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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKETING ACTQuebec Beef Cattle Producers’ Levies or Charges (Interprovincial and Export Trade) OrderOrder Providing for the Fixing, Imposing and Collecting of Levies or Charges From Producers in the Province of Quebec Who Are Engaged in the Production or Marketing of Beef Cattle in Interprovincial and Export TradeThe Fédération des producteurs de bovins du Québec, pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of the Quebec Beef Cattle Order, made by Order in Council P.C. 1992-1067 of May 21, 1992*, hereby makes the annexed Order providing for the fixing, imposing and collecting of levies or charges from producers in the Province of Quebec who are engaged in the production or marketing of beef cattle in interprovincial and export trade.*SOR/92-293, 1992 Canada Gazette Part II, p. 2158Longueuil, Quebec, March 5, 1993Short Title

1This Order may be cited as the Quebec Beef Cattle Producers’ Levies or Charges (Interprovincial and Export Trade) Order.

Interpretation

2In this Order,beef cattle means any beef cattle produced or marketed in the Province of Quebec; (bovin)buyer means a person who acquires or receives any beef cattle from a producer, directly or through any type of auction, for the buyer’s own purposes; (acheteur)Commodity Board means the Fédération des producteurs de bovins du Québec; (Fédération)producer means a person who breeds beef cattle in Quebec for the person’s use or for others, produces them or has them produced, or markets them in any way. (producteur)

Levies or Charges

3Each 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.SOR/98-15, s. 1; SOR/2012-56, s. 1; SOR/2014-1, s. 1

Method of Payment

4Subject to section 5, the producer shall pay every levy or charge payable pursuant to section 3 to the Commodity Board at its headquarters in Longueuil, Quebec, within the time limits set out in the by-laws referred to in that section.

5A 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.SOR/2012-56, s. 2; SOR/2014-1, s. 2

SCHEDULE(Section 3)LEVIES AND CHARGES ON PRODUCERS OF BEEF CATTLEItemColumn 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5Column 6Column 7Column 8Beef CattleBasic Contribution (per producer)Basic Contribution (per animal)Special Contribution (per animal) Production and MarketingSpecial Contribution (per animal) Research and DevelopmentSpecial Contribution (per animal) Promotion and AdvertisingSpecial Contribution (per animal) Development and MarketingGuaranty (Percentage of sale price)1Bob calf$4.49$0.45$0.100.1%2Cull cow$10.49$3.20$0.10$53.860.1%3Feeder calf$309.00$3.00$2.50$0.250.1%4Grain-fed calf$352.00$2.00$6.50$0.25$5.000.1%5Milk-fed calf$352.00$2.00$2.10$0.30$4.006Steer$352.00$2.00$4.25$0.80$10.000.1%7Other$352.00$2.00SOR/2014-1, s. 3; SOR/2014-105, s. 1