CHAPTER I U.K. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)

‘fees’ means the amounts levied by the Agency and payable by applicants for certification tasks;

(b)

‘charges’ means the amounts levied by the Agency for services provided other than certification tasks;

(c)

‘certification task’ means any activity carried out by the Agency directly or indirectly for the purposes of issuing, maintaining or amending certificates pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis of that Regulation;

(d)

‘service’ means any activity carried out by the Agency other than certification tasks, including the supply of goods;

(e)

‘applicant’ means any natural or legal person that requests a certification task or a service provided by the Agency;

(f)

‘billing cycle’ means the recurring 12-month period applied to multiannual projects and to surveillance tasks. The period starts:

(1)

for fees and charges listed in tables 1 to 6 of Part I of the Annex, on the date on which the application is received;

(2)

for fees listed in table 8 of Part I of the Annex, on 1 June following the issuance of the certificate;

(3)

for approval fees listed in tables 9 to 15 of Part I of the Annex, on the date on which the application is received;

(4)

for surveillance fees listed in tables 9 to 15 of Part I of the Annex, on the date on which the certificate is issued.