FEES FOR ABATTOIR AND VETERINARY SERVICES REGULATIONS

FEES FOR ABATTOIR AND VETERINARY SERVICES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 35.10

FEES FOR ABATTOIR AND VETERINARY

SERVICES REGULATIONS

8th August, 1980

LEGAL NOTICE 68 of 1986, as amended by Legal Notices 74 of 1998

and 407 of 2007; and Act XIII of 2015.

The title of these regulations is the Fees for Abattoir and

Veterinary Services Regulations.

I.

Abattoir Fees

(A) For the inspection of the animal meat,

its registration and grading of

Bovines ...............................................

€1.16 per head

Equines ...............................................

€1.16 per head

Pigs .....................................................

€0.70 per head

Sheep and goats ...................................

€0.70 per head

Lambs and kids ....................................

€0.23 per head

(B) For lairage, slaughter, dressing, hot

weighing, chilling and cold weighing -

(i) Bovine, equine, ovine, caprine

Carcasses and parts thereof,

including skins, but excluding

offals

hot weight ..................................

€0.019c/kg

cold weight .................................

€0.021c/kg

(ii) Pigs

Carcasses and parts thereof,

including skins, but excluding

offals

hot weight ..................................

€0.019c/kg

(C) For animals brought for slaughter and

kept in the lairages for more than one

night, per head, per night after the first

night ....................................................

€0.23

(D) For keeping carcasses in chillers for

more than three days, not being a

Saturday or a Sunday, per carcass or

part thereof, per day after the third day .

€0.23

On Saturdays and Sundays rates are

paid as indicated in terms of item IV

(B) of this Schedule.

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(E) For the freezing of carcasses by blast

freezer whenever the blast freezer is

used

-

for each pig carcass, per day ...........

€3.49

-

for each bovine carcass, per day .....

€4.66

So however that the minimum payment

for each lot shall be ...............................

€93.17

(F) For the keeping of carcasses or parts in

freeze under -18ºC

(i) whole or cut carcasses .................... €46.59 per ton per

month

(ii) cut meat packed in cardboard boxes

(the netting, plastic and cardboard

shall be at the expense of the user of

the freezing facilities) .................... €34.94 per ton per

month

Veterinary Services Fees

(A) For inspection of animals prior to

export or after importation

Equines ............................................... €12.90 per head

Bovines ............................................... €5.20 per head

Other animals including dogs and cats .. €10.30 per head

Day-old chicks ..................................... €0.10 per head

Ornamental fowls/parrots ..................... €5.20 per head

Pigeons exported for racing back to

Malta (not in cludi ng an insp ection

inside a loft) ........................................ €25.70 per 1000

Bird Skins ............................................ €51.30 per import

Birds, pigeons and rabbits .................... €51.30 per import

(B) (i) For inspection of meat and fish

exports and the products thereof ........... €0.05 per kg

(ii) For inspection of and tests on meat

and fish exports and the products

thereof, commercially or by transboard €51.30

(C) (i) For laboratory examinations on

animals, fish or other products prior to

export or import, payment shall be

according to a schedule issued by the

laboratory each year, but for which

entire examination there shall not be

charged a fee of less than ..................... €2.60

(ii) For laboratory examinations on

animals not coming from farm-houses

having a production licence, payment

shall be according to a schedule issued

by the laboratory each year, but for

which entire examination there shall

not be charged a fee of less than ........... €2.60

(D) For the issue of each stamp, brand or

label denoting approval of export

establishments

-

Each carcass or part thereof ............

€0.10

-

Each box ........................................

€0.10

The branding expenses shall be defrayed

by the concerned establishment.

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(E) For the approval of a processing

establishment for local consumption ....

€25.70 per year

(F) (i) For the approval and certification of

vehicles containing a freezer for the

transportation o f meat and fish fo r

export ..................................................

€64.10 per year

(ii) For the approval and certification of

vehicles for the transportation of swill .

€25.70 per year

(G) For the approval and certification of a

vehicle containing a freezer for the

transportation of meat and fish in Malta

€64.10 per year

(H) For the approval and certification of a

butcher’s shop .....................................

€12.90 per year

(I) For the inspection and approval of

hatcheries ............................................

€25.70 per year

(J) For the licensing of hatcheries ..............

€51.30 per year

(K) For the issue of sanitary certificates for

animals, pigeons, fish and products

thereof .................................................

€5.20

per

certificate

III.

Quarantine Fees

(A) For the keeping of small animals in

quarantine, per day

-

cats ................................................

€3.49

-

small dogs (under 5 kg) ..................

€3.49

-

large dogs (over 5 kg) .....................

€4.66

-

Song-birds .....................................

€0.58

-

fowl and other birds .......................

€1.16

-

other animals .................................

€1.16

-

Transboarding ................................

€11.65

(B) For the keeping of large animals in

quarantine, per day

-

small ruminants ..............................

€1.16

-

large ruminants ..............................

€1.16

-

horses and others ............................

€1.16

-

Transboarding ................................

€11.65

-

Animals kept for a longer time than

the quarantine period, for each cell

used ...............................................

€116.47

IV.

Other Fees

(A) For an abstract from the Abattoir

Weighing Register covering weighing

and gradings during any one month or

part thereof .......................................... €0.12

(B) Other services rendered and which do

not appear under this Schedule shall be

at the discretion of the Director of

Veterinary Services, and any fee which

may be so charged shall be indicated

beforehand to the person concerned.

The fees specified in the Schedule shall be paid to the

Director of Veterinary Services in the several matters to which they

are applicable.