These Regulations amend the fees payable to the Health and Safety Executive (“HSE”) according to the Commission Regulation (EC) No 340/2008 on the fees and charges payable to the European Chemicals Agency pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (“EUR 2008/340”) (“the Fees and Charges Regulation”). The Fees and Charges Regulation sets the fees payable to ‘the Agency’ under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (“EUR 2006/1907”) (“UK REACH”). ‘The Agency’ for these purposes is the HSE (see Article 22(3)(a) of the Fees and Charges Regulation and Article 2A(1) and (5) of UK REACH). Fees and charges are payable by manufacturers, importers and downstream users of substances, mixtures and articles within the scope of UK REACH.