Vol. 150, No. 1 — January 13, 2016

Registration

SOR/2015-251 December 23, 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, December 11, 2015

Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986

Amendments

Coming into Force

5 These Regulations come into force on December 27, 2015.

SCHEDULE
(Section 4)

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

Limits to Federal Quotas for the Period Beginning on December 27, 2015 and Ending on December 31, 2016
Column 1


Province
Column 2

Limits to Federal Quotas
(Number of Dozens of Eggs)

Ontario

238,236,050

Quebec

130,314,579

Nova Scotia

22,537,894

New Brunswick

13,131,377

Manitoba

65,724,318

British Columbia

79,697,622

Prince Edward Island

3,734,985

Saskatchewan

29,885,676

Alberta

64,089,749

Newfoundland and Labrador

10,027,904

Northwest Territories

3,273,410

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

Limits to Special Temporary Market Requirement Quotas for the Period Beginning on December 27, 2015 and Ending on December 31, 2016
Column 1


Province
Column 2

Limits to Special Temporary Market Requirement Quotas (Number of Dozens of Eggs)

Ontario

10,630,985

Quebec

3,889,385

Nova Scotia

2,074,338

New Brunswick

855,665

Manitoba

1,374,249

British Columbia

2,981,862

Prince Edward Island

0

Saskatchewan

1,114,957

Alberta

414,868

Newfoundland and Labrador

0

Northwest Territories

0

SCHEDULE 1.2
(Section 2 and subsection 7.1(1))

Limits to Eggs for Processing Quotas for the Period Beginning on December 27, 2015 and Ending on December 31, 2016
Column 1


Province
Column 2

Limits to Eggs for Processing Quotas (Number of Dozens of Eggs)

Ontario

18,150,462

Quebec

2,592,923

Nova Scotia

0

New Brunswick

0

Manitoba

10,371,692

British Columbia

2,592,923

Prince Edward Island

0

Saskatchewan

5,185,846

Alberta

648,231

Newfoundland and Labrador

0

Northwest Territories

0

SCHEDULE 1.3
(Sections 2 and 7.2)

Limits to Export Market Development Quotas for the Period Beginning on December 27, 2015 and Ending on December 31, 2016
Column 1


Province
Column 2

Limits to Export Market Development Quotas (Number of Dozens of Eggs)

Ontario

0

Quebec

0

Nova Scotia

0

New Brunswick

0

Manitoba

12,964,615

British Columbia

0

Prince Edward Island

0

Saskatchewan

0

Alberta

0

Newfoundland and Labrador

0

Northwest Territories

0

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

The amendments amend the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 to replace columns 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 of the Regulations with Schedules 1.2 and 1.3. Schedule 1.2 establishes in column 2 the limits of production for eggs for processing quotas for the period beginning on December 27, 2015, and ending on December 31, 2016. Schedule 1.3 establishes in column 2 the limits of production for export market development quotas for the period beginning on December 27, 2015, and ending on December 31, 2016.

The amendments also establish the number of dozens of eggs that producers may market under federal quotas (Schedule 1) and special temporary market requirement quotas (Schedule 1.1) for the period beginning on December 27, 2015, and ending on December 31, 2016.