The Fishery Products (Official Controls Charges) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Charge in respect of processing establishments

12.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), the proprietor or operator of a processing establishment shall pay the charge determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) (“the processing establishment charge”) to the relevant district council.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the processing establishment charge shall be a contribution of 1 Euro per tonne of fishery products entering the establishment towards the expenditure incurred by the relevant district council in exercising the official controls required under Annex III to Regulation 854/2004.

(3) Where processing is carried out —

(a) on the same site as that on which the first placing on the market or first sale in a fish market of the fishery products concerned is effected; or

(b) in an establishment in which operating conditions and guarantees as to the establishment’s own checks are such that staff requirements for the exercise of official controls can be reduced,

the processing establishment charge shall be 45% of the amount that it would otherwise be under paragraph (2).

(4) Where the actual costs of exercising the official controls required under Annex III to Regulation 854/2004 are less than the processing establishment charge, the proprietor or operator shall pay an amount equal to those costs to the relevant district council, instead of the processing establishment charge.