1.The fees and charges shall be demanded and levied by the Agency only in accordance with this Regulation.
2.In those cases for which this Regulation does not provide for otherwise, fees and charges shall be calculated at the hourly rate indicated in Part II of the Annex.
3.Member States shall not levy fees for tasks that fall within the remit of the Agency, even if they carry out those tasks on behalf of the Agency. The Agency shall reimburse Member States for the tasks they carry out on its behalf.
4.Fees and charges shall be denominated and payable in euros.
5.The amounts referred to in Parts I, II and IIa of the Annex shall be indexed, with effect of 1 January each year, to the inflation rate in accordance with the method set out in Part IV of the Annex.
6.By way of derogation from the fees referred to in the Annex, fees for certification tasks performed in the context of a bilateral agreement between the Union and a third country may be subject to dedicated provisions stipulated in the respective bilateral agreement.