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7 CFR 1425.4 - Approval.

§ 1425.4
Approval.
(a) For a cooperative to gain CMA status to participate in a marketing assistance loan or Loan deficiency payment program for the 2002 through 2007 crop years, a cooperative must submit an application for approval to CCC. An application must include:
(1) A completed Form CCC-846 indicating commodities for which it seeks approval;
(2) A balance sheet, dated within the last year, prepared for the cooperative and accompanied by a letter from an independent Certified Public Accountant, certifying that the balance sheet was prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(3) A copy of the articles of incorporation or articles of association and all marketing agreements for loan pools, together with a certification that this material is current;
(4) Resolutions made by the cooperative's board of directors stating the cooperative will abide by provisions of this part, the nondiscrimination provisions thereof, and all other related CCC policies;
(5) A detailed description of how proceeds from each loan pool will be distributed to members as provided for in § 1425.18 ;
(6) An executed form CCC-Cotton G, Cotton Cooperative Loan Agreement, by cooperatives applying for approval to participate in the cotton loan and LDP program; and
(7) Other information as requested by CCC concerning the organizational, operational, financial or any other aspect of the cooperative requested by CCC related to the cooperative's proposed methods of conducting CCC loan and LDP business.
(b) A CMA must submit, on an annual basis, the following information to CCC:
(1) A completed Form CCC-846-1, which shall disclose:
(i) The number of active and inactive CMA members;
(ii) The CMA's allocated equity;
(iii) The CMA's unallocated equity; and
(iv) Quantity of each loan pool commodity delivered to the CMA for marketing and the portion of such commodities received from active members during the prior year.
(2) The CMA's latest balance sheet. This balance sheet must be dated within the past year and be accompanied by a letter from an independent Certified Public Accountant certifying that the balance sheet was prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
(c) A CMA shall furnish information to CCC within thirty calendar days relating to any:
(1) Change in its articles of incorporation and loan pool marketing agreements;
(2) Resolution affecting loan or LDP operations;
(3) Change to the CMA's name, address, phone number, or related data shown on the CCC-846-1;
(4) Change in loan pool operations with an explanation and justification; and
(5) Additional information CCC may request related to the CMA's continued approval by CCC.
(d) CCC may require a CMA to submit a new initial application instead of a recertification application when it questions whether the CMA is operating according to documents previously submitted.
[63 FR 17312, Apr. 9, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 64458, Oct. 18, 2002]

Title 7 published on 2012-01-01

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United States Code
USC : Title 7 - AGRICULTURE

§ 1421 - Price support

§ 1441 - Price support levels

§ 7931 - Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities

§ 7932 - Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans

§ 7933 - Term of loans

§ 7934 - Repayment of loans

§ 7935 - Loan deficiency payments

§ 7936 - Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage

§ 7937 - Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton

§ 7938 - Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton

§ 7939 - Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton

USC : Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE

§ 714j - Utilization of associations and trade facilities