Article 8 Transitional rules in 2021

For fees paid in 2021 the following specific rules apply:

1. (a)

   the earliest deadline the Agency may set for paying the invoices pursuant to Article 4(2) shall be 31 March 2021;

2. (b)

   registered reporting mechanisms which inform the Agency at the latest by 31 March 2021 that they no longer want to be registered by the Agency shall not be obliged to pay the fee. They shall be able to continue to report data until 30 June 2021;

3. (c)

   registered reporting mechanisms which fail to pay the fee may be disabled from reporting data to the Agency in accordance with Article 7(3) from 1 July 2021 at the earliest;

4. (d)

   point (c) of Article 5(1) shall not apply to the fees levied in 2021.