Vol. 151, No. 1 — January 11, 2017

Registration

SOR/2016-324 December 20, 2016

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 16, 2016

Regulations Amending the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986

Amendment

1 Schedule 1 to the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986 (see 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 January 1, 2017.

SCHEDULE

(Section 1)

SCHEDULE 1

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

Limits to Federal Quotas for the Period Beginning on January 1, 2017 and Ending on December 30, 2017

Column 1


Province

Column 2

Limits to Federal Quotas (Number of Dozens of Eggs)

Ontario

240,535,774

Quebec

133,627,666

Nova Scotia

22,482,091

New Brunswick

13,190,142

Manitoba

65,570,093

British Columbia

80,737,155

Prince Edward Island

3,726,206

Saskatchewan

30,348,553

Alberta

66,264,435

Newfoundland and Labrador

10,009,019

Northwest Territories

3,267,514

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 January 1, 2017, and ending on December 30, 2017.