Charging for the use of the services provided by the Agency would help ensure that Member States are not tempted to rely solely on the pollution response capacity provided by the Community, in line with recital 8 of regulation 724/2004 of 31 March 2004 which states that "The activities of the agency […] should not relieve coastal States of their responsibility to have appropriate pollution response mechanisms in place".
Charging for the use of the services provided by the Agency would help ensure that Member States are not tempted to rely solely on the pollution response capacity provided by the Community, in line with recital 8 of regulation 724/2004 of 31 March 2004 which states that "The activities of the agency […] should not relieve coastal States of their responsibility to have appropriate pollution response mechanisms in place".