Commission Regulation (EU) No 440/2010 of 21 May 2010 on the fees payable to the European Chemicals Agency pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 440)

CHAPTER III PAYMENTS

Article 6 Mode of payment

1. The fees shall be paid in Euro.

2. Payments shall be made only after the Agency has issued an invoice.

3. Payments shall be made by means of a transfer to the bank account of the Agency.

Article 7 Identification of the payment

1. Every payment must indicate the invoice number in the reference field.

2. If the purpose of the payment cannot be established, the Agency shall set a deadline by which the payer must notify it in writing of the purpose of the payment. If the Agency does not receive a notification of the purpose of the payment before the expiry of the set deadline, the payment shall be considered invalid and the amount concerned shall be refunded to the payer.

Article 8 Date of payment

The date on which the full amount of the payment is deposited in the bank account of the Agency shall be considered as the date on which the payment has been made.

Article 9 Refund of amounts paid in excess

1. The arrangements for the refund to the payer of amounts paid in excess of a fee shall be fixed by the Executive Director of the Agency and published on the website of the Agency.

However, where an amount paid in excess is under EUR 100 and the party concerned has not expressly requested a refund, the amount paid in excess shall not be refunded.

2. It shall not be possible to credit any amounts paid in excess towards future payments to the Agency.