4. The first supply plan shall be submitted no later than 1 November 2001 in the case of Hydro-Québec carrying on its distribution activities and, as for other distributors, no later than 1 year after 30 August 2001.
The supply plan referred to in section 1 shall subsequently be submitted annually not later than 1 August in the case of a natural gas distributor or in the case of an electric power distributor every 3 years no later than 1 November of the year during which it must be submitted.