Online assessment - UK
The table below shows the cost for a restaurant in the UK to undergo online assessment and use the MSC ecolabel during the pilot project. Costs are given for 3 years, which is the normal length of an MSC Chain of Custody certificate.
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Activity |
How do I pay? |
Where does this money go? |
Cost (+VAT) |
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Year 1 |
Year 2 and 3 |
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Online Assessment audit costs, including:
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Invoice generated through online assessment web site |
The certifier: |
£190 |
£124 |
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Annual administration fee to maintain the online assessment web site |
Invoice generated through online assessment web site |
The web site developers: |
£50 |
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Ecolabel licence fee - Annual fee |
Invoice generated through online assessment web site |
Marine Stewardship Council International (MSCI) - the trading arm of the MSC. All profits go to running the charity (MSC). |
Charged annually: Cost depends on how much you estimate your spend on MSC certified fish to be in a year:
Note: You will be charged in your currency using the exchange rate when the invoice is raised. |
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Do we need to pay VAT on online assessment?
Yes, UK restaurants will need to pay VAT on all aspects of online assessment:
• Online assessment (audit costs and administration fee)
• Ecolabel licence fee (annual fee)
This
represents a business overhead VAT cost. If you can normally claim the
VAT on your business overheads, you ought to be able to claim back the
VAT on the cost of assessment as well. You should be able to claim this from the national tax authority in the usual way.
Are there any other costs?
If, during any surveillance audits, your restaurant has 3 major or 1 critical non-conformances - where the possibility of non MSC certified seafood being served with the MSC ecolabel on the menu is high - as a penalty you will be charged the full cost of the on-site audit - £320 in the UK, plus VAT.
