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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625/article-81",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/625",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-625",
  "path": "article/81",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Costs",
  "text": "The fees or charges to be collected in accordance with point (a) of Article 79(1) and with Article 79(2) may be determined on the basis of the costs of official controls and costs connected with official controls, including but not limited to:\n(a)the salaries of the staff, including support and administrative staff, involved in the performance of official controls, their social security, pension and insurance costs;\n(b)the cost of facilities and equipment, including maintenance and insurance costs and other associated costs;\n(c)the cost of consumables and tools;\n(d)costs borne by the competent authorities in connection with their duties under this Regulation and legislation made using the powers included in this Regulation, including in respect of—\n(i)the delegation of official controls;\n(ii)the collection and recovery of debts, including for unpaid fees;\n(e)the cost of training of the staff referred to in point (a), with the exclusion of the training necessary to obtain the qualification necessary to be employed by the competent authorities;\n(f)the cost of travel of the staff referred to in point (a), and associated subsistence costs;\n(g)the cost of sampling and of laboratory analysis, testing and diagnosis charged by official laboratories for those tasks.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Art. 81 substituted (30.4.2024) by The Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/547), regs. 1(1)(b), 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 81 substituted (30.4.2024) by The Official Controls (Fees and Charges) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/547), regs. 1(1)(b), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 81(d) substituted (10.2.2025) by The Official Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/102), regs. 1(1)(b), 24"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/625/article/81",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:04.117110+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}