In this act Article 15a of 17
Article 15a — Annual supervisory fee for 2021 for trade repositories registered as of 31 December 2020
Financial servicesLevel 2Delegated RegulationEMIRIn forceOfficial source
1.Trade repositories already registered with ESMA as of 31 December 2020 shall be charged an annual supervisory fee for 2021 calculated in accordance with Article 7. However, for the purposes of Article 7(2)(c), the applicable turnover of trade repositories shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.
2.For the purposes of paragraph 1, the applicable turnover of a trade repository shall be the sum of one third of each of the following:
3.The amount of the annual supervisory fee referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reduced by any amount already paid by the trade repository pursuant to Article 11(1) before 26 May 2021.
Where the amount already paid by a trade repository pursuant to Article 11(1) before 26 May 2021 is higher than the annual supervisory fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 1, ESMA shall reimburse the difference to the trade repository.
4.By way of derogation from Article 11(1), the annual supervisory fee for 2021 for the trade repositories referred to in paragraph 1shall be due on 31 October 2021.
5.ESMA shall send the invoice for the annual supervisory fee for 2021 to the trade repositories referred to in paragraph 1 at least 30 days before the payment date.
6.When the audited accounts for 2021 become available, trade repositories referred to in paragraph 1 shall report to ESMA the indicators referred to in Article 3(1) for 2021.
Trade repositories shall be charged any difference between the annual supervisory fee for 2021 actually paid and the annual supervisory fee that would have been due for 2021 if the calculation of the applicable turnover had been based on the indicators reported pursuant to the first subparagraph.
ESMA shall send the invoice for any additional payment pursuant to the second subparagraph at least 30 days before the respective payment date.