# Article 3 — Annual fees in year of recognition **Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1302 · binding · OJ L 305, 21.9.2020 · dated 14 Jul 2020 [in force]** *In force · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1302, OJ L 305, 21.9.2020 · Checked against EUR-Lex on 26 Oct 2026 · [Official source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/1302/oj/eng)* 1. For the year in which a third-country CCP is recognised by ESMA in accordance with [Article 25](../../articles/25.md) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, the annual fee shall be calculated as follows: **(a)** where ESMA recognises a CCP as a Tier 1 CCP, the annual fee shall be determined as the proportion of the basic recognition fee laid down in Article 1(1) of this Regulation calculated in accordance with the following ratio:  **(b)** where ESMA recognises a CCP as a Tier 2 CCP, the annual fee shall be determined as the proportion of the additional recognition fee laid down in Article 1(2) of this Regulation calculated in accordance with the following ratio:  2. Where a CCP has paid an interim annual fee in accordance with Article 9 for the year in which that CCP is recognised as a Tier 1 CCP, the annual fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 1(a) shall not be charged. 3. Where a CCP has paid an interim annual fee in accordance with Article 9 or an annual fee in accordance with Article 2(2) for the year in which that CCP is recognised as a Tier 2 CCP, the amount of that fee shall be deducted from the fee to be paid in accordance with paragraph 1(b).