Vol. 149, No. 21 — October 21, 2015

Registration

SOR/2015-222 October 13, 2015

FARM PRODUCTS AGENCIES ACT

Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986

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 that 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, October 6, 2015

REGULATIONS AMENDING THE CANADIAN EGG MARKETING AGENCY QUOTA REGULATIONS, 1986

AMENDMENTS

1. Section 2 of the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 (see footnote 1) is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

“special temporary market requirement quota” means the number of dozens of eggs that a producer is entitled, under these Regulations, to market to a processor in interprovincial and export trade to satisfy temporary market requirements for eggs during the period set out in Schedule 1.1; (contingent spécial pour les besoins temporaires du marché)

2. (1) Paragraph 4(1)(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(2) Paragraph 4(1)(b) of the English version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(3) Paragraph 4(1)(c) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

(4) Subsection 4(1) of the Regulations is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (e) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

3. Section 5.1 of the Regulations and the heading before it are replaced by the following:

ENTITLEMENT TO EGG FOR PROCESSING QUOTA, SPECIAL TEMPORARY MARKET REQUIREMENT QUOTA AND VACCINE QUOTA

5.1 A producer is entitled to be allotted an egg for processing quota, a special temporary market requirement quota or a vaccine quota if the producer has been allotted, or would be entitled to be allotted, a federal quota under these Regulations.

4. Section 7.1 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) The Commodity Board of a province shall allot special temporary market requirement quotas to producers of that province in such a manner that, during the period set out in Schedule 1.1, the aggregate of the number of dozens of eggs referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) will not exceed the applicable number of dozens of eggs set out in column 2 of that Schedule in respect of that province:

5. The Regulations are amended by adding, after Schedule 1, the Schedule 1.1 set out in the schedule to these Regulations.

COMING INTO FORCE

6. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.

SCHEDULE
(Section 5)

SCHEDULE 1.1
(Section 2 and subsection 7.1(1.1))

LIMITS TO SPECIAL TEMPORARY MARKET REQUIREMENT QUOTAS FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON AUGUST 9, 2015 AND ENDING ON DECEMBER 26, 2015
Column 1


Province		 Column 2

Limits to Special Temporary Market Requirement Quotas
(Number of Dozens of Eggs)
Ontario 4,011,692
Quebec 1,467,692
Nova Scotia 782,769
New Brunswick 322,892
Manitoba 518,585
British Columbia 1,125,231
Prince Edward Island  
Saskatchewan 420,738
Alberta 156,554
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Northwest Territories  

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

The Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 is amended to add a special temporary market requirement quota to the categories of quota prescribed by the Regulations, and to attach conditions and set limits in relation to that quota.

The definition of “special temporary market requirement quota” is added to the definitions in section 2.

Paragraphs 4(1)(a), 4(1)(b), and 4(1)(c) are amended to include a reference to special temporary market requirement quotas in the prohibitions on marketing eggs without quota, in excess of a quota, or contrary to the rules of the Commodity Board authorized by the Agency to apply in respect of quotas.

Paragraph 4(1)(e.1) is added and prescribes the additional conditions that apply to the marketing of eggs pursuant to a special temporary market requirement quota.

Section 5.1 is amended to include the entitlement of a producer to a special temporary market requirement quota.

Subsection 7.1(1.1) is added and limits the amount of special temporary market requirement quotas that may be allotted by a Commodity Board.

Schedule 1.1 is added to the Regulations and establishes in column 2 the limits of production for special temporary market requirement quotas.

The amendments also establish in Schedule 1.1 the number of dozens of eggs that producers may market under special temporary market requirement quotas during the period beginning on August 9, 2015, and ending on December 26, 2015.