Q-2, r. 40.1 - Regulation respecting the recovery and reclamation of products by enterprises

Section 53.0.12 Disposition versions

2023-08-30

53.0.12. Despite section 16, subject to sections 17, 19, 20 and 21, an enterprise referred to in section 2, 2.1 or 2.2 that markets products referred to in section 53.0.8, except manure pit covers, Class 1 to 3A pesticides and seed coated with pesticides, must set up drop-off centres whose quantity and location correspond to one of the following options:

(1)  for each business establishment or other premises where that enterprise’s products are marketed, there must be a permanent drop-off centre at the business establishment or the premises or at any other location less than 5 km from the business establishment or premises by roads usable by motor vehicles year round;

(2)  for any administrative region in the territory of which the products of that enterprise are marketed,

(a)  in the case of the administrative regions of Laval and Montréal, there must be at least 1 drop-off centre per administrative region;

(b)  in the case of the administrative region of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, there must be at least 1 drop-off centre in the territory of Îles-de-la-Madeleine and 1 drop-off centre in the territory of Gaspésie;

(c)  in the case of the administrative regions of Capitale-Nationale, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Mauricie, Outaouais and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, there must be at least 4 drop-off centres per administrative region;

(d)  in the case of the administrative regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Centre-du-Québec and Estrie, there must be at least 5 drop-off centres per administrative region;

(e)  in the case of the administrative regions of Chaudière-Appalaches and Montérégie, there must be at least 15 drop-off centres per administrative region;

(f)  in the case of the administrative regions of Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec, the conditions set out in section 17 concerning the quantity and location of drop-off centres apply, with the necessary adaptations.

Where more than 1 drop-off centre is required in the territory of an administrative region, the drop-off centres must be dispersed across the territories of the various regional municipalities.

Despite section 16, subject to sections 17, 19, 20 and 21, an enterprise referred to in section 2, 2.1 or 2.2 that markets manure pit covers, Class 1 to 3A pesticides or seed coated with pesticides in the territory of an administrative region must set up at least 1 drop-off centre therein.

The drop-off centres referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph and in the third paragraph must be in service as soon as a program is implemented.

One-third of drop-off centres in each administrative region referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph must be in service as soon as a program is implemented, and that number may not be less than 1. Two-thirds of drop-off centres in those administrative regions must be in service as of the first anniversary of the program’s implementation and all of the drop-off centres must be in service as of the third anniversary of its implementation.

O.C. 933-2022, s. 61; O.C. 1369-2023, s. 31.

2022-06-30

53.0.12. Despite section 16, subject to sections 17, 19, 20 and 21, an enterprise referred to in section 2 that markets products referred to in section 53.0.8, except manure pit covers, Class 1 to 3A pesticides and seed coated with pesticides, must set up drop-off centres whose quantity and location correspond to one of the following options:

(1)  for each business establishment or other premises where that enterprise’s products are marketed, there must be a permanent drop-off centre at the business establishment or the premises or at any other location less than 5 km from the business establishment or premises by roads usable by motor vehicles year round;

(2)  for any administrative region in the territory of which the products of that enterprise are marketed,

(a)  in the case of the administrative regions of Laval and Montréal, there must be at least 1 drop-off centre per administrative region;

(b)  in the case of the administrative region of Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, there must be at least 1 drop-off centre in the territory of Îles-de-la-Madeleine and 1 drop-off centre in the territory of Gaspésie;

(c)  in the case of the administrative regions of Capitale-Nationale, Lanaudière, Laurentides, Mauricie, Outaouais and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, there must be at least 4 drop-off centres per administrative region;

(d)  in the case of the administrative regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Centre-du-Québec and Estrie, there must be at least 5 drop-off centres per administrative region;

(e)  in the case of the administrative regions of Chaudière-Appalaches and Montérégie, there must be at least 15 drop-off centres per administrative region;

(f)  in the case of the administrative regions of Côte-Nord and Nord-du-Québec, the conditions set out in section 17 concerning the quantity and location of drop-off centres apply, with the necessary adaptations.

Where more than 1 drop-off centre is required in the territory of an administrative region, the drop-off centres must be dispersed across the territories of the various regional municipalities.

Despite section 16, subject to sections 17, 19, 20 and 21, an enterprise referred to in section 2 that markets manure pit covers, Class 1 to 3A pesticides or seed coated with pesticides in the territory of an administrative region must set up at least 1 drop-off centre therein.

The drop-off centres referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph and in the third paragraph must be in service as soon as a program is implemented.

One-third of drop-off centres in each administrative region referred to in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph must be in service as soon as a program is implemented, and that number may not be less than 1. Two-thirds of drop-off centres in those administrative regions must be in service as of the first anniversary of the program’s implementation and all of the drop-off centres must be in service as of the third anniversary of its implementation.

O.C. 933-2022, s. 61.