# The Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Charges) Regulations 1998, Paragraph 7: The standard charge


The standard charge (expressed in ECU) payable by the occupier of cutting premises in respect of any cutting operation carried out on meat there in a period shall be calculated by multiplying by 3 ECU per tonne the total mass of meat entering the cutting room or cutting area of those premises during that period which is to be there subjected to a cutting operation for the first time since being brought into those premises.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2095/schedule/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/meat-hygiene-and-inspection-charges-regulations-1998/schedule/paragraph-7
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