Editing Charter of the French Language (section)

===Commerce and business===
Product labels, their instructions, manuals, warranty certificates as well as restaurant menus and wine lists must be in French. Other languages may be used, provided French's prominence is at least equivalent.<ref>[http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/charter/title1chapter7.html The Charter of the French Language – Title I – Chapter VII] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402090304/http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/charter/title1chapter7.html |date=April 2, 2007 }}. Retrieved May 10, 2010</ref><ref>OQLF. [http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/infoguides/selling/selling.html Selling or distributing your products in Québec] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609021755/http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/infoguides/selling/selling.html |date=June 9, 2011 }}. Retrieved May 10, 2010</ref><ref>OQLF. [http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/infoguides/requirements/glance.html Requirements at a glance] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609021802/http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/infoguides/requirements/glance.html |date=June 9, 2011 }}. Retrieved May 10, 2010</ref>

Catalogues, brochures, folders, commercial directories and other such publications must be in French. All software (for example, video games and operating systems) must be available in French unless no such version exists.<ref>Charter of the French Language, [http://www.olf.gouv.qc.ca/english/charter/title1chapter7.html Title I – Chapter VII, Section 52.1] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902010854/http://www.olf.gouv.qc.ca/english/charter/title1chapter7.html |date=September 2, 2009 }}</ref>

Signs and posters must be in French, and if they include any additional language, the French must be markedly predominant. A recognized trademark within the meaning of the [[Trade-marks Act|''Trademarks Act'']] may appear exclusively in a language other than French unless a French version has been registered.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/showdoc/cr/C-11,%20r.%209|title=Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business, CQLR c C-11, r 9|website=LégisQuébec}}</ref> Where a trademark is displayed outside a building exclusively in a language other than French, a sufficient presence of French must also be ensured.<ref name=":0" />

A number of exceptions to the general rules for commercial products, signs and advertising:

* Products destined exclusively for export;
* Educational products for the teaching of a language other than French;
* Cultural and ideological companies, groups, signs, and literature (including non-French broadcasters and newspapers); and
* Companies (usually multinational corporations) that sign an agreement with the OQLF permitting an exemption from the francization requirement. (However, the rules regarding the right of a worker to work in French still apply.)<ref>Charter of the French Language, [http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/charter/title1chapter7.html Title I – Chapter VII] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402090304/http://www.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/english/charter/title1chapter7.html |date=April 2, 2007 }}</ref>

In some parts of Quebec, like Montreal, bilingual signs with French and English text of equal sizes can be seen (such as in historically English educational institutions, and in federally regulated businesses), although French is sometimes predominant on these signs. For example, French is located to the left of other languages so that it is read before the non-French text when reading left to right. (Formerly, the size and colour of text in other languages were tightly regulated as well.)