{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-340/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-340/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/340",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 340/2008 of 16 April 2008 on the fees and charges payable to the European Chemicals Agency pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-340",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Fees for applications under Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006",
  "text": "1. The Agency shall levy a fee, as provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, for any application for an authorisation of a substance under Article 62 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.\n2 . The Agency shall levy a base fee for any application for an authorisation of a substance, as set out in Annex VI. The base fee shall cover the application for an authorisation for one substance and one use.\nThe Agency shall levy an additional fee, as set out in Annex VI to this Regulation, for each additional use and for each additional substance that meets the definition of a group of substances as defined in point 1.5 of Annex XI to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and that is covered by the application. No additional fee shall be levied where more than one applicant is party to the application for an authorisation.\nWhere the applicants that are party to a joint application for an authorisation are of different sizes, the highest fee applicable to any of those applicants shall be levied for that application.\nWhere a joint application for an authorisation is submitted, the applicants shall make every effort to share the fee in a fair, transparent and non-discriminatory manner, in particular with regard to SMEs.\nThe Agency shall issue one invoice covering the base fee and any applicable additional fees.\n3. Where the application is submitted by a medium enterprise or by two or more SMEs only, of which the largest enterprise is a medium enterprise, the Agency shall levy a reduced base fee and reduced additional fees, as set out in Table 2 of Annex VI.\nWhere the application is submitted by a small enterprise or by two or more SMEs only, of which the largest enterprise is a small enterprise, the Agency shall levy a reduced base fee and reduced additional fees, as set out in Table 3 of Annex VI.\nWhere the application is submitted by one or more micro enterprises only, the Agency shall levy a reduced base fee and reduced additional fees, as set out in Table 4 of Annex VI.\n4. The date on which the fee levied for the application for an authorisation is received by the Agency shall be considered to be the date of receipt of the application.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/895 of 22 June 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 340/2008 on the fees and charges payable to the European Chemicals Agency (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/340/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:19.545339+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}