the containers and packaging class and the printed matter class must be paid to the Société by the certified body in the following manner:(1) for the years 2010 and 2011: at least 70% of the amount due not later than 31 October 2012, and the balance, not later than 1 March 2013;
(2) for the year 2012: at least 80% of the amount due not later than 1 March 2013, and the balance, not later than 31 October 2013;
(3) for the year 2013: at least 80% of the amount due not later than 1 September 2014, and the balance, not later than 31 October 2014;
(4) for the year 2014: at least 40% of the amount due not later than 31 October 2014, and the balance, not later than 1 March 2015; however, if the schedule of contributions applicable for that year is published in the Gazette officielle du Québec after 31 May 2014, the date of 31 October 2014 is deferred to the end of the fifth month following the publication of the schedule; and
(5) for the year 2016: at least 50% of the amount due not later than the expiry of the 10th month following the publication of the schedule in the Gazette officielle du Québec, in accordance with the fourth paragraph of section 53.31.15 of the Environment Quality Act, and the balance, not later than the 13th month following that publication.For the year 2015, the applicable conditions of payment for the amount owed are those provided for in the second paragraph.
S.Q. 2011, c. 14, s. 18; O.C. 1302-2013, s. 8; O.C. 1138-2015, s. 5.