# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2153 of 16 December 2019 on the fees and charges levied by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 319/2014, Article 2: Definitions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘fees’ means the amounts levied by the Agency and payable by applicants for certification tasks;
(b) ‘charges’ means the amounts levied by the Agency for services provided other than certification tasks;
(c) ‘certification task’ means any activity carried out by the Agency directly or indirectly for the purposes of issuing, maintaining or amending certificates pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and the delegated and implementing acts adopted on the basis of that Regulation;
(d) ‘service’ means any activity carried out by the Agency other than certification tasks, including the supply of goods;
(e) ‘applicant’ means any natural or legal person that requests a certification task or a service provided by the Agency;
(f) ‘billing cycle’ means the recurring 12-month period applied to multiannual projects and to surveillance tasks. The period starts:
(1) for fees and charges listed in tables 1 to 6 of Part I of the Annex, on the date on which the application is received;
(2) for fees listed in table 8 of Part I of the Annex, on 1 June following the issuance of the certificate;
(3) for approval fees listed in tables 9 to 15 of Part I of the Annex, on the date on which the application is received;
(4) for surveillance fees listed in tables 9 to 15 of Part I of the Annex, on the date on which the certificate is issued.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2153/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2153/article-2
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