Vol. 149, No. 22 — November 4, 2015
Registration
SOR/2015-227 October 16, 2015
FARM PRODUCTS AGENCIES ACT
Regulations Amending the Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations
Whereas the Governor in Council has, by the Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation (see footnote a), established Chicken Farmers of Canada (“CFC”) pursuant to subsection 16(1) (see footnote b) of the Farm Products Agencies Act (see footnote c);
And whereas CFC has been empowered to implement a marketing plan pursuant to that Proclamation;
Therefore, Chicken Farmers of Canada, pursuant to paragraph 22(1)(f) of the Farm Products Agencies Act (see footnote d) and section 11 (see footnote e) of the schedule to the Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation (see footnote f), makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations.
Ottawa, October 14, 2015
REGULATIONS AMENDING THE CANADIAN CHICKEN LICENSING REGULATIONS
AMENDMENTS
1. The definitions “CFC”, “chicken”, “marketing”, “producer”, “Provincial Commodity Board” and “Provincial Supervisory Board” in section 1 of the Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations (see footnote 1) are repealed.
2. (1) Paragraph 5(1)(j) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
- (j) the licensee must comply, as determined by the appropriate board, with the marketing scheme of the Commodity Board and the orders, regulations and rules of the Commodity Board and the Board.
(2) Paragraph 5(3)(d) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
- (d) during the market development commitment period, the licensee must market the total live weight equivalent of the number of kilograms of chicken indicated in section 1 of the market development commitment form — calculated by using the coefficients set out in column 2 of the table to section 1 of Schedule 2 — to the buyers, and for the end-uses, referred to in section 3 of that Schedule and, during that period, the licensee must receive, in respect of the chicken, a copy of the Market Development Policy Volume Confirmation letter issued to buyers by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, the Certificate of Inspection Covering Meat Products issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency or the Official Meat Inspection Certificate for fresh meat, meat by-products, meat food products and poultry products issued by that Agency;
(3) Paragraph 5(3)(e) of the French version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
- e) le poulet commercialisé en vertu du permis d’expansion du marché doit appartenir à une des catégories de produits visées à la colonne 1 du tableau de l’article 1 de l’annexe 2, ne doit pas être un dérivé de poulet adulte ou de volaille de réforme et ne doit pas être importé;
(4) Subparagraph 5(3)(i.01)(v) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
- (v) a copy of the Market Development Policy Volume Confirmation letter, if any, issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development to each buyer of the chicken,
(5) Subparagraph 5(3)(i.01)(vii) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
- (vii) any document with sufficient information to allow CFC to determine the dry weight and, by reference to section 1 of Schedule 2, the product categories of any chicken referred to in section 2 of the market development commitment form that has been marketed under a licence;
(6) Paragraph 5(3)(i.1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
- (i.1) the licensee consents to the disclosure by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development and by the Canada Border Services Agency to CFC of information to establish that chicken claimed by the licensee to meet the licensee’s market development commitment was not imported and then re-exported under an Import for Re-Export Program or a Duty Deferral Program;
(7) Paragraph 5(7)(o) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
- (o) the licensee must comply, as determined by the appropriate board, with the marketing scheme of the Commodity Board and the orders, regulations and rules of the Commodity Board and the Board.
3. Subsections 8(1) to (2) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:
8. (1) Subject to subsection (3), CFC may suspend a licence if the licensee
- (a) fails to comply with a condition of the licence;
- (b) is not in good standing with the Commodity Board or the Board;
- (c) fails to pay levies in accordance with the Canadian Chicken Marketing Levies Order;
- (d) is not in compliance with a quota allotted under the Canadian Chicken Marketing Quota Regulations; or
- (e) is not in compliance with the requirements set out in subsections 5(1) to (3) and (7).
(2) Subject to subsection (3), CFC may revoke a licence if
- (a) the licensee fails to comply with a condition of the licence;
- (b) the licensee is not in good standing with the Commodity Board or the Board;
- (c) the licence has been suspended for more than 90 days and either the suspension remains in effect or no new licence has been issued to the licensee; or
- (d) the licence has been suspended at least twice.
(2.1) Subject to subsection (3), CFC may refuse to issue a licence or to renew a licence for
- (a) an applicant who previously held a licence that was suspended or revoked by CFC;
- (b) an applicant if any associate or affiliated body of the applicant fails to comply with a condition of a licence issued under these Regulations; or
- (c) an applicant who is not in good standing with the Commodity Board or the Board.
(2.2) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(b), 2(b) and (2.1)(c), an applicant or licensee is not in good standing if CFC has been notified in writing by the Commodity Board or the Board that
- (a) a licence issued by the Commodity Board or the Board to the applicant or licensee has been suspended and either the suspension remains in effect or no new licence has been issued to the applicant or licensee;
- (b) a licence issued by the Commodity Board or the Board to the applicant or licensee has been revoked and either the licence has not been renewed or no new licence has been issued to the applicant or licensee; or
- (c) the applicant or licensee, for any other reason, is not in good standing with the Commodity Board or the Board.
4. Paragraph 2(b) of Schedule 1 to the Regulations is replaced by the following:
- b) as one of the product categories set out in column 1 of the table to section 1 of Schedule 2 to the Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations, not derived from mature chicken or spent fowl; and
5. The heading of column 1 of the table to section 1 of Schedule 2 to the French version of the Regulations is replaced by “Catégorie de produits”.
6. Section 3 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations is replaced by the following:
3. The chicken or its live weight equivalent must be marketed in interprovincial or export trade to any buyers and for any end-uses, except that if the chicken, or its live weight equivalent, that is in a product category set out in item 3, 7 or 8, column 1 of the table to section 1 is marketed in interprovincial trade, it must be marketed to a person who has been issued a Market Development Policy Volume Confirmation letter by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, for one or more end-uses specified in the letter.
7. Schedule 3 to the Regulations is replaced by the Schedule 3 set out in the schedule to these Regulations.
8. The Regulations are amended by replacing “Provincial Commodity Board” with “Commodity Board” in the following provisions:
- (a) paragraphs 5(1)(a), (b), (g) and (h);
- (b) paragraphs 5(3)(b), (i), (i.01) and (m);
- (c) paragraph 5(4)(b); and
- (d) paragraphs 5(7)(l) and ( m).
9. The English version of the Regulations is amended by replacing “Provincial Commodity Board” with “Commodity Board” in the following provisions:
- (a) paragraphs 5(3)(f) and (l); and
- (b) paragraphs 5(7)(c) and (i).
COMING INTO FORCE
10. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.
SCHEDULE
(Section 7)
SCHEDULE 3
(Subparagraph 5(3)(i.01)(vi) and paragraph 5(4)(b))
DECLARATION
________________ declares that the following products(s),
(Primary processor)
slaughtered at our facility, has/have been purchased by _____________
and is/are being claimed by the purchaser to meet the purchaser’s
market
development commitment for period A-____________:
Date of Marketing | CFIA (see reference 1) Certificate Number, if applicable |
Product Marketed |
---|---|---|
Reference 1
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Authorized Officer:
_____________________________
(Signature)
Name: _______________________
Position: _____________________
DATE : _______________________
_____________________________________________________
NOTES:
- This form is to be prepared and signed by the primary processor.
- Within seven (7) days after the day on which this form is signed, the primary processor must submit
- (a) Copy 1 to the Chicken Farmers of Canada, 1007-350 Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON K1R 7S8;
- (b) Copy 2 to the Commodity Board; and
- (c) Copy 3 to the processor claiming the product(s).
- Copy 4 is to be retained by the primary processor for his or her own records.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
The amendments to the Canadian Chicken Licensing Regulations repeal the duplicate definitions “CFC,” “chicken,” “marketing,” “producer,” “Provincial Commodity Board” and “Provincial Supervisory Board” in section 1. These terms are defined in the Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation.
The English version of the Regulations is amended to replace “Provincial Commodity Board” with “Commodity Board” in paragraphs 5(1)(a), (b), (g) and (h), paragraphs 5(3)(b) and (f), the portion of paragraph 5(3)(i) before subparagraph (i), subparagraph 5(3)(i)(viii), the portion of paragraph 5(3)(i.01) before subparagraph (i), paragraphs 5(3)(l) and (m), paragraph 5(4)(b), the portion of paragraph 5(7)(c) before subparagraph (i), paragraphs 5(7)(i), (l) and (m), and Schedule 3, to accord with the definition in the Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation.
The English version of the Regulations is amended to replace “Provincial Supervisory Board” with “Board” in paragraph 5(1)(j) and paragraph 5(7)(o) to accord with the definition in the Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation.
The French version of the Regulations is amended by replacing “Office de commercialisation provincial” and “Office de commercialisation de la province” with “Office de commercialisation” in paragraphs 5(1)(a), (b), (g) and (h), paragraph 5(3)(b), subparagraph 5(3)(i)(viii), the portion of paragraph 5(3)(i.01) before subparagraph (i), paragraph 5(3)(m), paragraph 5(4)(b), paragraphs 5(7)(l) and (m) and Schedule 3, to accord with the definition in the Chicken Farmers of Canada Proclamation.
Subparagraph 5(3)(i.01)(v) and section 3 to Schedule 2 of the Regulations are amended to replace “Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade” with “Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada.”
Subparagraph 5(3)(i.01)(vii) of the Regulations is amended to clarify what type of information would allow Chicken Farmers of Canada (CFC) to determine the dry weight and, by reference to section 1 of Schedule 2, the product categories of chicken referred to in section 2 of the market development commitment form.
Subsections 8(1) and (2) of the Regulations are amended to enumerate the criteria that guide CFC’s exercise of discretion to suspend, revoke, refuse to issue or renew a licence.
Schedule 1 of the Regulations is amended by adding paragraphs 5(3)(b) and (d) in the references after the heading “Schedule 1,” for greater clarity.
- Footnote a
SOR/79-158; SOR/98-244, Sch., s. 1 - Footnote b
S.C. 2015, c. 3, s. 85 - Footnote c
R.S., c. F-4; S.C. 1993, c. 3, s. 2 - Footnote d
R.S., c. F-4; S.C. 1993, c. 3, s. 2 - Footnote e
SOR/2002-1, Sch., s. 16 - Footnote f
SOR/79-158; SOR/98-244, Sch., s. 1 - Footnote 1
SOR/2002-22