S.L. 529.1 Art. 4Annual supervisory fees.

(1)An authorised or registered person shall, subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (2), pay to the Authority an annual supervisory fee as established in the Second Schedule, as applicable:

Provided that such annual supervisory fee due by authorised persons shall vary depending under which of the classes set out in the Schedule to the Act and, where applicable, under which of the thresholds set out in the rules such person falls in terms of the determination made by the Authority in accordance with article 5(2A) of the Act:

Provided further that the first annual supervisory fee due in accordance with this sub-regulation shall be prorated according to the period remaining between the date when a person is authorised or registered, as applicable, under article 5 of the Act and the date when the next annual supervisory fee is due in accordance with sub-regulation (2).

(2) The first annual supervisory fee due in accordance with sub-regulation (1) shall be paid to the Authority on the date when a person is authorised or registered, as applicable, under article 5 of the Act, and every annual supervisory fee following the first supervisory fee which is due in accordance with the said sub-regulation shall be paid to the Authority on the 31st January of each calendar year.

(3) Any person, being licensed, registered or otherwise authorised to act as a company service provider or a limited company service provider by the relevant authority of an approved jurisdiction, that has received a written confirmation from the Authority in accordance with article 3(5) of the Act shall, subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (4), pay to the Authority an annual

*Vide article 9 of Legal Notice 89 of 2025. supervisory fee as established in the Second Schedule, as applicable:

Provided that such annual supervisory fee shall vary depending on the determination made by the Authority as to whether such person is to be considered an authorised person or a registered person for the purposes of the Act and any regulations made, and rules issued thereunder and, in the former case, under which of the classes set out in the First Schedule and, where applicable, the thresholds set out in the rules such person falls in terms of the Authority’s determination made in accordance with article 3(5)(a) of the Act:

Provided further that the first annual supervisory fee due in accordance with this sub-regulation shall be prorated according to the period remaining between the date when a person as referred to in the said sub-regulation receives a written confirmation from the Authority in accordance with article 3(5) of the Act and the date when the next annual supervisory fee is due in accordance with sub-regulation (4).

(4) The first annual supervisory fee due in accordance with sub-regulation (3) shall be paid to the Authority on the date when a person as referred to in the said sub-regulation receives a written confirmation from the Authority in accordance with article 3(5) of the Act, and every annual supervisory fee following the first supervisory fee which is due in accordance with the said sub-regulation shall be paid to the Authority on the 31st January of each calendar year.

(5) Where the Authority modifies a previous determination relating to a person as referred to in sub-regulation (3) in accordance with the second proviso of article 3(5)(ba) of the Act, or to the class and, or threshold under which an authorised person falls in accordance with the rules, such person shall pay to the Authority an annual supervisory fee as established in the Second Schedule, as applicable:

Provided that such annual supervisory fee shall vary depending on the Authority’s determination, as modified, as to whether such person is to be considered an authorised person or a registered person for the purposes of the Act and any regulations made, and rules issued thereunder and which of the classes set out in the Schedule of the Act, and the thresholds set out in the rules, such person falls, as applicable:

Provided further that the first annual supervisory fee due in accordance with this sub-regulation shall be prorated according to the period remaining between the date when such previous determination was modified and the date when the next annual supervisory fee is due in accordance with sub-regulation (6).

(6) The first annual supervisory fee due in accordance with sub-regulation (5) shall be paid to the Authority on the date when a determination as referred to in the said sub-regulation is modified, and every annual supervisory fee following the first supervisory fee which is due in accordance with the said sub-regulation shall be paid to the Authority on the 31st January of each calendar year. 5.* (1)Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 3, where an authorised person subsequently applies to the Authority for registration to act, or hold himself out to act, as a limited company service provider under the Act, the application fee due by such person in accordance with regulation 3 shall be reduced by twenty five per cent (25%).

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 3, where a registered person subsequently applies to the Authority for authorisation to act, or hold himself out to act, as a company service provider under the Act, the application fee due by such person in accordance with regulation 3 shall be reduced by twenty five per cent (25%).

(3) Where an authorised person intends to make changes with respect to the company services that it provides and, or its involvements that would warrant a redetermination by the Authority as to which of the classes set out in the First Schedule and, or the thresholds set out in the rules such person should fall, as applicable, such authorised person shall, upon the submission of a request to the Authority for such redetermination and the modification of its authorisation accordingly, pay to the Authority a modification fee of two hundred euro (€200). †