Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1E+WSalmonella National Control Programmes (Zoonoses): Fees

Table 1

Fees payable by the person in charge of chicken or turkey holding from which an official sample is taken, processed and examined for the purposes of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003

Column 1Column 2
ActivityFee (£)
Time spent in obtaining an official control sample for examination in a laboratory (in this table the “time fee”) (in addition to the fees specified below, unless otherwise specified in column 2)9 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent
Time spent by an animal health officer travelling to and from premises for the purpose of activities below14 per quarter hour or part quarter hour spent, up to a maximum of 84
Taking an official control sample from a chicken laying flock32
Taking an official control sample from a chicken or turkey breeding flock52
Taking an official control sample from a chicken broiler flock, or turkey fattening flock72
Examination of an official control sample in a laboratory14 per sample tested (time fee does not apply)

Table 2

Fees payable by the operator of a laboratory in relation to an approval under Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003

Column 1Column 2
ActivityFee (£)
Processing an application for an initial laboratory approval or a biennial renewal of a laboratory approval73
Conducting inspections and quality assurance based upon the number of tests for which the laboratory is approvedOne test350
Two tests361
Three tests372
Four tests384
Conducting collaborative testing for Salmonella as required to obtain and maintain approval as a testing laboratory34 per test

Table 3

Fees payable by the person in charge of poultry flocks for conducting tests under point 4(b) of Part D of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No. 2160/2003

Column 1Column 2
ActivityFee (£)
Conducting tests on seven dust and faecal samples taken from each flock99
Conducting bacteriological sampling and testing of the caeca and oviducts of 300 birds from each flock2,470
Conducting bacteriological sampling and testing of the shell and the content of 4,000 eggs from each flock3,080