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Summaries of Licensee Requirements

May 2005

By class of licence


Licence Application Requirements
  Licence Class
Grain Dealer Primary Elevator Transfer Elevator Terminal Elevator Process Elevator
Annual licence fee (can be prorated) $1200 $60 / elevator $1200 / elevator $1200 / elevator $1200 / elevator
Application form X X X X X
Mode of operations document X X X X X
Specimen signatures X X X X X
Articles of Incorporation or letters of patent X X X X X
Security (letter of credit/guarantee or bond) X X X X X
Line of credit / banking facilities X X X X X
Credit references X X X X X
Audited year-end financial statements or opening balance sheet and income statement X X X X X
Certified copy of insurance policy   X X X  
Draft grain receipt X       X
Draft cash purchase ticket X X     X
Draft elevator receipt   X      
Weigh scale certification from Measurement Canada   X X X X
Approved equipment for grain sampling, inspection, weighing, drying and cleaning1     X X  
Subscribe to Grain Inventory Accounting System (GIAS)       X  
Subscribe to Montreal Registration System (MRS)     X    
1 Requirements vary in accordance with operations and utilization of CGC services
Operational and Reporting Requirements
  Licence Class
Grain Dealer Primary Elevator Transfer Elevator Terminal Elevator Process Elevator
Post licence in a conspicuous place X X X X X
Tender security as set by CGC X X X X X
Issue accurate grain receipts for grain upon receipt X       X
Issue accurate cash purchase tickets for grain upon purchase X X     X
Issue accurate elevator receipts for grain upon receipt   X X X  
Sampling upon receipt   X X X  
'Subject to inspector's grade and dockage' dispute settlement for producer deliveries   X X X2  
Daily handling report     X X  
Monthly liability report X X     X
Weekly grain handling reporting   X     X
Monthly grain handling reporting3 X   X X  
Annual reporting of net handling   X      
Tariff reporting - annually and upon changes   X X X X
Weigh-over requirements   X X X  
Monthly value of stocks-in-store reports     X X  
Labeling railcars (I-90 tag)   X      
Adhere to CGC maximum shrinkage allowances   X   X  
Moisture shrinkage formula by CGC order   X      
CGC Official inward weighing and inspection     X4 X  
CGC Official outward weighing and inspection   X5 X X  
Obtain CGC permission to receive foreign grain   X X X X
2 Available for producer car deliveries to terminal elevators
3 Generated automatically from GIAS or MRS for terminal and transfer elevators respectively
4 Not required for eastern grain nor western grain that has previously been officially weighed or inspected
5 Not a requirement - but available upon request when operationally feasible
Licence Renewal Requirements
  Licence Class
Grain Dealer Primary Elevator Transfer Elevator Terminal Elevator Process Elevator
Annual licence fee (can be prorated) $1200 $60 / elevator $1200 / elevator $1200 / elevator $1200 / elevator
Application form X X X X X
Tender security as set by CGC X X X X X
Audited year-end financial statements6 X X X X X
Insurance renewal certificates   X X X  
Copies of grain receipts authorized by CGC X       X
Copies of elevator receipts authorized by CGC   X      
Copies of cash purchase tickets authorized by CGC X X     X
6 Provision for unaudited year-end statement with two audited liability reports during the licence year for grain dealers, primary elevators, and process elevators

 





Last updated: 2005-08-24