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Q-2, r. 16.1 - Regulation respecting the development, implementation and financial support of a deposit-refund system for certain containers
Section 42
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42. In addition to the requirements of section 41, every producer must ensure that there are, in each regional municipality, at least 2 return sites at which it is possible to return an unlimited number of redeemable containers at each visit.
The producer must also ensure that the return sites in each regional municipality are able, globally, to accept at least 80% of the redeemable containers in which a product is commercialized, marketed or other distributed in that regional municipality.
The total number of redeemable containers specified in the second paragraph for a regional municipality is obtained by dividing the number of redeemable containers in which a product is commercialized, marketed or otherwise distributed in the whole of Québec during the year preceding the year of the calculation by the number representing the population of Québec, established by an order made under section 29 of the Act respecting municipal territorial organization (chapter O-9), to which the number representing the population of the Aboriginal communities present in Québec, and by multiplying the result obtained by the number of inhabitants in the regional municipality.
The population of the Aboriginal communities referred to in the third paragraph is counted in the section of the website of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation on municipal organization and that is not counted in the order referred to in the third paragraph.
The number of inhabitants in a regional municipality is calculated by adding the number of inhabitants of each local municipality within it, that number being established by the order referred to in the third paragraph to which is added the number of inhabitants that are part of any Aboriginal community present in the regional municipality.
42. In addition to the requirements of section 41, every producer must ensure that there are, in each regional municipality, at least 2 return sites at which it is possible to return an unlimited number of containers at each visit.
The producer must also ensure that the return sites in each regional municipality are able, globally, to accept at least 80% of the redeemable containers in which a product is commercialized, marketed or other distributed in that regional municipality.
The total number of redeemable containers specified in the second paragraph for a regional municipality is obtained by dividing the number of redeemable containers in which a product is commercialized, marketed or otherwise distributed in the whole of Québec during the year preceding the year of the calculation by the number representing the population of Québec, established by an order made under section 29 of the Act respecting municipal territorial organization (chapter O-9), to which the number representing the population of the Aboriginal communities present in Québec, and by multiplying the result obtained by the number of inhabitants in the regional municipality.
The population of the Aboriginal communities referred to in the third paragraph is counted in the section of the website of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation on municipal organization and that is not counted in the order referred to in the third paragraph.
The number of inhabitants in a regional municipality is calculated by adding the number of inhabitants of each local municipality within it, that number being established by the order referred to in the third paragraph to which is added the number of inhabitants that are part of any Aboriginal community present in the regional municipality.
In force: 2022-07-07
42. In addition to the requirements of section 41, every producer must ensure that there are, in each regional municipality, at least 2 return sites at which it is possible to return an unlimited number of containers at each visit.
The producer must also ensure that the return sites in each regional municipality are able, globally, to accept at least 80% of the redeemable containers in which a product is commercialized, marketed or other distributed in that regional municipality.
The total number of redeemable containers specified in the second paragraph for a regional municipality is obtained by dividing the number of redeemable containers in which a product is commercialized, marketed or otherwise distributed in the whole of Québec during the year preceding the year of the calculation by the number representing the population of Québec, established by an order made under section 29 of the Act respecting municipal territorial organization (chapter O-9), to which the number representing the population of the Aboriginal communities present in Québec, and by multiplying the result obtained by the number of inhabitants in the regional municipality.
The population of the Aboriginal communities referred to in the third paragraph is counted in the section of the website of the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation on municipal organization and that is not counted in the order referred to in the third paragraph.
The number of inhabitants in a regional municipality is calculated by adding the number of inhabitants of each local municipality within it, that number being established by the order referred to in the third paragraph to which is added the number of inhabitants that are part of any Aboriginal community present in the regional municipality.
