[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR900.103]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 900_GENERAL REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart_Procedure Governing Meetings To Arbitrate and Mediate Disputes 
                Relating to Sales of Milk or Its Products
 
Sec.  900.103  Application for mediation.

    An application for mediation by a cooperative, shall be in writing 
and shall include the following information:
    (a) Names in full of the parties to the dispute and their addresses;
    (b) Description of the cooperative organization and business, 
including copies of the articles of incorporation or association, by-
laws, and membership contract; information regarding the number of 
shares of outstanding stock and the approximate portion owned by active 
producers; a statement of the function performed in connection with the 
collective processing, preparing, handling, or marketing of milk or its 
products; and data relative to the distribution of membership by States, 
the distribution by States of plant facilities for collecting, 
processing, or disposing of milk or its products, and the business 
operations for the year last past, including the total quantity of milk 
and its products handled by the applicant and the proportion of that 
quantity that was sold in States other than the States of production;
    (c) Suggested time and place for meeting between parties and 
mediator.