BOOK VI: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

I.-The production fee provided for in I of article L. 611-5 is payable by any company applying for or holding a licence or authorisation provided for in 2° of Article R. 133-1-1 or by Subparts F and G of Sections A and B of Part 21 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1702/2003 of 24 September 2003 laying down implementing rules for the airworthiness and environmental certification of aircraft and related products, parts and appliances, as well as for the certification of design and production organisations.

II - The airworthiness management fee provided for in III of Article L. 611-5 is payable by any company applying for or holding an approval provided for in subparts G and I of sections A and B of part M of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 of 20 November 2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks.

III.The maintenance fee provided for in III of Article L. 611-5 is payable by any organisation applying for or holding an approval provided for in 3° of Article R. 133-1-1 or by Part 145 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 of 20 November 2003 referred to in II of this article, with the exception, for the sole activity of maintaining equipment for which a production approval has been obtained and equipment of the same type or of equivalent technology, of organisations liable to pay the production fee referred to in I of this article in respect of this activity.

IV.-The maintenance personnel training organisation fee provided for in IV of Article L. 611-5 is payable by any aircraft maintenance personnel training organisation applying for or holding the approval provided for in Part 147 of Commission Regulation (EC) no. 2042/2003 of 20 November 2003 referred to in II of this Article.

V.-The aircraft operator fee provided for in IV of Article L. 611-5 is payable by any air carrier applying for or holding the air operator's certificate referred to in 4° of Article R. 133-1-1 or the special authorisation referred to in Article R. 133-6. It also covers work carried out with a view to issuing associated or additional authorisations as part of or during the monitoring of the activity subject to authorisation.

VI.-The aerodrome operator safety and security fee provided for in IV of article L. 611-5 is payable by any organisation applying for or holding the airport safety certificate provided for in article L. 211-3 or applying for or holding an approval under Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security, other than the approval of the civil aviation security programme for which the air carrier is responsible. It covers work carried out with a view to issuing the airport security certificate and approving the operator's security programme, as well as work carried out with a view to issuing associated or additional authorisations as part of or during the monitoring of the activity subject to approval.

VII - The carrier security charge provided for in V of Article L. 611-5 is payable by any air carrier applying for approval of the civil aviation security programme provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 referred to in VI of this Article, or having obtained such approval.

VIII - The flight crew training organisation fee provided for in IV of article L. 611-5 is payable by any civil aviation flight crew training organisation applying for or holding the approval provided for in article L. 410-3, including for work carried out with a view to issuing associated or additional authorisations within the framework of or during the monitoring of the activity subject to approval.

IX - The fees listed in I to VIII above, assessed in accordance with procedures that depend on the characteristics of the activity in question, are, for each party liable for payment, related to the costs incurred in investigating applications, issuing authorisations and monitoring their implementation, with the full cost of inspections being taken into account in accordance with IX of article L. 611-5.

Interventions required to examine an application for authorisation give rise to payment of the corresponding fee for the part of the examination actually carried out, whether or not the authorisation applied for is issued.

If the company does not implement the corrective measures prescribed following an inspection within the set timeframe, an increase of 25% is applied to the portion of the fee corresponding to the elements that are then subject to enhanced surveillance, from the first day following the decision to carry out this surveillance until the date of the decision that ends it.

A check on the declaration of the information required to calculate a fee may be carried out for a period of one year from the date of the declaration. This check will involve any document that can be used to verify the accuracy of the information used to calculate the base.

If a taxpayer fails to declare the information necessary for the administration to calculate a fee within the time limits set by the order referred to in the last paragraph, he/she will be given formal notice to produce this information. In the absence of a response within thirty days of the formal notice, the collection vouchers or invoices are drawn up on the basis of estimated elements.

The methods for calculating the fees and the conditions for their payment are determined by a joint order of the Minister for Civil Aviation and the Minister for Finance.