Regulatory Alerts2020-02-27
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Costs of applying for authorisation of an exchange institution
De Nederlandsche Bank charges a one-off application fee for processing authorisation requests from exchange institutions, regardless of whether the application is approved, rejected, or withdrawn. The specific amount for this fee is determined by the Regulation on the financing of financial supervision of one-off actions. Additionally, the regulator imposes an annual fee on exchange institutions to cover the costs of ongoing supervision.
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De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) charges a fee for handling applications for the authorisation of exchange institutions.
Published: 27 February 2020
The application fee applies regardless of whether DNB approves or rejects the application. It also applies if the applicant withdraws the application in the meantime or if DNB ceases consideration during the procedure.
Application fee
Fees are charged for processing a permit application. The amount of these one-off costs is set out in the Regulation on the financing of financial supervision of one-off actions (Regeling bekostiging financieel toezicht eenmalige handelingen - Dutch only).
Fee for on-going supervision
DNB also charges exchange institutions an annual fee to cover the costs of our on-going supervision on exchange institutions.
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