Continuation : Harmonization of recommended brokerage forms

On October 1, 2025, the following recommended forms have been replaced by the revised versions:

• Exclusive brokerage contract – Commercial lease (BCC)
• Promise to lease – Commercial (PLC)
• Annex L – Income property (AL)
• Counter-proposal – Commercial lease (CPC)
• Identity verification (IV)

Except for Annex L – Income property (AL), no specific substantial changes have been made to these recommended forms.

Below are the highlights of the changes made.

Exclusive brokerage contract – Commercial lease (BCC)

Harmonization with the EBCS, EBCD, EBCU, BCG forms.

• Form title: To clarify the scope of the BCC form, its title specifies that it is to be used for transactions involving retail, office space, and industrial space.
• Rent and leasing conditions: Since this is a form used in commercial matters, it was deemed useful to add a new clause 4.2.2 concerning the estimated energy costs. 
• Obligation of the real estate broker or agency to disclose any remuneration agreement relating to the object of the brokerage contract in accordance with their regulatory obligations.
• Removal of the clause relating to the assignment of remuneration by the lessor's real estate broker to the real estate broker collaborating in the sale, as this obligation does not concern the parties to the contract, but concerns an agreement that real estate brokers or agencies may enter into with each other.
• Other amendments to align form clauses with the various brokerage contract forms revised in 2022 and 2023.

See the amended BCC form and its explanatory leaflet – NEW for more details on the changes made.

Promise to lease – Commercial (PLC)

The clauses relating to the deposit and damages are harmonized with those of the mandatory PP form. 

See the amended PLC form and its explanatory leaflet – NEW for more details on the changes made.

The revised BCC and PLC forms contain the box on the role of the OACIQ provided for in section 16.2 of the Regulation respecting brokerage requirements, professional conduct of brokers and advertising. If the real estate agency or the real estate broker acting on his own account submits one of these revised forms, he does not have to provide any other separate documents about the mission of the OACIQ.

Annex L – Income property (AL)

• Clause L2.7 – Remuneration to agency or broker bound by a brokerage contract to purchase – Instructions to the notary Clause L2.7 has been reworded to simplify the understanding of the calculation of the remuneration due to the buyer's real estate broker. To resolve the issues raised, it is now clearly stated that the selling price indicated in the promise to purchase includes the remuneration (including taxes), which must be deducted from the selling price and not added to it.

See the amended AL form and its explanatory leaflet – NEW for more details on the changes made.

Counter-proposal – Commercial lease (CPC) and Identity verification (IV)

Additional signature blocks have been included in the CPC and IV forms.

In addition, a wording adjustment has been made to clause 2.1 of the CPC form to better identify the “respondentˮ and the “counter-proposer.ˮ