Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations,

Act

Act means the Farm Products Agencies Act; (Loi)

Agency

Agency means the Canadian Broiler Hatching Egg Marketing Agency; (Office)

broiler hatching egg

broiler hatching egg means an egg that is suitable for incubation and is to be hatched as a chick for chicken production; (oeuf d’incubation de poulet de chair)

chick

chick means a chick hatched from a broiler hatching egg, from the time of hatch until it is placed in the facilities of a chicken producer for raising and not for resale; (poussin)

Commodity Board

Commodity Board means, in respect of the Province of

• (a) Ontario, the Ontario Broiler and Roaster Hatching Egg and Chick Commission,

• (b) Quebec, the Syndicat des producteurs d’oeufs d’incubation du Québec,

• (c) Manitoba, The Manitoba Broiler Hatching Egg Commission,

• (d) British Columbia, the British Columbia Broiler Hatching Egg Commission, and

• (e) Alberta, The Alberta Hatching Egg Marketing Board; (office provincial de commercialisation)

export quota

export quota means the number of broiler hatching eggs that a producer in a signatory province is entitled, under these Regulations, to market in export trade during the period set out in the schedule; (contingent d’exportation)

interprovincial quota

interprovincial quota means the number of broiler hatching eggs that a producer in a signatory province is entitled, under these Regulations, to market in interprovincial trade during the period set out in the schedule; (contingent interprovincial)

marketing

marketing, in relation to broiler hatching eggs, means selling and offering for sale and buying, hatching, pricing, assembling, packing, transporting, delivering, receiving, storing and reselling; (commercialisation)

producer

producer means a person engaged in the production of broiler hatching eggs; (producteur)

provincial quota

provincial quota means the number of broiler hatching eggs that a producer in a signatory province is entitled, under orders, regulations or policy directives made by the Commodity Board of that province, to market in intraprovincial trade during the period set out in the schedule; (contingent provincial)

signatory provinces

signatory provinces means the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia and Alberta. (provinces signataires)

Application for Quota

• 3 (1) A producer in a signatory province who has been allotted a provincial quota by the Commodity Board of that province and who intends to market in interprovincial trade broiler hatching eggs produced in that province shall apply to the Commodity Board for an interprovincial quota.

• (2) A producer in a signatory province who has been allotted a provincial quota by the Commodity Board of that province and who intends to market in export trade broiler hatching eggs produced in that province shall apply to the Commodity Board for an export quota.

Prohibitions

• 4 (1) No producer in a signatory province shall market in interprovincial trade broiler hatching eggs produced in the province

  • (a) unless an interprovincial quota has been allotted to the producer, on behalf of the Agency, by the Commodity Board of that province;

  • (b) in excess of the interprovincial quota referred to in paragraph (a); or

  • (c) contrary to any rule of the Commodity Board of the province that the Commodity Board has been authorized by the Agency, pursuant to subsection 23(3) of the Act, to apply in performing on behalf of the Agency the function of allotting and administering interprovincial quotas.

• (2) No producer in a signatory province shall market in export trade broiler hatching eggs produced in the province

  • (a) unless an export quota has been allotted to the producer, on behalf of the Agency, by the Commodity Board of that province;

  • (b) in excess of the export quota referred to in paragraph (a); or

  • (c) contrary to any rule of the Commodity Board of the province that the Commodity Board has been authorized by the Agency, pursuant to subsection 23(3) of the Act, to apply in performing on behalf of the Agency the function of allotting and administering export quotas.

Determination of Quota

• 5 (1) The number of broiler hatching eggs that a producer in a signatory province is entitled to market in interprovincial trade during the period set out in the schedule shall be equal to

  • (a) the total number of broiler hatching eggs that the producer is authorized by the Commodity Board of the province to market under that producer’s interprovincial quota and provincial quota

  minus

  • (b) the number of broiler hatching eggs marketed by the producer in intraprovincial trade during that period.

• (2) The number of broiler hatching eggs that a producer in a signatory province is entitled to market in export trade during the period set out in the schedule shall be equal to the number of broiler hatching eggs that the producer is authorized by the Commodity Board of the province to market under that producer’s export quota.

Limits

• 6 (1) Interprovincial quotas shall be allotted by the Commodity Board of each signatory province to producers in that province in such a manner that the total number of broiler hatching eggs produced in the province and

  • (a) authorized to be marketed under interprovincial quotas allotted on behalf of the Agency by the Commodity Board of the province,

  • (b) authorized to be marketed under provincial quotas allotted by the Commodity Board of the province, and

  • (c) expected to be marketed during the period set out in the schedule under quota exemptions granted in the province

  will not exceed the number of broiler hatching eggs set out in Column I of the schedule in respect of that province.

• (2) Export quotas shall be allotted by the Commodity Board of each signatory province to producers in that province in such a manner that the total number of broiler hatching eggs produced in the province and authorized to be marketed under export quotas will not exceed the number of broiler hatching eggs set out in Column II of the schedule in respect of that province.