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Paragraph 4 The standard charge

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The standard charge for any accounting period (expressed in Euros) payable by the operator of a game-handling establishment in respect of wild game dressed there during that period is to be calculated by multiplying the rate specified in the following Table applicable to a given type of animal by the number of animals of that type dressed there in the period.

Type of animalRate per type of animal in Euros
Bovine animals

  • aged 6 weeks or more at slaughter

4.5

  • aged less than 6 weeks at slaughter

2.5
Equidae and other solipeds4.4
Pigs including wild boar

  • carcase weight less than 25 kg

0.5

  • carcase weight greater than or equal to 25 kg

1.3
Sheep, goats and other ruminants not listed elsewhere in this Table

  • carcase weight less than 12 kg

0.175

  • carcase weight between 12 and 18 kg inclusive

0.35

  • carcase weight greater than 18 kg

0.5
Poultry, rabbits, small game birds and ground game

  • all broilers; all cast hens; other poultry, rabbits, small game birds and ground game weighing less than 2 kg

0.01

  • poultry (not being broilers or cast hens), rabbits, small game birds and ground game weighing at least 2 kg (except those which are adult and weigh at least 5 kg)

0.02

  • poultry (not being broilers or cast hens), rabbits, small game birds and ground game (all being adult) and weighing at least 5 kg

0.04
Ostriches and other ratites1.3
Land mammals and birds of a type not mentioned above1.3