This agency is the driving force among regulatory authorities in implementing the Union’s chemicals legislation for the benefit of human health and the environment as well as for innovation and competitiveness; notes that the Agency helps companies to comply with the Union’s chemicals legislation, promotes the safe use of chemicals and provides information on chemicals and addresses chemicals of concern. It has coped very efficiently with the dramatic increase in registrations over the past years but it needs to improve the digitalization of its services. I encourage a constant attention to the balance in terms of fees from different kinds of companies, but I voted in favour to support its discharge.