3.4. The volume of timber to which the contribution rate set in section 3.3 is to be applied is determined on the date on which the holder of a wood processing plant operating permit acquires timber from an agreement holder authorized to send the timber to the permit holder, and on the date on which the Minister accredits the holder of a wood processing plant operating permit to enable the permit holder to obtain a management permit in a management unit to supply the permit holder’s plant, in particular, where a volume of timber is made available following a person’s waiver of the right provided for in a reservation agreement or by reason of the failure by that person to exercise that right in a previous year.
The volume of timber referred to in the first paragraph is the volume acquired from the agreement holder by the holder of a wood processing plant operating permit, and the volume of round timber indicated in the accreditation.