Vol. 149, No. 21 — October 21, 2015

Registration

SOR/2015-223 October 13, 2015

FARM PRODUCTS AGENCIES ACT

Order Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Levies Order

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 the proposed Order Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Levies Order is an order of a class to which paragraph 7(1)(d) (see footnote d) of that Act applies by reason of section 2 of the Agencies’ Orders and Regulations Approval Order (see footnote e), and has 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 f) of that Act, the National Farm Products Council has approved the proposed Order after being satisfied that it is necessary for the implementation of the marketing plan that the Canadian Egg Marketing 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 g) and section 10 of Part II of the schedule to the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Proclamation (see footnote h), makes the annexed Order Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Levies Order.

Ottawa, October 6, 2015

ORDER AMENDING THE CANADIAN EGG MARKETING LEVIES ORDER

AMENDMENTS

1. Section 2 of the Canadian Egg Marketing Levies Order (see footnote 1) is replaced by the following:

2. Subsection 3(1) does not apply in respect of eggs marketed under an egg for processing quota, an export market development quota or a special temporary market requirement quota that is allotted under the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986.

2. Section 3 of the Order is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

(4.1) Each producer shall pay a levy of $0.80 for each dozen of eggs marketed by the producer in interprovincial or export trade in excess of the special temporary market requirement quota that is allotted to the producer under the Canadian Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986, or marketed in a manner contrary to the conditions respecting that quota.

COMING INTO FORCE

3. This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)

Section 2 of the Canadian Egg Marketing Levis Order is replaced to include the reference to “special temporary market requirement quota.” Subsection (4.1) is added after subsection (4) in order to clarify that producers must pay $0.80 for each dozen eggs marketed by the producer in interprovincial and export trade in excess of the allotted special temporary market requirement quota.