Article 14–Article 18 · 5 articles
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Reimbursement of rapporteurs
Members of the Biocidal Product Committee acting as rapporteurs shall be reimbursed through the fees paid in accordance with Article 80(2) to the Member States’ competent authorities acting as evaluating competent authority.
Charges
1. Subject to a favourable opinion from the Commission, the Agency may establish by decision of its Management Board charges for administrative or technical services that it provides in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 at the request of a party in order to facilitate its implementation. The Executive Director of the Agency may decide not to levy a charge on international organisations or countries that request assistance from the Agency.
2. The charges shall be set at such a level as to cover the costs of the services delivered by the Agency and shall not exceed what is necessary to cover those costs.
3. The charge shall be paid within 30 calendar days from the date on which the invoice is notified by the Agency.
Provisional estimate
The Management Board of the Agency shall, when producing an estimate of the overall expenditure and income for the following financial year in accordance with Article 96(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 9 ) , include a specific provisional estimate of income from fees and charges from activities entrusted to the Agency in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 which is separate from income from any subsidy from the Union.
Review
The Commission shall review the fees and charges provided for in this Regulation annually by reference to the inflation rate as measured by means of the European Index of Consumer Prices as published by Eurostat. A first review shall be carried out at the latest by 1 January 2015.
The Commission shall also keep this Regulation under continual review in the light of significant information becoming available in relation to the underlying assumptions for anticipated income and expenditure of the Agency. At the latest by 1 January 2015, the Commission shall review this Regulation with a view to amend it, if appropriate, taking into account in particular the resources required by the Agency and those required by the competent authorities of the Member States for services of a similar nature. The review shall take into consideration the impacts on the SMEs, and review the fee reduction rates allowable to SMEs where appropriate.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
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