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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charges-for-residues-surveillance-amendment-regulations-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2439",
  "legislation_title": "The Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/charges-for-residues-surveillance-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006.\nThe Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 give effect (except for honey) to Article 27, as read with Annex IV section A, of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ No. L165, 30.4.2004, p.1, as corrected by the corrigendum in OJ No. L191, 28.5.2004, p. 1).\nThe effect of the amendments made by these Regulations (regulation 2(2) and the Schedule) is to vary the level of fees charged under the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 for the Secretary of State’s surveillance of animals and animal products for residues of veterinary medicinal products and other substances.\nChanges to fees (by comparison with the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006), ranging from a decrease of 10% to an increase of 30%, are itemised in the table below.\nType of creature or animal product and basis of charge\nCurrent charge (£)\nReplacement charge (£)\nChange (%)\nBovine}\nper carcase\n0.4352\n0.4744\n9\nGoat}\n0.0561\n0.0603\n7.5\nSheep}\n0.0561\n0.0603\n7.5\nSoliped}\n0.3058\n0.3333\n9\nSwine}\n0.0707\n0.0636\n-10\nGame and wild game}\nper tonne\n1.0461\n1.0461\n0\nPoultry}\n0.6223\n0.6379\n2.5\nEggs\nper 360\n0.0129\n0.0168\n30\nMilk\nper 1000 litres\n0.0244\n0.0266\n9\nSalmon\nper tonne of marketed product\n2.0449\n2.0449\n0\nTrout: brown and rainbow\nper tonne of fish food\n1.7303\n1.7303\n0\nA Regulatory Impact Assessment of the effect of this instrument on the costs of business has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament. Copies are available from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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