• 5. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a producer is not entitled to be allotted a federal quota unless, immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations,

  • (a) the producer had a provincial quota that was allotted to him by the Commodity Board of the province in which the producer's egg production facilities are located; and

  • (b) the producer was entitled to a federal quota pursuant to the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, C.R.C., c. 656.

• (2) After the coming into force of these Regulations, a producer is entitled to be allotted a federal quota if, pursuant to the rules of the Commodity Board of the province in which the producer's egg production facilities are located, the producer is allotted a provincial quota.

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

5.2 A producer shall be allotted or hold an export market development quota only if

• (a) the producer and processor enter into a contract approved by the Agency in respect of eggs marketed pursuant to the export market development quota and the producer agrees to observe the terms and conditions of the contract; or

• (b) the producer, processor and the Agency enter into a contract in respect of eggs marketed under the export market development quota.

6. Subject to these Regulations, the quantity of eggs that a producer is authorized to market from a province under a federal quota during the period set out in Schedule 1 shall equal the provincial quota allotted to the producer for that period by the Commodity Board of the province minus the quantity of eggs marketed by the producer in intraprovincial trade in that province during the period.

• 7. (1) The Commodity Board of a province shall allot federal quotas to producers of that province in such a manner that, during the period set out in Schedule 1, the aggregate of the number of dozens of eggs referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c) will not exceed the applicable number of dozens of eggs set out in column 2 of that Schedule in respect of that province:

  • (a) the number of dozens of eggs produced in the province and authorized to be marketed by producers under federal quotas allotted on behalf of the Agency by the Commodity Board of the province;

  • (b) the number of dozens of eggs produced in the province and authorized to be marketed by producers in intraprovincial trade under provincial quotas allotted by the Commodity Board of the province; and

  • (c) the number of dozens of eggs produced in the province and anticipated to be marketed by producers under quota exemptions granted by the Commodity Board of the province.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), eggs marketed under quota exemptions include

  • (a) eggs marketed by a producer whose flock of hens is below the flock size specified by the Commodity Board of the province as the flock size below which the eggs produced therefrom may be marketed under a quota exemption;

  • (b) hatching eggs authorized by the Commodity Board of the province to be marketed for human consumption; and

  • (c) eggs marketed by any organization that is granted an exemption by the Commodity Board of the province.