2. In this Regulation, unless the context indicates otherwise,“accredited bookstore” means a bookstore accredited under the Regulation respecting the accreditation of bookstores (chapter D-8.1, r. 4);
“Canadian book” means a book published in Québec or Canada under Canadian copyright for which an accredited bookstore is billed at the publisher’s or his distributor’s list price minus a discount or at the net price, minus all discounts;
“a foreign book not under exclusive distributing rights in Québec or Canada” means a book published abroad for which the accredited bookstore is billed in foreign currency at the publisher’s or his distributor’s list price minus a discount or at the net price, minus all discounts;
“a foreign book under exclusive distributing rights in Québec or Canada” means a book published abroad under foreign copyright and whose exclusive distribution in Québec and Canada was given to an exclusive distributor and for which the accredited bookstore is billed in Canadian currency at the list price minus a discount or a Canadian net price minus all discounts, in accordance with the current discounts and tabulated statements;
“institution” means a mandatary, department, body or person referred to in section 3 and the Schedule to the Act respecting the development of Québec firms in the book industry (chapter D-8.1);
“list price” means the retail price suggested by publishers or distributors used as a fixed price in making invoices for accredited bookstores and which is established in Canadian currency in accordance with current discounts and tabulated statements; the list price in foreign currency sometimes includes all taxes;
“net price” means the price a book costs an accredited bookstore; this price includes any discount that may be granted by or negotiated with a publisher or his distributor at the time of sale but excludes any transportation expenses, and is determined in Canadian currency in accordance with the current tabulated statements;
“region” means the administrative regions of Québec corresponding to the regions established by the Décret concernant la révision des limites des régions administratives du Québec (chapter D-11, r. 1), inside the boundaries of which institutions must acquire their books;
“secondhand book” means a more or less soiled, previously used publication that a merchant has repurchased from individuals or institutions.