The Agency shall levy a charge, as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, for any submission of a review report under Article 61 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.

The Agency shall levy a base charge for submission of any review report, as set out in Annex VII. The base charge shall cover the submission of a review report for one substance and one use.

The Agency shall levy an additional charge, as set out in Annex VII 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 review report. No additional charge shall be levied where there is more than one party to a review report.

Where the entities that are party to the submission of a joint review report are of different sizes, the highest charge applicable to any of those applicants shall be levied to that submission.

Where a joint review report is submitted, the holders of the authorisation shall make every effort to share the charge in a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory manner, in particular with regard to SMEs.

The Agency shall issue one invoice covering the base charge and any applicable additional charges.

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 charge and reduced additional charges, as set out in Table 2 of Annex VII.

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 charge and reduced additional charges, as set out in Table 3 of Annex VII.

Where the application is submitted by one or more micro enterprises only, the Agency shall levy a reduced base charge and reduced additional charges as set out in Table 4 of Annex VII.

The date on which the charge levied for submission of the review report is received by the Agency shall be considered to be the date of receipt of the submission.