The European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2002

Statutory Instruments

2002 No. 2928

FEES AND CHARGES

The European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2002

Made

25th November 2002

Laid before Parliament

27th November 2002

Coming into force

1st January 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 56 (1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1973(1), and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2002, and shall come into force on 1st January 2003.

2.  In these Regulations, the “1999 Regulations” shall mean the European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) Regulations 1999(2).

3.  The Schedule to the 1999 Regulations is amended by:

(a) deleting entries 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (second element) in the first column of the Schedule to the 1999 Regulations and the respective sums specified in relation to those entries in the second column of that Schedule;

(b) inserting the following entry after entry 8—

9.  For a paper copy of a document relating to an EEIG recorded and kept by the registrar of companies and delivered by post:

(a) In respect of one document £3.00.

(b) In respect of each further document relating to the same EEIG requested on the same occasion £2.50.

4.  Regulation 2 of the 1999 Regulations shall be amended by deleting the definition of “basic set of microfiche copies”.

Melanie Johnson,

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competition, Consumers and Markets,

Department of Trade and Industry

21st November 2002

We consent

Philip Woolas,

Jim Fitzpatrick,

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

25th November 2002

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulation)

1.  These Regulations govern the statutory fees for microfiche based information services for European Economic Interest Groupings and amend the European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) Regulations 1999 as amended by the European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and the European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2002.

2.  As of 31st December 2002, the registrar of companies will dispense with the practice of updating records held in microfiche form (though the archive of existing microfiche records will not be destroyed). This means that documents received after that cut-off date will not be added to a European Economic Interest Group’s microfiche record and current information will instead be provided in paper or electronic form. Regulation 3(a) accordingly deletes references in the 1999 Regulations to all fees relating to microfiche-based services.

3.  To ensure that an alternative remains for persons who do not wish to obtain information relating to an European Economic Interest Group by electronic means, there will be a service whereby a person may request a paper copy of a document relating to a European Economic Interest Group recorded and kept by the registrar of companies. Such copy will be delivered by post. Regulation 3(b) accordingly states the fee for the paper-based service.

4.  Regulation 4 amends the European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) Regulations 1999, as amended, by deleting the definition of “basic set of microfiche copies”, which is redundant following the deletion of entries 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (second element) in the first column of the Schedule to the 1999 Regulations.

(1)

1973 c. 51.

(2)

S.I. 1999/268, as amended by S.I. 2000/3412 and S.I. 2002/401.