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Animation Section will also bind all producers in Quebec included in the field ofactivity established under the Act.e) Regardless of the field of activity included in the eventual recognition of theAPFTQ, if any, the APFTQ always binds, to the entire provisions of thisAnimation Section, its regular and trainee members. Permittee members are boundonly for the production for which they have joined the APFTQ.However, if any other group agreement is concluded between the Guild andanother group of producers for a type of production covered by the IPA (e.g.industrial programs, videoclips, Digital Production, etc.) this Animation Sectionwill cease to be applicable to members of the APFTQ for that type of productionon the day the other group agreement comes into force.104 Subject to the provisions of Article 1 and the present Appendix, thisAnimation Section shall apply to all Animation Writers and Animation StoryEditors contracted by any Producer who is bound to this Section. Nothing in thisAnimation Section shall prevent a Producer from freely obtaining the services ofan Animation Writer or Animation Story Editor who may not be a member of theGuild in which case, s/he will be treated as a non-member under the terms of thisAnimation Section. The rates, terms and conditions for such Animation Writer orAnimation Story Editor shall not be less than those provided in this AnimationSection.105 Writer / Regular Employee ProvisionsA Writer who regularly binds himself to one or several producers by way ofengagement contracts pertaining to specified writing services is deemed to be aWriter covered by the Animation Section and not to be a Regular Employee.A Regular Employee, who is not an artist under the Status of the Artists Act, is anindividual hired under an employment contract (verbal or written) for an indefiniteperiod on a permanent basis and for whom deductions under Income Tax laws areduly made. A Regular Employee whose duties include writing and who isregularly engaged in creative aspects of production is not covered by thisAnimation Section.The recognition procedure attached hereto as the “Regular Employee StatusProcedure” shall apply.161