20. Any modification of a deposit amount pursuant to section 18 and any deposit amount specified or modified pursuant to section 19 must be approved by the Minister before it can be charged, after the Minister has requested the opinion of the Société québécoise de récupération et de recyclage, herein referred to as the “Société”.
The designated management body must submit, with its request for approval, an assessment of the impact of specifying or modifying the deposit amount on the recovery rates for the containers concerned, on the income generated from unclaimed deposits, and on the amounts producers are required to pay as contributions. It must also submit the results of the consultation referred to in the fourth paragraph of section 19.
The Société must submit its opinion to the Minister within 30 days of receiving a request for an opinion. If the Société submits a negative opinion, it must give the reasons for its decision.
If the Société fails to submit its opinion within the time specified in the third paragraph, it is deemed to agree with the modification or specification of a deposit amount for which an approval is requested.
972-2022O.C. 972-2022, s. 20; 1366-2023O.C. 1366-2023, s. 81.