# The Civil Aviation (Route Charges for Navigation Services) Regulations 1995, Regulation 5: Payment


(1) The amount of the charge shall be payable to Eurocontrol at its principal office in Brussels and shall be paid in ECUs.
(2) Without prejudice to any existing rule of law relating to the recovery of a debt expressed in ECUs, the equivalent in sterling of the charge may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the United Kingdom.
(3) If the amount of the charge payable under regulation 4(l) is not paid by the operator of the aircraft within 24 days of the date payment is demanded by Eurocontrol, interest calculated in accordance with paragraph (4) below on the unpaid amount shall be paid from that day until the date when payment is made.
(4) Interest payable under paragraph (3) shall be simple interest calculated from day to day at the rate of 8.69%.
(5) Nothing in this regulation shall prevent Eurocontrol from accepting as a good discharge payment other than in ECUs or at places other than the principal office of Eurocontrol.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/3160/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-aviation-route-charges-for-navigation-services-regulations-1995/regulation-5
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