Vol. 152, No. 1 — January 10, 2018

Registration

SOR/2017-288 December 20, 2017

FARM PRODUCTS AGENCIES ACT

Whereas the Governor in Council has, by the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Proclamation (see footnote a), established the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency pursuant to subsection 16(1) (see footnote b) of the Farm Products Agencies Act (see footnote c);

Whereas that Agency has been empowered to implement a marketing plan pursuant to that Proclamation;

Whereas that Agency has complied with the requirements of section 4 (see footnote d) of Part II of the schedule to that Proclamation;

Whereas the proposed Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 are regulations of a class to which paragraph 7(1)(d) (see footnote e) of that Act applies by reason of section 2 of the Agencies’ Orders and Regulations Approval Order (see footnote f), and have been submitted to the National Farm Products Council pursuant to paragraph 22(1)(f) of that Act;

And whereas, pursuant to paragraph 7(1)(d) (see footnote g) of that Act, the National Farm Products Council has approved the proposed Regulations after being satisfied that they are necessary for the implementation of the marketing plan that the Agency is authorized to implement;

Therefore, the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency, pursuant to paragraph 22(1)(f) of the Farm Products Agencies Act (see footnote h) and section 2 of Part II of the schedule to the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Proclamation (see footnote i), makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986.

Ottawa, December 18, 2017

Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986

Amendment

1 Schedule 1 to the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 (see footnote 1) is replaced by Schedule 1 set out in the schedule to these Regulations.

Coming into Force

2 These Regulations come into force on December 31, 2017.

SCHEDULE

(Section 1)

SCHEDULE 1

(Sections 2 and 6 and subsection 7(1))

Limits to Federal Quotas for the Period Beginning on December 31, 2017 and Ending on December 29, 2018

Column 1

Province

Column 2

Limits to Federal Quotas (Number of Dozens of Eggs)

Ontario

248,140,477

Quebec

139,488,202

Nova Scotia

22,866,769

New Brunswick

13,519,208

Manitoba

66,700,748

British Columbia

83,512,303

Prince Edward Island

3,790,442

Saskatchewan

31,436,062

Alberta

69,639,255

Newfoundland and Labrador

10,186,361

Northwest Territories

3,325,695

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

The amendment establishes the number of dozens of eggs that producers may market under federal quotas (Schedule 1) for the period beginning on December 31, 2017, and ending on December 29, 2018.