Article 59
Where Europol collects fees and charges referred to in Article 5(a), the overall provisional estimate of such fees and charges shall be made at the beginning of each financial year. Where fees and charges are entirely determined by legislation or decisions of the Management Board, the authorising officer may abstain from issuing recovery orders and directly draw up debit notes after having established the amount receivable. In this case all details of Europol’s entitlement shall be registered. The accounting officer shall keep a list of all debit notes and provide the number of debit notes and the global amount in Europol’s report on budgetary and financial management. Where Europol uses a separate invoicing system, the accounting officer shall regularly, and at least on a monthly basis, enter the accumulated sum of fees and charges received into the accounts. As a general rule Europol shall provide services by virtue of the tasks entrusted to it only after the corresponding fee or charge has been paid in its entirety. If by way of exception, a service has been provided without prior payment of the corresponding charge or fee, Sections 3, 4, and 5 of this Chapter shall apply.