Q-2, r. 16.1 - Regulation respecting the development, implementation and financial support of a deposit-refund system for certain containers

Section 41 Disposition versions

2023-08-30

41. Beginning on 1 November 2023, every producer must ensure that a minimum of 1,200 return sites, excluding bulk return sites, are functional across the administrative regions, with the exception of unorganized territories situated in those regions. Beginning on 1 March 2025, a minimum of 1,500 return sites, excluding bulk return sites, must be functional.

The producer must also ensure that the return sites are functional in isolated or remote territories, respecting the number of sites provided for in those territories in a contract entered into under section 57 or, if there is no contract, the number of sites provided for in section 59.

Each administrative region must have a minimum number of return points per number of inhabitants, as follows:

(1)  Montréal and Laval, one return point for every 15,000 inhabitants;

(2)  Montérégie, Estrie, Outaouais, Laurentides, Lanaudière and Capitale-Nationale, one return point for every 8,000 inhabitants;

(3)  Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Chaudière-Appalaches, Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec, one return point for every 6,000 inhabitants;

(4)  Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and Côte-Nord, with the exception of the territories of the regional county municipalities of Minganie, Caniapiscau and Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, one return point for every 4,000 inhabitants.

When, in a given administrative region, the number of inhabitants is not an exact multiple of the number indicated in the second paragraph, the last group may have fewer members.

O.C. 972-2022, s. 41; O.C. 1366-2023, s. 16.

2022-07-07

41. Beginning in the sixteenth month following 7 July 2022, every producer must ensure that a minimum of 1,500 return sites, excluding bulk return sites, are functional across the administrative regions, with the exception of unorganized territories situated in those regions.

The producer must also ensure that the return sites are functional in isolated or remote territories, respecting the number of sites provided for in those territories in a contract entered into under section 57 or, if there is no contract, the number of sites provided for in section 59.

Each administrative region must have a minimum number of return points per number of inhabitants, as follows:

(1)  Montréal and Laval, one return point for every 15,000 inhabitants;

(2)  Montérégie, Estrie, Outaouais, Laurentides, Lanaudière and Capitale-Nationale, one return point for every 8,000 inhabitants;

(3)  Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Chaudière-Appalaches, Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec, one return point for every 6,000 inhabitants;

(4)  Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and Côte-Nord, with the exception of the territories of the regional county municipalities of Minganie, Caniapiscau and Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, one return point for every 4,000 inhabitants.

When, in a given administrative region, the number of inhabitants is not an exact multiple of the number indicated in the second paragraph, the last group may have fewer members.

O.C. 972-2022, s. 41.

Not in force

In force: 2022-07-07

41. Beginning in the sixteenth month following 7 July 2022, every producer must ensure that a minimum of 1,500 return sites, excluding bulk return sites, are functional across the administrative regions, with the exception of unorganized territories situated in those regions.

The producer must also ensure that the return sites are functional in isolated or remote territories, respecting the number of sites provided for in those territories in a contract entered into under section 57 or, if there is no contract, the number of sites provided for in section 59.

Each administrative region must have a minimum number of return points per number of inhabitants, as follows:

(1)  Montréal and Laval, one return point for every 15,000 inhabitants;

(2)  Montérégie, Estrie, Outaouais, Laurentides, Lanaudière and Capitale-Nationale, one return point for every 8,000 inhabitants;

(3)  Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Chaudière-Appalaches, Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec, one return point for every 6,000 inhabitants;

(4)  Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and Côte-Nord, with the exception of the territories of the regional county municipalities of Minganie, Caniapiscau and Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, one return point for every 4,000 inhabitants.

When, in a given administrative region, the number of inhabitants is not an exact multiple of the number indicated in the second paragraph, the last group may have fewer members.

O.C. 972-2022, s. 41.