# The Organic Products Regulations 1992, Regulation 5: Inspection system and information to the Minister


(1) Food from Britain and each inspection body may make a charge for any inspection of an amount not exceeding the amount of the contribution to inspection expenses for which an operator is liable under Article 9.2, and any such charge payable to Food from Britain or an inspection body shall be recoverable by either Food from Britain or the inspection body as the case may be.
(2) For the purposes of Article 9.2 Food from Britain shall ensure that any operator who complies with the provisions of the Council Regulation and pays his contribution to inspection expenses shall have access to the inspection system.
(3) For the purposes of Article 10.5, Food from Britain shall inform the Minister of any irregularity of which it becomes aware in the application of the Council Regulation in a product coming from another member State bearing the indication shown in Article 2 or Annex V.
(4) For the purposes of the first part of Article 15, Food from Britain shall—
(a) each year before 30th April inform the Minister of the operators who, on 31st December of the previous year, had given notification under Article 8.1(a) and are subject to the inspection system referred to in Article 9, and
(b) each year before 30th April report to the Minister on supervision for that previous year pursuant to Article 9.6.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/2111/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/organic-products-regulations-1992/regulation-5
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