FV-151 922-Apricots Marketing Agreement/Handler Agreement

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

MARKETING AGREEMENT REGULATING THE HANDLING OF

APRICOTS GROWN IN DESIGNATED COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON

The parties hereto, in order to effectuate the declared policy of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. §§ 601-674, the “Act”), and in accordance with the applicable rules of practice and procedure effective thereunder (7 CFR Part 900), desire to enter into this Marketing Agreement regulating the handling of apricots grown in designated counties in Washington; and each party hereto agrees that such handling shall, from the effective date of this Marketing Agreement, be in conformity to, and in compliance with, the provisions hereof, which are as follows:

The provisions of §§ 922.1 to 922.71, inclusive, of the order annexed to and made a part of the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture (the “Secretary”) with respect to a proposed marketing agreement and order regulating the handling of Apricots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington shall be, and the same hereby are, the terms and conditions hereof; and the specified provisions of said annexed order are hereby incorporated into this Marketing Agreement as if set forth in full herein.

§ 922.72 Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts and when one counterpart is signed by the Secretary, all such counterparts shall constitute, when taken together, one and the same instrument as if all signatures were contained in one original.

§ 922.73 Additional parties.

After the effective date hereof, any handler may become a party to this Agreement if a counterpart is executed by such handler and delivered to the Secretary. This Agreement shall take effect as to such new contracting party at the time such counterpart is delivered to the Secretary, and the benefits, privileges, and immunities conferred by this Agreement shall then be effective as to such new contracting party.

§ 922.74 Order with Marketing Agreement.

Each signatory handler hereby requests the Secretary to issue, pursuant to the Act, an order providing for regulating the handling of apricots in the same manner as is provided in this Agreement.

The undersigned hereby authorizes the Deputy Administrator, or Acting Deputy Administrator, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, to correct any typographical errors which may have been made in this Marketing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the contracting parties, acting under the provisions of the Act, for the purpose and subject to the limitations therein contained, and not otherwise, have hereto set their respective signatures and seals.

(Firm Name) (Mailing Address) (City, State, and ZIP Code) (Corporate Seal: if none, so state)

By: (Signature)* (Title) (Date of Execution)

^*If one of the contracting parties to this Agreement is a corporation, my signature constitutes certification that I have the power granted to me by the Board of Directors to bind this corporation to the Marketing Agreement.

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FV-151 (Rev. 7/10. Destroy previous editions.)