Quebec Hog Marketing Levies (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order (SOR/2018-27)

Interpretation

1 The following definitions apply in this Order:

producer

producer means a person engaged in the production of hogs, sows or boars in Quebec. (producteur)

sow or boar

sow or boar means a sow or boar produced in Quebec. (truie ou verrat)

Levies

2 Every producer shall pay the following levies to the Commodity Board for each hog, sow or boar sold or marketed by the producer in interprovincial or export trade:

• (a) per hog whose net weight is at least 65 kg, a levy of $0.0123 per kilogram of net weight of the hot carcass as defined in the Règlement sur la production et la mise en marché des porcs, RLRQ, c. M-35.1, r. 281; and

• (b) per sow or boar, a levy of $8.97.

Remittance of Levies

3 The producer shall remit the levies referred to in section 2 to the Commodity Board on or before the 15th day of each month in respect of hogs, sows and boars sold or marketed during the preceding month.

Repeal

4 The Quebec Hog Marketing Levies (Interprovincial and Export Trade) OrderFootnote ¹ is repealed.

• Return to footnote ¹SOR/94-549

Coming into Force

5 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.