BOOK VI: ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES.

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Article L611-5

French Civil Aviation CodeIn force

Updated 8 Nov 2023

I. - Fees are charged for services rendered, subject to the competences of the institutions of the European Union, to aircraft or component design and production organisations for the appraisal, issue and monitoring of the application of the individual decisions provided for by this code and the Community regulations with a view to attesting airworthiness.

II. - Fees are charged for services rendered to aircraft owners for the appraisal, issue and monitoring of the application of authorisations, certificates and individual decisions provided for by this Code and Community regulations with a view to attesting the airworthiness of aircraft or authorising their movement.

III. - Fees are charged for services rendered to aircraft owners or operators, to organisations responsible for managing and monitoring the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and to maintenance organisations, for the appraisal, issue and monitoring of the application of the authorisations, certificates and approvals provided for by this code and Community regulations with a view to ensuring the conformity of aircraft maintenance.

IV. - Charges are levied for services rendered to public air transport companies, aerial work companies, aerodrome operators, flight information service providers for uncontrolled aerodromes, suppliers of fire-fighting equipment and training schools for the instruction, issue and monitoring of the application of the authorisations, certificates and approvals provided for by this code and Community regulations with a view to ensuring the safety of operations and, for schools, the quality of training.

V. - Fees are charged for services rendered by the civil aviation administration to aerodrome operators, public air transport companies, companies under contract to them, other persons authorised to occupy or use areas of aerodromes not freely accessible to the public, staff training organisations, manufacturers or distributors of detection equipment, for the appraisal, issue and monitoring of the application of approvals, authorisations, certificates and approvals provided for by this code and Community regulations with a view to ensuring flight security.

VI. - Fees are charged for services provided by the Civil Aviation Authority to organisers for the appraisal, issue and monitoring of the application of air event authorisations.

VII. - Fees are charged for services rendered by the civil aviation administration for the organisation of aeronautical examinations and the issue or validation of certificates, licences, certificates and qualifications of civil aviation personnel.

VIII. - Fees are charged for services rendered by the civil aviation authorities or approved bodies to equipment manufacturers or their agents and to designers of systems intended for an air navigation service provider for the appraisal, issue and monitoring of the application of the authorisations, certificates and approvals provided for by this code and Community regulations with a view to ensuring the safety of air navigation services.

IX. - To establish the amount of the charges referred to in I to VIII, the full cost of the services rendered is taken into account. The full cost shall include staff costs, including retirement pensions and initial and continuing training costs, study costs, capital costs and depreciation of fixed assets and operating costs, including the quality assurance system, as well as a share of staff administration, financial management and communication costs corresponding to their participation in the performance of these services. The charge for terminal air traffic services includes, for the part attributable to this service, the cost of the supervisory authority and the approved bodies responsible, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 laying down the framework for the creation of the Single European Sky, for monitoring the operation of air navigation service providers, as well as the other costs incurred by the State.

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this article, and in particular the categories of users exempt from the payment of charges.

For application in Mayotte, the last sentence of the first paragraph of IX is deleted.

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Any time a strategic decision changes how the company is owned, governed or contractually bound — incorporation, fundraising, M&A, restructuring, shareholder agreements, or major commercial contracts. Earlier engagement always costs less than later remediation.

A notary (notaire) is a public officer who authenticates specific deeds (mainly real-estate transfers and certain family-law acts). A corporate lawyer (avocat) advises on strategy, negotiates and drafts company documents, and represents you in disputes. The two roles complement rather than overlap.

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