S.L. 333.1 Art. 5Payment.

(1) The amount of the charge shall be payable to

Eurocontrol at its principal office in Brussels and shall be paid in

Euro.

(2) The amount of the charge is due on the date of the performance of the flight. The latest value date by which payment is to be received by Eurocontrol shall be shown on the bill and shall be thirty days from the date of the bill.

(3) Payment shall be deemed to have been received by Eurocontrol on the value date on which the amount due is credited into a designated account of Eurocontrol. The value date shall be the date on which Eurocontroi can use the funds.

(4) Any charge which has not been paid by the latest date for payment shall be increased by the addition thereto of interest at the rate specified in the Second Schedule. Such interest, entitled Interest on Late Payment, shall be simple interest calculated from day to day on the unpaid overdue amount, and shall be calculated and billed in Euro.

(5) Where a charge remains unpaid, measures may be taken to enforce recovery.

(6) Without prejudice to any existing rule of law relating to the payment, under an order of the court, of a debt, the amount of the charge may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in Malta.

(7) Eurocontrol shall consider payment into the accounts opened in its name with banking establishments in Malta designated by the competent bodies of the Route Charges System as a discharge of the payer’s liability.

(8) Any aircraft operator who is a national of Malta may, whenever payment is made by him into a designated banking establishment situated in Malta, discharge the debt in Maltese currency.

(9) Where an aircraft operator avails himself of the facility referred to in the foregoing subregulation, the conversion into Maltese currency of the euro amount shall be effected at the daily exchange rate used in Malta for commercial transactions for the value date.