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by a control body under this regulation remains payable even if its approval as a control body has subsequently been withdrawn by the competent authority under Article 27(8) or 27(9)(d) of the Council Regulation.