The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has reminded approved seafood businesses to submit their self-declaration figures for the first quarter of this year.
The figures are required to calculate fees for official controls, charged by the SFPA under an EU regulation.
“Fees for official controls, including routine seafood inspections, are calculated based on the volumes of fish first placed on the market by an operator,” the SFPA says in a statement.
The fees comprise a flat rate of €1 per tonne for the first 50 tonnes in a month and 50 cent per tonne thereafter, it says
“Fees are also charged for unplanned official controls arising from follow-up of non-compliances, based on an hourly rate,” it says.
The self-declaration figures for the first quarter of 2023 are due to be submitted to [email protected] on or before April 14th, 2023.
It says the self-declaration form can be accessed on the SFPA website.
It says fees relating to imports of fish and fishery products from third countries to Ireland at border control posts will continue to be collected by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine National Disease Control Centre.
