1. CARTV Annual General Assembly

The CARTV General Assembly will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2004 at 1:30 PM. This meeting is being held for all standing members of the Organic Production Accreditation Board.

Those wishing to attend the General Assembly should come to the following address:

Hotel Sandman Montreal-Longueuil
(formerly the Radisson - metro Longueuil)
999, de Serigny
Longueuil (Quebec) J4K 2T1
Telephone: (450) 670-3030

The General Assembly will be held in a local that will be indicated to you at the main entrance. If you wish to obtain a copy of the corporation's general regulations before attending the General Assembly, please make a request directly to the CARTV: Telephone: (514) 864-8999; Fax: (514) 873-2580 or E-mail: info@caaq.org The General Assembly reviews CARTV 2004 operations, and establishes strategic directions for its programs and activities for 2005.

AGENDA

1. Opening of the Annual General Assembly
   1. Verification of quorum
   2. Nomination of chairman and secretary
   3. Reading and adoption of agenda
2. Adopting of minutes of the Annual General Assembly held in 2004
3. Report from the President of Board of Directors (reading and adoption)
4. Presentation and approval of financial statements
5. Nomination of an auditor
6. Report from Executive Director
   1. Presentation of Annual Report by Executive Director
   2. Question period
   3. Adoption of report
7. Presentation of 2005 Budget
8. New scale fees pertaining to annual contributions from operators
9. Presentation of 2005 Action Plan
10. Election of representatives to the Accreditation Board (Organic Production Mode)
11. Miscellaneous
12. Adjournement

For more information about the CARTV, its bodies and the ways they operate, visit our website at the following address:

http://www.caaq.org/en/about/whoweare/index.asp

2. Public consultation

The following articles from the Quebec Organic Reference Standards will be submitted to public consultation shortly :

• 6.4.2 Source/origin of livestock for products (meat, eggs, milk) to be considered organic.
   
• 6.12.3 Breeding and housing conditions for egg production.
   
• 6.12.7 Acquisition of fowl.
  

3. Guide for good practices online

To help retailers, distributors and dealers better manage the flow of organic products in their facilities, the CARTV has published the Guide of good practices for handling certified organic foods destined for retail in Quebec.

This 40 page guide contains precious information on:

• Organic agriculture;
• Regulation system surrounding the organic designation;
• Obligations of merchants, distributors and retailers owing to regulation on the reserved designations in Quebec;
• CARTV's Monitoring Program;
• Organic Products Purchase Control;
• Good practices to be adopted in retail store or distribution centers to preserve the organic integrity of sold products.

Produced with the MAPAQ's financial support and with the collaboration of the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors, of natural food coops and of large retail chains, this guide will be available March 1 st in PDF format:

• On our website at www.caaq.org;
• On Agri-réseau's website at www.agrireseau.qc.ca.
  

CARTV Board of Directors

CARTV Personnel