[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1425.4]

[Page 474-475]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1425_COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  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

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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 Sec.  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]