Industry slams SFPA operational ‘fees’
IFPEA and IFSA issue joint statement on the announcement that the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) will, from October 1st, impose a landing fee of one euro per tonne for the first 50 tonnes and fifty cents for each tonne thereafter. In a letter of intent sent out to the industry today (August 5th) the SFPA state that they will “be charging fees in respect of food safety official controls carried out at approved establishments and approved vessels, as required by the