These Regulations may be cited as the Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2008, extend to Great Britain and come into force on 12th December 2008.
Specified date: 12 December 2008: see above.
(1) The Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 are amended in accordance with this regulation.
(2) In regulation 2, for the definition of fish substitute ““fish” means any farmed fish;”.
(3) In Schedule 1, for the table, substitute the table in the Schedule to these Regulations.
Specified date: 12 December 2008: see reg 1.
The Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2007 are revoked.
Specified date: 12 December 2008: see reg 1.
Jane Kennedy
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
15th November 2008
| Type of creature or animal product | Charge (£) | ||||
| Bovine | 0.4981} | ||||
| Goat | 0.0603} | ||||
| Sheep | 0.0603} | per carcase | |||
| Soliped | 0.345} | ||||
| Swine | 0.0572} | ||||
| Game and wild game | 1.0461} | per tonne | |||
| Poultry | 0.6538} | ||||
| Eggs | 0.0214 | per 360 | |||
| Milk | 0.0279 | per 1000 litres | |||
| Fish, other than salmon and trout | 2.096 | per tonne of marketed product | |||
| Salmon | 2.096 | per tonne of marketed product | |||
| Trout: brown and rainbow | 1.7736 | per tonne of fish food | |||
Specified date: 12 December 2008: see reg 1.
These Regulations amend the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006.
The Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 give effect (except for honey) to Article 27, as read with Annex IV, section A, of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (OJ No L165, 30.4.2004, p 1, as corrected by the corrigendum in OJ No L191, 28.5.2004, p 1).
These Regulations replace the definition of fish (regulation 2(2)). The effect of this is to allow charges to be made for surveillance of residues on all farmed fish, not just salmon and trout.
The effect of the amendments made by regulation 2(3) and the Schedule is to vary the level of fees charged under the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006 for the Secretary of State's surveillance of animals and animal products for residues of veterinary medicinal products and other substances.
Changes to fees (by comparison with the Charges for Residues Surveillance Regulations 2006, as amended by the Charges for Residues Surveillance (Amendment) Regulations 2007) ranging from a decrease of 10% to an increase of 27.5% are itemised in the table below.
| Type of creature or animal product and basis of charge | Previous charge (£) | Replacement charge (£) | Change (%) | |||||
| Bovine} | 0.4744 | 0.4981 | 5 | |||||
| Goat} | 0.0603 | 0.0603 | 0 | |||||
| Sheep} | per carcase | 0.0603 | 0.0603 | 0 | ||||
| Soliped} | 0.3333 | 0.345 | 5 | |||||
| Swine} | 0.0636 | 0.0572 | -10 | |||||
| Game and wild game} | per tonne | 1.0461 | 1.0461 | 0 | ||||
| Poultry} | 0.6379 | 0.6538 | 2.5 | |||||
| Eggs | per 360 | 0.0168 | 0.0214 | 27.5 | ||||
| Milk | per 1000 litres | 0.0266 | 0.0279 | 5 | ||||
| Fish, other than salmon and trout | per tonne of marketed product | — | 2.096 | n/a | ||||
| Salmon | per tonne of marketed product | 2.0449 | 2.096 | 2.5 | ||||
| Trout: brown and rainbow | per tonne of fish food | 1.7303 | 1.7736 | 2.5 | ||||
An impact assessment of the effect of this instrument on the costs of business has been placed in the Library of each House of Parliament. Copies are available from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3LS.
