3.1. For containers and packaging used in the commercialization, marketing or any other type of distribution in Québec of a product or a service that does not have a brand, a name or a distinguishing guise, and for containers and packaging that are not identified by a brand, a name or a distinguishing guise, the first supplier in Québec of that product or service, or those containers or packaging is required to pay a contribution pursuant to a schedule of contributions established under section 53.31.14 of the Act, whether or not that supplier is the importer.
Where the first supplier in Québec is the operator of an establishment supplied or operated as a franchise or a chain, under a banner name, or as part of another similar form of affiliation or group of businesses or establishments, the payment is required from the franchisor or the owner of the chain, banner or group concerned having a domicile or establishment in Québec. If the franchisor or owner has no domicile or establishment in Québec, the first supplier in Québec of the products or of the containers and packaging, other than the manufacturer, is required to pay the contributions, whether or not that supplier is the importer.
For the purposes of this section, “brand”, “name” and “distinguishing guise” have the meanings assigned to those terms by section 3, with the necessary modifications.
646-2020O.C. 646-2020, s. 21; 770-2022O.C. 770-2022, s. 211a.