Commentaries: Art. 57

The obligation to pay fees and the calculation of fees for administrative action by the federal enforcement authorities in accordance with this Ordinance is based on the Chemicals Fees Ordinance of 18 May 2005¹.
No fees are payable for the recognition of a Union authorisation in accordance with Article 14a ^bisparagraph 2.
For an application for authorisation or for the amendment thereof, the applicant must pay an advance on costs. This shall be determined by the Notification Authority on the basis of the likely amount of fees.
Payment of the advance on costs is a prerequisite for the processing of the application by the Notification Authority.
Paragraphs 3 and 4 do not apply to authorisations ACand AN, or to authorisations of identical biocidal products which are identical to an authorisation ACor AN.

Art. 57