FV-119 927-Fresh Pears Marketing Agreement/Handler Agreement

OMB No. 0581-0189

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAMS
MARKETING AGREEMENT, AS FURTHER AMENDED, REGULATING THE HANDLING OF
FRESH PEARS GROWN IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON

The parties hereto, in order to effectuate the declared policy of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement
Act of 1937 (the Act), as amended (Sees. 1-19,48 Stat. 31, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 601-674), and in accordance
with the applicable rules of practice and procedure effective thereunder (7 CFR, Part 900), desire to enter into
this agreement further amending the marketing agreement regulating the handling of ftesh pears grown in
Oregon and Washington; and each party hereto agrees that such handling shall, ITomthe effective date of this
marketing agreement, be in conformity to, and in compliance with, the provisions of said marketing agreement
as hereby further amended.
The provisions of §§927.1 to 927.81, inclusive, of the order as amended and as further amended by the
order annexed to and made a part of the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) with respect to a
proposed marketing agreement and order regulating the handling of ftesh pears grown in Oregon and
Washington, plus the following additional provision 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;
§927.82 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.

§927.83 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.

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§927.48Order with marketing agreement.
Each signatory handler hereby requests the Secretary to issue, pursuant to the Act, an order providing for
regulating the handling offTesh pears grown in Oregon and Washington, in the same manner as is provided in
this agreement.

The undersigned herby 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.

(Name)

By:
(Signature - 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.)

(Mailing Address)

(print Name)

(City, State, and Zip Code)

(Title)

(Corporate Seal: if none, so state)
(Date of Execution)

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