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<strong>Guidance</strong> on registration
Version 2.0 May 2012
9 Fees
Title IX of the REACH Regulation describes the general principles regarding the payment of
fees and charges in relation to REACH. More specifically, the Fee Regulation (Commission
Regulation (EC) No 340/2008 of 16 April 2008) stipulates the payment terms for ECHA’s
invoices. The amount and deadlines for payment depend on the type of submission under
consideration.
Legal reference: Article 74
9.1 Applicable fees and calculation of fees
A registrant is obliged to pay a fee for his registration as a contribution to covering the costs
imposed on ECHA and the Member States Competent Authorities. In order for ECHA to be able
to establish an invoice, the registrant is asked to submit his billing information on-line either
before the first registration is made or during the first registration process.
The system to be applied for the computation of the applicable fee shall be the following:
Once the registrant has submitted a registration dossier and it has been accepted for
processing (see section 10.1), the REACH-IT system automatically computes the applicable fee
for the dossier submitted.
When calculating the fee, the following points will be taken into consideration:
the scale of fees fixed for the different tonnage bands;
an SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) reduction if applicable, for this purpose
the registrant will be asked to make a declaration of his status in REACH-IT;
a reduction for joint submission, if applicable;
the items flagged as confidential (see section 3.4 on access to information and
confidential data).
Where a registration is submitted by an only representative, the size of the ‘non-EU
manufacturer’ is decisive for the fee and must be entered into the relevant field in REACH-IT,
not the size of the only representative.
As soon as possible after the registration dossier has been accepted for processing, normally in
the course of the next working day, ECHA will issue an invoice for the registration dossier(s)
submitted. Upon receipt of the invoice, the registrant needs to carry out the payment as
indicated in the invoice.
ECHA checks whether companies that claimed to be SMEs and thus paid reduced fees for their
registrations are indeed SMEs. Where such a verification results in a finding that the registrant
was not a SME and hence not entitled to the fee reduction, he will be liable to pay the
difference between the reduced fee and the full registration fee as well as an administrative
charge.
The criteria to be applied for the definition of an SME are established in Commission
Recommendation 2003/361/EC. The reader is advised to consult the ECHA website
(http://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/support/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-smes) if in
need of more specific information on the SME status.
9.2 Fee for updating of a registration dossier
An update shall be accompanied by the relevant part of the fee. As with a first time
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