The Products of Animal Origin (Import and Export) (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Amendment of the principal Regulations

5.  For regulation 30 (calculation of charge) of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following—

“30.   The charge for carrying out a health inspection and control exercise must be reasonable, and

(a) in any case other than imports, must cover the factors listed in paragraphs 1(a), (c), (e) and (f) of Schedule 4, read with paragraphs 2 and 3 of that Schedule;

(b) in relation to any import of any product of animal origin which is not covered by sub-paragraph (c) to (e) below, must cover the factors specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 4, read with paragraphs 2 and 3 of that Schedule;

(c) in relation to any import of meat—

(i) which is meat covered by the provisions of—

(aa) Directive 71/118, Chapter III (fresh poultry meat),

(bb) Directive 72/462 (fresh meat),

(cc) Directive 92/45, Chapter III (wild game meat), or

(dd) Directive 92/118, Chapter 11 of Annex I (rabbit meat and farmed game meat), and

(ii) which is imported from a third country which is not covered by sub-paragraph (e) below,

shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule 4A;

(d) in relation to any import of any fishery products—

(i) which are covered by the provisions of Chapter II of Directive 91/493 (fishery products which have to be imported through a border inspection post), other than those covered by paragraph 2 of article 10 in that Chapter, and

(ii) which are imported from a third country which is not covered by sub-paragraph (e) below,

shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule 4B; and

(e) in relation to any import of any product of animal origin from a third country specified in column 1 of Schedule 4C, shall be calculated in accordance with column 2 of that Schedule.”