The Organic Products Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

PART 4 N.I. Fees

Fees – general N.I.

9.—(1) All fees payable under this Part are payable on invoice.

(2) In any proceedings for recovery of an amount payable under this part, a certificate issued by the person to whom the amount is payable stating that payment of an amount payable under this Part was not received by a date specified in the certificate is evidence of the facts stated.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 9 in operation at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1

Fees for registering information on the database N.I.

10.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Soil Association must charge a supplier a fee of £182 for registering information in the database in accordance with Articles 49(1) and 51(1) of Commission Regulation 889/2008.

(2) The Soil Association may waive the whole or part of any fee payable under paragraph (1).

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 10 in operation at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1

Fees for ingredient authorisation N.I.

11.  The competent authority may charge a fee of £38 for issuing or for renewing a provisional authorisation to permit the use of a non-organic agricultural ingredient in organic production for the purposes of Article 19(2)(c) of the Council Regulation.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 11 in operation at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1

Fees for approvals of control bodies and post-approval inspections N.I.

12.—(1) The competent authority may charge a person who has applied for approval as a control body for the purposes of Article 27 of the Council Regulation a fee of £203.

(2) The competent authority may charge a control body a fee in respect of any expenses reasonably incurred in carrying out, for the purposes of Article 27(8) or (9) of Council Regulation—

(a) any further inspection of a control body’s offices or facilities;

(b) any inspection of an operator’s premises, facilities or holding; and

(c) any associated administrative work (including verification of the competence of the inspectors employed by the control body).

(3) Any fee payable by a control body under this regulation remains payable even if its approval as a control body has subsequently been withdrawn by the competent authority under Article 27(8) or 27(9)(d) of the Council Regulation.

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 12 in operation at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1

Fees relating to the control system N.I.

13.—(1) A control body must charge an operator a fee in respect of any expenses reasonably incurred by it in carrying out an inspection of the operator’s holding, premises or facilities.

(2) Where an operator has been unable to reach agreement with a control body for the carrying out of an inspection, the competent authority must, if so requested by the operator, arrange for another control body to carry out an inspection.

(3) In this regulation, “inspection” means an inspection or control visit carried out for the purposes of Article 65 of Commission Regulation 889/2008.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 13 in operation at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1

Fees relating to third country imports N.I.

14.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), district council must charge an importer of a consignment a fee in respect of any expenses reasonably incurred by it—

(a) in carrying out its functions under regulation 7 in respect of that consignment; and

(b) in carrying out a verification of the consignment.

(2) A district council may waive the whole or part of any fee payable under paragraph (1), but in deciding to do so must consider the extent to which it would have been reasonable for it not to have taken the action in respect of which any such expenses have been incurred.

Commencement Information

I6 Reg. 14 in operation at 31.12.2020, see reg. 1