Vol. 148, No. 3 — January 29, 2014

Registration

SOR/2014-1 January 15, 2014

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACT

Order Amending the Quebec Beef Cattle Producers’ Levies or Charges (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order

The Fédération des producteurs de bovins du Québec, pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of the Quebec Beef Cattle Order (see footnote a), makes the annexed Order Amending the Quebec Beef Cattle Producers’ Levies or Charges (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order.

Longueuil, Quebec, January 7, 2014

ORDER AMENDING THE QUEBEC BEEF CATTLE PRODUCERS’ LEVIES OR CHARGES (INTERPROVINCIAL AND EXPORT TRADE) ORDER

AMENDMENTS

1. Section 3 of the Quebec Beef Cattle Producers’ Levies or Charges (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order (see footnote 1) is replaced by the following:

3. Each producer shall pay to the Commodity Board, for all beef cattle produced or marketed by that producer in interprovincial and export trade, the levies or charges that are set out in the schedule.

2. Section 5 of the Order is replaced by the following:

5. A buyer in Quebec shall deduct from the moneys payable to a producer of beef cattle all levies or charges payable by the producer to the Commodity Board under section 3 and shall remit the levies or charges directly to the Commodity Board at its headquarters in Longueuil, Quebec.

3. The Order is amended by adding, after section 5, the schedule set out in the schedule to this Order.

COMING INTO FORCE

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

SCHEDULE
(Section 3)

SCHEDULE
(Section 3)

LEVIES AND CHARGES ON PRODUCERS OF BEEF CATTLE

Item

Column 1






Beef Cattle

Column 2




Basic Contribution (per animal)

Column 3

Special Contribution (per animal) Production and Marketing

Column 4

Special Contribution (per animal) Research and Development

Column 5

Special Contribution (per animal) Promotion and Advertising

Column 6

Special Contribution (per animal) Development and Marketing

1.

Bob calf

$4.49

$0.45

$0.10

    

2.

Cull cow

$10.49

$3.20

$0.10

  

$53.86

3.

Feeder calf

$3.00

$2.50

$0.25

    

4.

Grain-fed calf

$2.00

$6.50

$0.25

$5.00

  

5.

Milk-fed calf

$2.00

$2.10

$0.30

$4.00

  

6.

Steer

$2.00

$4.25

$0.80

  

$10.00

7.

Other

$2.00

        

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)

The amendments to the Order update the levy rates to be paid by all persons engaged in the production of beef cattle in Quebec and that market the product in interprovincial and export trade. The Order also replaces sections 3 and 5 and adds, after section 5, a schedule to the Order.