(This note is not part of the Regulations)
1. These Regulations (which apply to Wales only) make further amendments to the Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) (Charges) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2095) in their application to Wales. Those Regulations implemented in Great Britain the provisions relating to charges for meat inspections of Council Directive 85/73/EEC, an amended and consolidated text of which is annexed to Council Directive 96/43/EC (OJ No. L162, 1.7.96, p.4).
2. These Regulations change the basis on which the charges required by that Directive to be levied for meat hygiene inspections are calculated in Wales. The revised basis for calculating those charges remains compatible with Council Directive 85/73/EEC.