DAFM Brexit – Import Fees and Charges

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) are obliged, under Article 13(d) of Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products, to apply a system of charges for inspections carried out on regulated plant and plant products introduced into the State from Third Countries. A list of the plants and plant products which come under the remit of this Directive are listed in Annex A of this notice.

All consignments of plants and plant products listed in Annex A of this notice entering the State from Third Countries will be subject to an Inspection Charge, based on the schedule of charges as set out in Annex B of this notice. The charge will apply to imported consignments arriving in both Dublin Port and Dublin Airport.

Application of Fees:

Each Inspection Charge comprises (a) documentary check fee, (b) an identity check fee and (c) a plant health check fee based on the volume/quantity of material as set out in Annex B of this Notice. Note: A consignment is defined as per Article 2(1) (p) of Directive 2000/29/EC.

“consignment shall be considered to mean: A quantity of goods being covered by a single document required for customs formalities or for other formalities, such as a single phytosanitary certificate or a single alternative document or mark; a consignment may be composed of one or more lots.”

Invoicing:

To reduce administrative burden, registered importers will be invoiced once in the second week of the month for all consignments inspected in the preceding calendar month.

Payment:

Details of the methods by which payments can be made shall accompany each invoice. A remittance slip will be provided with each invoice for your convenience. Please ensure that you quote your customer number, located at the top left of the invoice, together with the invoice number when completing the remittance slip.

Payment by cheque, draft or money order (in Euro only) should be made payable to:

The Accountant, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The remittance slip together with payment should be forwarded to:

Remittances should be sent to this address only. Failure to do so may result in delays in the registering of payments (see non-payments below).

EFT/Credit/Debit Card Payments:

A facility to make payments by EFT or credit/debit card can only be made in accordance with a set protocol.

Information on payment by EFT can be obtained by contacting +353-(0)49-4368239

Details on payment by credit/debit Card can be obtained by contacting +353-(0)49-4352053.

Non-payments:

As provided for under Regulation 16(2) of SI 894 of 2004, the Department reserves the right to refuse to carry out inspections of plant and plant products where registered importers have failed to clear outstanding accounts within an eight-week period from the date of the relevant invoice date.

Phytosanitary Certificates:

Registered importers are reminded of the provisions of Trader Notice 4 of 2015 and specifically; the requirement of ensuring that the original Phytosanitary Certificate for each consignment is received by DAFM within five working days of DAFM issuing the associated Clearance Certificate. Failure to do so may result in delays further applications for importation of plants and plant products.

Queries

In the event that you have any queries in relation to this matter, please contact this office either by emailing plantandpests@agriculture.gov.ie or alternatively by telephone (01)5058885.

The following are some examples of the fees that will be applicable based on the schedule set out in Annex B below.

• Annex A Plants and Plant Products subject to charges
• Annex B Fees Schedule