Article 7 Enforcement

The invoices sent by the Agency pursuant to Article 4(2) or (3) shall constitute debit notes pursuant to Article 71 of the Financial Regulation of the Agency.

The Agency shall take all appropriate legal steps to ensure full payment of the invoices issued by applying the relevant rules, including those on default interest and on recovery, of the Financial Regulation of the Agency.

In case a registered reporting mechanism is overdue with paying the fee for at least one month, the Agency may decide to disable the registered reporting mechanism’s ability to report data to the Agency until the fee is paid in full.