Canadian Egg Marketing Agency Quota Regulations, 1986

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.