Article 3 Calculation of the oversight fees

This article sets out the standard formula for calculating the annual oversight fee payable by each critical ICT third-party service provider.

Building directly on the cost estimation framework in Article 1 and the turnover figures defined in Article 2, it establishes a proportional system where each provider's fee is determined by its share of the total turnover across all critical ICT third-party service providers, using data from two years prior.

A minimum fee threshold is also established to ensure a baseline contribution from all designated providers.

Important points:

• Each critical ICT third-party service provider must pay an annual oversight fee calculated by multiplying the overall annual costs from Article 1 by their individual turnover coefficient.
• The turnover coefficient is derived by dividing the provider's applicable turnover by the combined turnover of all critical ICT third-party service providers, both figures taken from year n-2.
• No annual oversight fee can fall below EUR 50,000, regardless of the turnover coefficient calculation.