Decision (EU) 2016/661 of the European Central Bank
of 15 April 2016
on the total amount of annual supervisory fees for 2016 (ECB/2016/7)
THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
The total amount of the annual supervisory fees to be levied under Article 9(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1163/2014 (ECB/2014/41) should cover, but not exceed, the expenditure incurred by the European Central Bank (ECB) in relation to its supervisory tasks in the relevant fee period. This expenditure primarily consists of costs directly related to the ECB's supervisory tasks, such as direct supervision of significant entities, oversight of the supervision of less significant entities and performance of horizontal tasks and specialised services. It also includes costs indirectly related to the ECB's supervisory tasks, such as services provided by the ECB's support business areas, including premises, human resources management and information technology services.
To calculate the annual supervisory fees payable in respect of significant supervised entities and significant supervised groups, and less significant supervised entities and less significant supervised groups, the total costs should be split on the basis of the expenditure allocated to the relevant functions that perform the direct supervision of significant supervised entities and significant supervised groups and the indirect supervision of less significant supervised entities and less significant supervised groups.
The total amount of the annual supervisory fees for 2016 should be calculated as the sum of: (a) the estimated annual costs of supervisory tasks for 2016, based on the approved ECB budget for 2016, taking into account any developments in the estimated annual costs expected to be incurred by the ECB that were known at the time this Decision was adopted; and (b) the surplus or deficit from 2015.
In accordance with Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1163/2014 (ECB/2014/41), fee amounts related to previous fee periods that were not collectible, interest payments received and certain other amounts received or refunded in accordance with Article 7(3) of that Regulation, if any, should also be taken into account in the estimated annual costs of supervisory tasks for 2016,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1Definitions
Article 2Total amount of annual supervisory fees for 2016
1.
The total amount of annual supervisory fees for 2016 shall be EUR 404 536 022, calculated as shown in the Annex.
2.
Each category of supervised entities and supervised groups shall pay the following total amount of annual supervisory fees:
(a)
significant supervised entities and significant supervised groups: EUR 357 520 301;
(b)
less significant supervised entities and less significant supervised groups: EUR 47 015 721.
Article 3Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Frankfurt am Main, 15 April 2016.
The President of the ECB
Mario Draghi
ANNEX
(EUR) | |
Estimated annual costs for 2016 | 423 241 789 |
Salaries and benefits | 193 557 286 |
Rent and building maintenance | 52 972 412 |
Other operating expenditure | 176 712 091 |
Surplus/deficit from 2015 | – 18 926 078 |
Amounts to be taken into account in accordance with Article 5(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1163/2014 (ECB/2014/41) | 220 311 |
Fee amounts related to previous fee periods that were not collectible | 0 |
Interest payments received in accordance with Article 14 of the above Regulation | – 49 054 |
Amounts received or refunded in accordance with Article 7(3) of the above Regulation | 269 365 |
TOTAL | 404 536 022 |