Costs of the repositories system
Article 30
1. All costs related to the repositories system referred to in Article 24(1), including those that arise from its establishment, operation and maintenance, shall be borne by manufacturers and importers of tobacco products. Those costs shall be fair, reasonable, and proportionate: (a) to the services rendered; and (b) to the amount of unit level UIs requested over a given period of time. 2. The costs, as applicable, of establishing, operating and maintaining the secondary repository and the router shall be transmitted to manufacturers and importers of tobacco products through the costs charged to them by the providers of the primary repositories.