Article 10
Fees in 2011
1.
Credit rating agencies registered in 2011 shall pay, for 2011, an initial supervisory fee of EUR 500 for each complete month in the period between the date of registration, but not earlier than 1 July 2011, and 31 December 2011. This fee shall be payable in full by end of April 2012.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph a registered credit rating agency shall be exempted from paying a supervisory fee in 2011 where its total revenues as published in its most recent audited accounts is less than EUR 10 million, or in case it belongs to a group of credit rating agencies, where the group of credit rating agencies has aggregate total revenues of less than EUR 10 million.
2.
Credit rating agencies certified in 2011 shall pay, for 2011, an initial supervisory fee of EUR 500 for each complete month between the date of certification, but not earlier than 1 July 2011, and 31 December 2011. This fee shall be payable in full by end of April 2012.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, a certified credit rating agency shall be exempted from paying a supervisory fee in 2011 where it has an applicable turnover of less than EUR 10 million, or in case it belongs to a group of credit rating agencies, where the group of credit rating agencies has an aggregate applicable turnover of less than EUR 10 million.