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Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (OCR) Article 81

Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (OCR) Article 81

Costs

Article 81

The fees or charges to be collected in accordance with point (a) of Article 79(1) and with Article 79(2) shall be determined on the basis of the following costs, insofar as these result from the official controls concerned: (a) the salaries of the staff, including support and administrative staff, involved in the performance of official controls, their social security, pension and insurance costs; (b) the cost of facilities and equipment, including maintenance and insurance costs and other associated costs; (c) the cost of consumables and tools; (d) the cost of services charged to the competent authorities by delegated bodies for official controls delegated to these delegated bodies; (e) the cost of training of the staff referred to in point (a), with the exclusion of the training necessary to obtain the qualification necessary to be employed by the competent authorities; (f) the cost of travel of the staff referred to in point (a), and associated subsistence costs; (g) the cost of sampling and of laboratory analysis, testing and diagnosis charged by official laboratories for those tasks.

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CitationArticle 81 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (OCR) (LawPlayer, data as of 2026-07-04)

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