Fees for bovine embryo (collection, production and transfer) teams and storage centres
Updated 28 February 2025
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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You must pay fees to apply for approval of a team to collect and process bovine embryos and to get teams and premises inspected.
Fees for approval or reapproval
You must pay for application assessments whether your application is approved or not.
You must pay 拢38 (increasing to 拢47 on 1 July 2024) to apply for:
- approval of a bovine embryo transfer team (domestic, or for trading to a Member State or on farm store)
- approval of a bovine embryo collection or production team, with or without a laboratory inspection
Fees are 拢13 (increasing to 拢16 on 1 July 2024) for:
- re-approval of a laboratory or store (following alterations)
- approval of an additional embryo team鈥檚 store or laboratory (less than 8km from another store or laboratory visited on the same day)
Fees are 拢34 (increasing to 拢42 on 1 July 2024) for approval of an additional embryo team鈥檚 store or laboratory more than 8km from another store or laboratory visited.
Fees for inspections
You must pay 拢23 (increasing to 拢28 on 1 July 2024) for routine inspections of teams and premises.
If you have additional teams, laboratory or stores, you must pay 拢6 (increasing to 拢7 on 1 July 2024) for each additional routine inspection.
How APHA charge for time spent
You must pay 拢22 per quarter hour or less for APHA鈥檚 time spent. Fees for time spent are in addition to fixed fees for each service.
APHA calculates your inspection, approval and travel fees to the next full quarter hour of work. For example, if APHA spends 20 minutes on your inspection, you will pay for half an hour.
How APHA calculates travel time
The fee amount for travel time is calculated based on the distance from the nearest APHA office to each inspection site.
If an inspector carries out inspections at multiple sites nearby on the same day, the fee for each is calculated from the nearest APHA office to each individual inspection site.
Travel time is capped at 45 minutes each way, so you will not pay more than 拢132 for travel costs.
Example fee calculation
Approval of a single bovine embryo collection team with inspection of one laboratory, if the veterinary work took 1.5 hours:
拢38 fixed fee + 拢22 x 6 = 拢170 plus travel time fee.
Fees for extra laboratory testing
You must pay extra fees for any tests needed following an inspection. The laboratory will charge you separately.