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

Notices

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

2. Purpose and aims of statutory measure and the relation thereof to the objectives of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act (1996)
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The statutory levy is needed and applied for by the fruit industry to collect the producer s’ contribution to integrated area wide fruit fly control programmes in specified production regions.

 

The measure will not be detrimental to the number of employment opportunities or fair labour practice and will support other statutory measures applicable to the fruit industry at large.

 

The measure will be utilized by FruitFly Africa (Pty) Ltd, an industry service entity established in terms of the Companies Act, 2008 (Act 71 of 2008 as amended). FruitFly Africa will administer and spend the collected funds on behalf of the producers in the specified production regions and will account and report separately thereon.