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NOTIFICATION OF DESIRE FOR DEFERMENT OF RESERVE WITHHOLDING

Submitted in compliance with § 993.58 of Prune Marketing Order No. 993, and § 993.158 of the 

Administrative Rules and Regulations pursuant thereof.

TO: Prune Marketing Committee

3840 Rosin Court, Suite 170

Sacramento, CA 95834 Date: _____________________

HANDLER: __________________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________________

The undersigned hereby applies for deferment of the surplus tonnage obligation imposed on him by 

Marketing Order No. 993, and hereby certifies that the following information relative thereto is true and 

correct for use by the Prune Marketing Committee (Committee) in determining the qualification of the 

undersigned for such deferment: 

1. Total salable tonnage of prunes of the current crop year acquired or under contract with 

producers and dehydrators: ________________tons

2. Total surplus tonnage on which deferment is requested: _______________ tons

3. If deferment is granted, the date on which the surplus obligation will be fulfilled:

_________________________, 20___. (Not later than Nov. 15 of the current crop year) 

4. Type of Bond offered: (Mark “X” in applicable box) 

□ Cash □ Surety (See format attached)

Name of Surety: __________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________

Handler: ____________________________________________

Signature: ___________________________________________

Title: _______________________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Any handler who desires to defer his/her withholding of reserve prunes is required by 

§ 993.158 of the Rules and Regulations established pursuant to said marketing order to file form PMC 

9.1, “Notification of Desire for Deferment of Reserve Withholding” with the Committee. No handler 

shall defer withholding of reserve prunes until he has filed the required undertaking and bond or bonds 

with the Committee and has received its acceptance. 

THIS APPLICATION MUST BE SIGNED BY AN OWNER, OFFICIAL, OR AUTHORIZED 

EMPLOYEE. SEE APPLICABLE PROVISION OF THE MARKETING ORDER ON REVERSE SIDE.

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OMB No. 0581-0178

PMC 9.1 (Exp. 3/31/2024) Destroy previous editions.

§ 993.58 of Marketing Order No. 993 provides as follows in regard to deferment of reserve tonnage 

obligation: 

§ 993.58 Deferment of time for withholding.

(a) Compliance by any handler with the requirement of § 993.57 for withholding reserve prunes 

may be temporarily deferred to any date desired by the handler, but not later than November 15 of the 

crop year, upon the execution and delivery by such handler to the Committee of a written undertaking that 

on or prior to the desired date he will have fully satisfied his holding requirement Such undertaking shall 

be secured by a bond or bonds to be filed with and acceptable to the Committee in the amount or amounts 

specified, conditioned upon full compliance with such undertaking. 

(b)(1) Each bond shall be provided by and at the handler's expense, with a surety or sureties 

acceptable to the Committee, and shall be in an amount computed by multiplying the pounds of natural 

condition prunes for which deferment is desired by the bonding rate. Such bonding rate shall be 

established by the Committee at a level sufficient to achieve the objectives of this part. 

(2) In case a handler defaults in meeting his deferred withholding requirement, any funds 

collected by the Committee from the bonding company through such default shall be used by the 

Committee to purchase from handlers a quantity of natural condition prunes, up to but not exceeding the 

quantity on which default occurred. Purchases shall be made from prunes with respect to which the 

reserve obligation has been met, and shall be of grades, varieties, or sizes and in such containers as the 

Committee specifies in consideration of available reserve prune outlets. Purchases shall be at prices 

determined to be appropriate by the Committee and if more prunes are offered than required by the 

Committee, it shall make the purchases from various handlers as nearly as practicable in proportion to the 

quantity of their respective offerings at the same price. The Committee shall dispose of the prunes 

acquired as soon as practicable in the most favorable reserve prune outlets and shall deposit the proceeds 

from such sales, less Committee expenses in connection with such transaction, with reserve pool funds for 

distribution to equity holders. 

(3) If for any reason the Committee is unable to purchase a quantity of prunes as large as the 

quantity of reserve prunes in default by the handler, any remaining balance of funds received because of 

the default less expenses of the Committee, shall be deposited with reserve pool funds for distribution to 

equity holders. 

(c) A handler who has defaulted on his bond shall be credited on his reserve obligation with, and 

his holding requirement reduced by, that quantity of prunes represented by the sums collected but not 

more than the extent of his default.

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