Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986: SOR/2023-285

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 158, Number 1

Registration
SOR/2023-285 December 20, 2023

FARM PRODUCTS AGENCIES ACT

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

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

Whereas that Agency has complied with the requirements of section 4footnote 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)footnote e of that Act applies, by reason of section 2 of the Agencies’ Orders and Regulations Approval Order footnote f, and have been submitted to the National Farm Products Council under paragraph 22(1)(f) of that Act;

And whereas, under paragraph 7(1)(d)footnote e 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 makes the annexed Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 under paragraph 22(1)(f) of the Farm Products Agencies Act footnote c and section 2 of Part II of the schedule to the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Proclamation footnote a.

Ottawa, December 18, 2023

Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986

Amendment

1 Schedule 1 to the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 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, 2023.

SCHEDULE

(Section 1)

SCHEDULE 1

(Section 2 and 6 and subsection 7(1))

Limits to Federal Quotas for the Period Beginning on December 31, 2023 and Ending on December 28, 2024

Column 1

Province

Column 2

Limits to Federal Quotas (Number of Dozens of Eggs)

Ontario 296,826,349
Quebec 169,088,067
Nova Scotia 25,544,675
New Brunswick 15,918,583
Manitoba 74,606,901
British Columbia 102,542,738
Prince Edward Island 4,238,736
Saskatchewan 37,853,138
Alberta 87,066,760
Newfoundland and Labrador 11,425,346
Northwest Territories 3,731,498

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, 2023, and ending on December 28, 2024.