Open Country Cheese Dairy Draft Determination: agenda released and extra day added to conference

Published10 Aug 2005

The Commerce Commission has extended a conference to hear submissions on its Draft Determination relating to Open Country Cheese Company Limited's dispute with Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited.

The conference will now run on Tuesday 16, Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 August.

A draft timetable for the conference is attached, and is also available on the Commission's website.

The conference will be chaired by Deputy Chair of the Commerce Commission, David Caygill.

Open Country Cheese Dairy Determination

Conference: Draft Determination

16, 17 & 18 August 2005

DATE / TIME	Party Giving Submission
Tuesday 16 August 2005
9:30am - 9:45am	Opening remarks by the Chair
9:45am - 11:15am	Fonterra - Jim Farmer QC
11:15am - 11:35am	Break
11:35am - 1:05pm	Fonterra - Jim Farmer QC
1:05pm - 2:05pm	Break for Lunch
2:05pm - 3:40pm	Charles Rivers Associates International - Lewis Evans
3:40pm - 4:00pm	Break
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Charles Rivers Associates International - Lewis Evans
Wednesday 17 August 2005
8:30am - 10:15am	Open Country Cheese - Mary Scholtens QC
10:15am - 10:35am	Break
10:35am - 12:00pm	Open Country Cheese - Wyatt Creech
Thursday 18 August 2005
09:30am - 9:40am	Opening remarks by the Chair
9:40am - 10:10am	John Washer
10:10am - 10:40am	DavidBay
10:40am - 11:00am	Break
11:00am - 11:30am	Eric James - Te Aroha Federated Farmers
11:30am - 12:00pm	Barbara Earnshaw
12:00pm - 1:00pm	Break for Lunch
1:00pm - 1:30pm	Jim Hedley
1:30pm - 2:00pm	Brian & Ann Jones
2:00pm - 2:20pm	Break
2:20pm - 2:45pm	Closing remarks by the Chair
2:45pm	Conference concludes

Open Country Cheese Dairy Draft Determination: agenda released and extra day added to conference

DATE / TIME

Party Giving Submission