Regulation 13 Fees for approvals of control bodies and post-approval inspections

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State may charge a person who has applied for approval as a control body for the purposes of Article 27 of the Council Regulation a fee of F1£203.00.

(2)

The Secretary of State may charge a control body a fee in respect of any expenses reasonably incurred in carrying out, for the purposes of Article 27(8) or (9) of the Council Regulation—

(a)

any further inspection of a control body’s offices or facilities;

(b)

any inspection of an operator’s premises, facilities or holding; and

(c)

any associated administrative work (including verification of the competence of the inspectors employed by the control body).

(3)

Any fee payable by a control body under this regulation remains payable even if its approval as a control body has subsequently been withdrawn by the Secretary of State under Article 27(8) or 27(9)(d) of the Council Regulation.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 13(1) sum substituted (1.10.2015) by The Organic Products (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1669), regs. 1, 2(4)