Publication Of Final Business Regulation Governing Quebec French Language: One Step Forward And Two Steps Back?

This article is part of our series on recent amendments to Quebec's Charter of the French Languageunder Bill 96. Click here to read our prior articles on the draft regulations published in January: Part 1: Inscriptions on Productsand Part 2: Public Signage and Commercial Advertising.

After months of suspense following the publication of the draft regulations in January 2024, the final version of the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business (the "Regulation"), enacted under the Quebec Charter of the French Language (the "Charter"), was finally published on June 26, 2024 and will come into force on June 1, 2025, with the exception of the new obligations relating to contracts of adhesion, which come into force on July 11, 2024.¹