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Marketing of Agricultural Products Act: Establishment of Statutory Measure and determination of a differentiated levy on planted hectares for funding of an integrated area wide fruit fly control programme in specified production areas (No. R. 621 of 2012).

Country/Territory
South Africa
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette No. 35572 of 10 August 2012.
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Plant production Plant protection Pests/diseases Fruits/edible nuts Tax/levy
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

This Statutory Measure, made by the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, acting under sections 13 and 15 of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996, impose a differentiated levy on all planted hectares in the specific production regions as listed in this Schedule. The levy is needed by the fruit industry to collect the producers' contribution to integrated area wide fruit fly control programmes in specified production regions.

Full text
English
Website
www.info.gov.za

References - Legislation

Implements

Marketing of Agricultural Products Act (No. 47 of 1996).

Legislation | South Africa | 1996

Keyword: Agricultural development, Internal trade, International trade, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX