1.The Agency shall levy a fee, as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, for any application for an authorisation of a substance under Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
[F12 . The Agency shall levy a base fee for any application for an authorisation of a substance, as set out in Annex VI. The base fee shall cover the application for an authorisation for one substance and one use.
The Agency shall levy an additional fee, as set out in Annex VI to this Regulation, for each additional use and for each additional substance that meets the definition of a group of substances as defined in point 1.5 of Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and that is covered by the application. No additional fee shall be levied where more than one applicant is party to the application for an authorisation.
Where the applicants that are party to a joint application for an authorisation are of different sizes, the highest fee applicable to any of those applicants shall be levied for that application.
Where a joint application for an authorisation is submitted, the applicants shall make every effort to share the fee in a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory manner, in particular with regard to SMEs.
The Agency shall issue one invoice covering the base fee and any applicable additional fees.]
3.Where the application is submitted by a medium enterprise or by two or more SMEs only, of which the largest enterprise is a medium enterprise, the Agency shall levy a reduced base fee and reduced additional fees, as set out in Table 2 of Annex VI.
Where the application is submitted by a small enterprise or by two or more SMEs only, of which the largest enterprise is a small enterprise, the Agency shall levy a reduced base fee and reduced additional fees, as set out in Table 3 of Annex VI.
Where the application is submitted by one or more micro enterprises only, the Agency shall levy a reduced base fee and reduced additional fees, as set out in Table 4 of Annex VI.
4.The date on which the fee levied for the application for an authorisation is received by the Agency shall be considered to be the date of receipt of the application.