COPR fees
It is government policy that the costs of running the regulatory systems are recovered from industry. For the Control of Pesticides Regulations (COPR) this is done by:
- charging fees for applications for approvals and administrative changes
- applying an annual charge, known as the levy, on all current approval holders
Approval fees
The amount charged is dependent on the route an application takes to approval as there are different amounts of work, and therefore different costs, involved in the evaluations.
Find out about the different routes to approval[68].
Please note that COPR fees are fixed which means:
- you will not be charged a 'top-up fee' if the actual cost of evaluating your application goes beyond the invoiced amount
- if your application is unsuccessful, you will not be given a refund
| Non-committee application types | Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Departmental | £2,600 | |
| Secretariat | £520 | |
| Back-to-back | £520 | |
| Back-to-back within 12 months | £312 | |
| Amendments - including the addition or removal of trade names | Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment with updated schedule - standard or transitional amendments | £312 | |
| Amendment without updated schedule | £156 | |
| Series change (for changes to approval holder details) | 1 to 2 approvals | £156 |
| 3 to 9 approvals | £312 | |
| 10 approvals | £520 | |
| Committee application types | Fee |
|---|---|
| New active ingredient | £52,000 |
| Committee re-submission | £26,000 |
| Experimental permits | Fee |
|---|---|
| Experimental permit - Departmental | £2,600 |
| Experimental permit - Secretariat | £520 |
Full details of the accepted payment methods will be outlined in your invoice.
Annual charge
The annual charge rate varies from year to year depending on the total annual turnover of all Biocide products authorised under COPR. In order to calculate this, authorisation holders are asked to declare UK sales turnover, net of VAT of authorised products for a set 12-month period. For more information please contact HSE