Recital 7 Additional fixed fee for voluntary designations

To cover the additional costs related to the designation of critical ICT third-party service providers means an ICT third-party service provider designated as critical in accordance with Article 31; that voluntary request to be designated as critical in accordance with Article 31(11) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2554, an additional fixed fee should be established. In order to discourage unfounded requests, such additional fixed fee should not be reimbursed if an ICT third-party service provider means an undertaking providing ICT services; withdraws its request during the registration process, nor if the request is rejected.