(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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.

Regulation 2 amends the European Economic Interest Grouping (Fees) Regulations 1999 by:

(1)

increasing the fees applicable in respect of the following matters from £5.00 to £6.50

(a)

the inspection of a basic set of microfiche copies (Fee No. 2),

(b)

the delivery of a basic set of microfiche copies at an office of the registrar (Fee No. 3 (first element)),

(c)

the delivery of a paper copy of records kept by the registrar relating to a European Economic Interest Grouping delivered at the office of the registrar otherwise than at the time of the microfiche (Fee No. 4 (second element)), plus £1.00 for each copy document supplied; and

(2)

increasing the fee from £8.00 to £9.50 for the delivery by post of a basic set of microfiche copies (Fee No. 3 (second element)).