Quebec Releases Final Regulations On Repair And Replacement Obligations Under The Consumer Protection Act

On June 25, 2025, the Quebec government published the final draft of the Regulation to amend the Regulation respecting the application of the Consumer Protection Act (the "Regulation"), which enters into force on October 5, 2025.

This Regulation implements some of the many changes introduced by Bill 29 - An Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability, and maintenance of goods, which we first wrote about in 2023 here. Bill 29 primarily prohibits practices that reduce the lifespan of certain consumer goods (referred to as planned obsolescence), enhances the legal warranty of good working order and, most importantly, provides consumers with a right to repair the goods they have purchased which are of a nature that require maintenance.