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Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)

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CHAPTER I U.K. Fees or charges for the official controls on consignments of animals and goods entering the Union

I.CONSIGNMENTS OF LIVE ANIMALSU.K.

(a)

Bovine animals, equidae, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry, rabbits and small game birds or ground game, wild boar and wild ruminants:

  • EUR 55 per consignment, up to 6 tonnes, and

  • EUR 9 per tonne, over 6 and up to 46 tonnes, or

  • EUR 420 per consignment, over 46 tonnes.

(b)

Animals of other species:

  • EUR 55 per consignment, up to 46 tonnes, or

  • EUR 420 per consignment, over 46 tonnes.

II.CONSIGNMENTS OF MEATU.K.

  • EUR 55 per consignment, up to 6 tonnes, and

  • EUR 9 per tonne, over 6 and up to 46 tonnes, or

  • EUR 420 per consignment, over 46 tonnes.

III.CONSIGNMENTS OF FISHERY PRODUCTSU.K.

(a)

Fishery products not in bulk:

(i)

EUR 55 per consignment, up to 6 tonnes, and

(ii)

EUR 9 per tonne, over 6 and up to 46 tonnes, or

(iii)

EUR 420 per consignment, over 46 tonnes.

(b)

Fishery products, transported as break bulk shipment:

(i)

EUR 600 per vessel, with a cargo of fishery products up to 500 tonnes,

(ii)

EUR 1 200 per vessel, with a cargo of fishery products over 500 and up to 1 000 tonnes,

(iii)

EUR 2 400 per vessel, with a cargo of fishery products over 1 000 and up to 2 000 tonnes,

(iv)

EUR 3 600 per vessel, with a cargo of fishery products of more than 2 000 tonnes.

IV.CONSIGNMENTS OF MEAT PRODUCTS, POULTRY MEAT, WILD GAME MEAT, RABBIT MEAT OR FARMED GAME MEATU.K.

(a)

EUR 55 per consignment, up to 6 tonnes, and

(b)

EUR 9 per tonne, over 6 and up to 46 tonnes, or

(c)

EUR 420 per consignment, over 46 tonnes.

V.CONSIGNMENTS OF OTHER PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN DIFFERENT FROM MEAT PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTIONU.K.

(a)

Other products of animal origin for human consumption not in bulk;

(i)

EUR 55 per consignment, up to 6 tonnes, and

(ii)

EUR 9 per tonne, over 6 and up to 46 tonnes, or

(iii)

EUR 420 per consignment, over 46 tonnes.

(b)

Other products of animal origin for human consumption transported as break bulk shipment:

(i)

EUR 600 per vessel, with a cargo of products up to 500 tonnes,

(ii)

EUR 1 200 per vessel, with a cargo of products over 500 and up to 1 000 tonnes,

(iii)

EUR 2 400 per vessel, with a cargo of products over 1 000 and up to 2 000 tonnes,

(iv)

EUR 3 600 per vessel, with a cargo products of more than 2 000 tonnes.

VI.CONSIGNMENTS OF ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND FEED OF ANIMAL ORIGINU.K.

(a)

Consignment of animal by-product and feed of animal origin transported not in bulk:

(i)

EUR 55 per consignment, up to 6 tonnes, and

(ii)

EUR 9 per tonne, over 6 and up to 46 tonnes, or

(iii)

EUR 420 per consignment, over 46 tonnes.

(b)

Animal by-products and feed of animal origin, transported as break bulk shipment:

(i)

EUR 600 per vessel, with a cargo of products up to 500 tonnes,

(ii)

EUR 1 200 per vessel, with a cargo of products over 500 and up to 1 000 tonnes,

(iii)

EUR 2 400 per vessel, with a cargo of products over 1 000 and up to 2 000 tonnes,

(iv)

EUR 3 600 per vessel, with a cargo products of more than 2 000 tonnes.

VII.CONSIGNMENTS OF ANIMALS AND GOODS FROM THIRD COUNTRIES TRANSITING OR TRANSHIPPEDU.K.

EUR 30 for consignment increased by EUR 20 per quarter of an hour for every member of staff involved in the controls.

VIII.CONSIGNMENTS OF PLANTS, PLANT PRODUCTS AND OTHER PRODUCTS, OBJECTS AND MATERIALS CAPABLE OF HARBOURING OR SPREADING PESTS OF PLANTSU.K.

(a)

For documentary checks: EUR 7 per consignment.

(b)

For identity checks:

(i)

EUR 7 per consignment up to a size of a truck load, a railway wagon load or the load of a container of comparable size,

(ii)

EUR 14 per consignment bigger than the above size.

(c)

For plant health checks, in accordance with the following specifications:

(i)

cuttings, seedlings (except forestry reproductive material), young plants of strawberries or of vegetables:

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 10 000 in number,

  • EUR 0,7 per consignment for each additional 1 000 units,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(ii)

shrubs, trees (other than cut Christmas trees), other woody nursery plants including forest reproductive material (other than seed):

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 10 000 in number,

  • EUR 0,44 per consignment for each additional 1 000 units,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(iii)

bulbs, corms, rhizomes, tubers, intended for planting (other than tubers of potatoes):

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 200 kg of weight,

  • EUR 0,16 per consignment for each additional 10 kg,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(iv)

seeds, tissue cultures:

  • EUR 7,5 per consignment up to 100 kg of weight,

  • EUR 0,175 per consignment for each additional 10 kg,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(v)

other plants intended for planting, not specified elsewhere in this point:

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 5 000 in number,

  • EUR 0,18 per consignment for each additional 100 units,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(vi)

cut flowers:

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 20 000 in number,

  • EUR 0,14 per consignment for each additional 1 000 units,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(vii)

branches with foliage, parts of conifers (other than cut Christmas trees):

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 100 kg of weight,

  • EUR 1,75 per consignment for each additional 100 kg,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(viii)

cut Christmas trees:

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 1 000 in number,

  • EUR 1,75 per consignment for each additional 100 units,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(ix)

leaves of plants, such as herbs, spices and leafy vegetables:

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 100 kg of weight,

  • EUR 1,75 per consignment for each additional 10 kg,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(x)

fruits, vegetables (other than leafy vegetables):

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 25 000 kg of weight,

  • EUR 0,7 per consignment for each additional 1 000 kg,

(xi)

tubers of potatoes:

  • EUR 52,5 per lot up to 25 000 kg of weight,

  • EUR 52,5 per lot for each additional 25 000 kg,

(xii)

wood (other than bark):

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 1 000 m3 of volume,

  • EUR 0,175 per consignment for each additional 10 m3,

(xiii)

soil and growing medium, bark:

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 25 000 kg of weight,

  • EUR 0,7 per consignment for each additional 1 000 kg,

  • EUR 140 per consignment maximum fee,

(xiv)

grain:

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment up to 25 000 kg of weight,

  • EUR 0,7 per consignment for each additional 1 000 kg,

  • EUR 700 per consignment maximum fee,

(xv)

other plants or plant products not specified elsewhere in this point:

  • EUR 17,5 per consignment.

Where a consignment does not consist exclusively of products coming under the description of the relevant indent, those parts thereof consisting of products coming under the description of the relevant indent (lot or lots) shall be treated as a separate consignment.

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