27. 5. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 129/23 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 13 May 1993 establishing indiéﬁtive guidélines for the fixing of costs and fees in connection with the Community eco-label (93/326/BEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, ' Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 of 23 March 1992 on a Community eco-label award scheme (), and in particular Article 11 thereof, Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 provides that every application for the award of a label shall be subject to the payment of the costs of processing the application and that further the conditions of use. of the label shall include the payment of a fee; Whereas Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 further provides that indicative guidelines for the fixing of costs and fees should be established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 of the said Regula- tion ; Whereas the measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 1.  Every application for the award of a label shall be subject to an application fee which shall cover the costs of - processing the application. () OJ No L 99, 11. 4. 1992, p. 1. 2.  The guideline figure for the application fee shall be ECU 500. Article 2 1. A fee for the use of the label shall be paid annually "by each applicant who has been awarded an eco-label in accordance with Articles 10 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92. 2. The annual fee shall relate to a period of 12 months beginning with the date of the award of the eco-label to the applicant. ' 3.  The annual fee shall be calculated as a percentage of the annual volume of sales within the Community of the product to which the eco-label is awarded. 4. The guideline figure for the percentage of the annual volume of sales shall be 0,15 %. ‘ 5. The guideline minimum figure shall be ECU 500. Article 3 1. Competent bodies shall have discretion to set actual fees at levels 20 % greater or smaller than the guideline figures specified above. This discretion shall be exercised so that, if a competent body chooses to set its fees at a different level from the guideline figures, the same varia- tion in level shall apply to all the fees set by that compe- tent body.