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Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order (Us Agricultural Marketing Service Regulation) (Ams) (2018 Edition) The Law Library

Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order (US Agricultural Marketing Service Regulation) (AMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order (US Agricultural Marketing Service Regulation) (AMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This rule establishes a Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order (Order). The purpose of the program is to maintain and expand markets for paper and paper-based packaging. The program will be financed by an assessment on paper and paper-based packaging manufacturers (domestic producers) and importers and administered by a board of industry members appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary). The assessment rate will initially be $0.35 per short ton. The U. S. Department of Agriculture (Department or USDA) conducted a referendum among eligible manfacturers and importers from October 28 through November 8, 2013. Eighty-five percent of those voting in the referendum representing 95 percent of the volume of paper and paper-based packaging represented in the referendum favored implementation of the program. This book contains: - The complete text of the Paper and Paper-Based Packaging Promotion, Research and Information Order (US Agricultural Marketing Service Regulation) (AMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section