Structure of fees
Article 1
1. The following categories of costs may be covered by the fees levied by the EU reference laboratories: (a) staff costs, including travel costs and associated accommodation and subsistence costs; (b) equipment costs, where the equipment is not provided by the manufacturer of the device to be tested; (c) costs of consumables, test specimens and reference materials; (d) shipping costs for samples; (e) translation costs; (f) general costs of the operation of the laboratory. 2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, where the EU reference laboratory has a contract with another laboratory in accordance with Article 7(1) or (2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/944 ( 2 ) , the fee levied by the EU reference laboratory may cover the amount it paid to that laboratory in accordance with that contract for the performance of the requested task.