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APPENDIX QQUEBEC APPENDIX (IPA)As the Act respecting the professional status and conditions of engagementof performing, recording and films artists, L.Q. c. S-32.1, (hereafter “theAct”) requires modifications, deletions and additions to the terms andconditions of the IPA, the present Appendix is applicable to producers whoare members of APFTQ and, as the case may be, to any producer who wouldbe included in any recognition granted to the APFTQ by the Commissiondes relations de travail du Québec (hereafter the “Commission”).1. Recognition, Application and TermAs the Act requires certain modifications and deletions to the terms andconditions of Article A1 of the IPA, the following provisions shall apply inlieu of Articles A101, A104, A105, A106 and A107 of the IPA:A101 a) As per one of the Recognitions granted under the Act on June15th, 1995, which came into force on July 3, 1995, the WritersGuild of Canada’s (“the Guild”) exclusive jurisdiction in theprovince of Quebec pertains to all “auteurs de textes dans ledomaine du film de langue autre que française dans la provincede Québec qui offrent leurs services moyennant rémunération.”Thus, the APFTQ and the producer recognize the Guild as the soleand exclusive agent for all writers included in such Recognition.b) It is agreed that Story Consultants are not covered by the Guild’srecognition under the Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing andArticle A101 a) above, the IPA shall cover Story Consultantswhen they are members of the Guild as per their membershipcontract with the Guild when contracted by members of theAPFTQ, or by signatories to this Agreement under a VoluntaryRecognition Agreement as per Appendix B.c) The IPA shall not apply to a person writing the lyrics of a featurefilm or of a television production when such a person is notcontracted as the writer of that feature film or that televisionproduction.216