3. The standard charge for any accounting period payable by the operator of a slaughterhouse shall be calculated–
(a)for the period commencing on 31st March 2008 and ending on 31st December 2008, by multiplying the rate specified in the following Table applicable to a given type of animal by the number of animals of that type slaughtered and/or dressed there in the period; and
(b)for the period commencing on 1st January 2009 and ending on 31st December 2009–
(i)in the same manner; or
(ii)by multiplying the rate in Euros specified in Chapter I of Section B of Annex IV to Regulation 882/2004 applicable to a given type of animal specified in the following Table by the number of animals of that type slaughtered and/or dressed there in the period and converting the resulting sum into Sterling by multiplying it by the Euro/Sterling conversion rate published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union on 1st September 2008 or, if no rate is published in it on that date, the first rate published in it thereafter,
whichever results in the higher charge.