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"title": "New Brunswick vs Québec EPR: Thresholds, Fees and Dates",
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"description": "New Brunswick vs Québec packaging EPR compared: registration thresholds, fees per kilogram, deadlines and report formats, each from a primary source.",
"answer": "New Brunswick and Québec both run packaging EPR, but the rules differ. Québec exempts only producers below the lower revenue floor, CA$1,300,000 against CA$2,000,000 in New Brunswick. Both set the lowest weight exemption at 1 tonne. Both require producers to register. Both programmes set their first annual report for May 31.",
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"markdown": "\n\nNew Brunswick and Québec both run packaging EPR, but the rules differ. Québec exempts only producers below the lower revenue floor, CA$1,300,000 against CA$2,000,000 in New Brunswick. Both set the lowest weight exemption at 1 tonne. Both require producers to register. Both programmes set their first annual report for May 31."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Who runs the programme in New Brunswick and Québec\n\nWho collects and who the producer files with, in New Brunswick and then Québec.\n\n**New Brunswick and Québec: how each programme is set up**\n\n| Aspect | New Brunswick | Québec |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Regime | Designated Materials Regulation, N.B. Reg. 2024-37 (Clean Environment Act) | Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials (Q-2, r. 46.01) |\n| Regulator | Recycle New Brunswick (stewardship board) | not yet published |\n| Producers obligated | Yes | Yes |\n| Registration | Required, Recycle New Brunswick (stewardship board) | Required, ÉEQ declaration portal |\n| Producer organisation | one producer responsibility organisation: Circular Materials; membership required | one producer responsibility organisation: Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ); membership required |\n| Transfer of responsibility | Allowed | not yet published |\n| Revenue counted as | gross revenue inside the jurisdiction, CAD, year | gross revenue inside the jurisdiction, CAD, year |\n| Who counts as the producer | other: brand owner, importer, seller, online marketplace; primary: brand owner, importer, seller, online marketplace; secondary: brand owner, importer, seller, online marketplace; service: brand owner, importer, seller, online marketplace; shipping: brand owner, importer, seller, online marketplace; tertiary: brand owner, importer, seller, online marketplace | other: brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller; primary: brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller; secondary: brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller; service: brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller; shipping: brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller; tertiary: brand owner, first distributor, online marketplace, seller |\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Québec: the regulator. Reason: Regulator naming from the legal-framework page.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Québec: the rules on transferring responsibility. Reason: Sections summarised.\n\nBoth programmes organise producer responsibility the same way: one producer responsibility organisation. The practical differences between New Brunswick and Québec therefore sit in thresholds, fees, dates and report formats rather than in whom a producer deals with."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Penalties in New Brunswick and Québec\n\nWhat each side has published; a side without an amount says so.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for New Brunswick: penalty amounts. Reason: Fee penalties are set by the board and may not exceed the outstanding fees; not quoted.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Québec: penalty amounts. Reason: Amounts summarised from s.128 onward; not quoted."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Report formats in New Brunswick and Québec\n\nHow the report file for New Brunswick compares with the one for Québec.\n\n**Report file layouts for New Brunswick and Québec**\n\n| Aspect | New Brunswick | Québec |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Layout | New Brunswick producer annual report Fee-year categories, reviewed 2026-09-29 | ÉEQ annual declaration Fee-year categories, reviewed 2026-09-29 |\n| Recipient | Recycle NB / Circular Materials | Éco Entreprises Québec |\n| How it is submitted | WeRecycle Portal | declaration.eeq.ca |\n| File type | csv | csv |\n| Encoding | utf-8 | utf-8 |\n| Delimiter | , | , |\n| Decimal separator | . |\n| Columns | 4 | 4 |\n| Required columns | 4 of 4 | 4 of 4 |\n| Weight unit | kg | tonne |\n| Period basis | calendar year | calendar year |\n\n> **Not yet published**: New Brunswick: the programme’s own report specification is not yet published. The layout above is Instica’s working layout.\n\n> **Not yet published**: Québec: the programme’s own report specification is not yet published. The layout above is Instica’s working layout.\n\nThe two layouts share a file type and a delimiter, but each programme names its own columns and categories, so one file cannot be sent to both programmes. Each report is built from the same underlying measurements and exported separately."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Which to plan for first, New Brunswick or Québec\n\nCheck the exemption thresholds before anything else. Québec reaches smaller sellers than New Brunswick, so a seller that is exempt in New Brunswick may still have to register in Québec."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Questions about comparing these two programmes\n\n### Is New Brunswick or Québec stricter on packaging EPR?\n\nQuébec exempts only producers below the lower revenue floor, CA$1,300,000 against CA$2,000,000 in New Brunswick. Both set the lowest weight exemption at 1 tonne. Both require producers to register. Both programmes set their first annual report for May 31. New Brunswick publishes the higher per-kilogram fee in 3 of 5 shared material classes.\n\n### Do I register in both New Brunswick and Québec?\n\nNew Brunswick requires producers to register. Québec requires producers to register.\n\n### How do the fees per kilogram compare in New Brunswick and Québec?\n\nAcross 5 shared material classes, New Brunswick publishes the higher cheapest per-kilogram fee in 3, and Québec in 2. A higher fee is not the same as a stricter rule; it is simply a larger published number per kilogram.\n\n### Which deadline comes first, New Brunswick or Québec?\n\nThe first annual report date is the same on both sides, May 31."
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