L 341/54 Official Journal of the European Communities 17.12.2002 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2246/2002 of 16 December 2002 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) in respect of the registration of Community designs THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (') and in particular Article 107 thereof, Whereas: (1) In the light of Article 139 of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (%), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 3288/94 (®) which by virtue of Article 97 of Regulation (EC) No 6/ 2002 is also applicable to this Regulation the amounts of the fees should be fixed at such a level as to ensure that the revenue in respect thereof is in principle suffi- cient for the budget of the Office to be balanced. (20  Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs (*) also deals with the conditions under which the fees established by Regula- tion (EC) No 6/2002 have to be paid to the Office. (3)  To ensure the necessary flexibility, the President of the Office should be empowered, subject to certain condi- tions, to lay down the charges which may be payable to the Office in respect of services it may render, the charges for access to the Office databases and the making available of the contents of these databases in machine-readable form, and to set charges for the sale of the Office's publications. (@) In order to facilitate the payment of fees and charges, the President should be empowered to authorise methods of payment which are additional to those expli- citly provided for in this Regulation. (5)  The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab- lished under Article 109 of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002, 1 OJ L 3,5.1.2002, p. 1. ) OJL 11, 14.1.1994, p. 1. OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 83. See page 26 of this Official Journal. 4 () () () () HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Subject matter This Regulation lays down the amounts and rules for payment of the following: (a) fees to be paid to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (hereinafter the Office) as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 and in Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002; (b) charges laid down by the President of the Office pursuant to Article 3(1) and (2). Atticle 2 Fees provided for in Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 and Regu- lation (EC) No 22452002 The fees provided for in Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 and Regu- lation (EC) No 2245/2002 to be paid to the Office are set out in the Annex. Article 3 Charges laid down by the President 1. The President shall lay down the amount to be charged for any services rendered by the Office other than those speci- fied in the Annex. 2. The President shall lay down the amount to be charged for the Community Designs Bulletin as well as any other publi- cations issued by the Office. 3. The amounts of the charges shall be laid down in euro. 4. The amounts of the charges laid down by the President in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be published in the Official Journal of the Office. Article 4 Due date for fees and charges 1. Fees and charges in respect of which the due date is not specified in Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 or in Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 shall be due on the date of receipt of the request for the service for which the fee or the charge is incurred. 2. The President may decide not to make services mentioned in paragraph 1 dependent upon the advance payment of the corresponding fees or charges.