First of all, Belgium indicated in its comments on the decision initiating the formal investigation procedure that it considered that the costs of the BSE tests were financed by the Member States because of their compulsory nature and that no Community rules required enterprises to bear the costs of controls.
Kõigepealt märkis Belgia oma kommentaarides ametliku uurimismenetluse algatamise otsuse kohta, et ta leiab, et TSE testide kulu rahastavad liikmesriigid, sest need testid on kohustuslikud, ning ükski ühenduse õigusnorm ei nõua, et kontrollide kulu kannaksid ettevõtjad.