Regulation on annual fees for supervision and fees for decisions of Banka Slovenije

(3) The term “parallel procedures to grant an authorisation for a qualifying holding” means procedures in which the same future qualifying holder intends, while obtaining a direct qualifying holding in a credit institution established in a participating Member State, to simultaneously obtain an indirect qualifying holding in one or more credit institutions established in various participating Member States within the Single Supervisory Mechanism, where at least one of the credit institutions is a bank, savings bank or credit union established in the Republic of Slovenia.
Article 3
(fee-payer)
(1) A fee-payer obliged to pay the annual fee for Banka Slovenije supervision (hereinafter: annual fee) is any entity over whom Banka Slovenije conducts supervision or in whose supervision Banka Slovenije participates in accordance with the legal acts referred to in Article 1 of this regulation, viz.:

1. a bank;
2. a savings bank;
3. a third-country branch;
4. a branch of a Member State bank;
5. an approved financial holding company;
6. an approved mixed financial holding company;
7. a credit undertaking.
   (2) When an entity obtains fee-payer status for the payment of the annual fee during a particular calendar year, the number of full months in which it was subject to Banka Slovenije supervision shall be taken into account on a pro rata basis for the payment of the annual fee. (3) When an entity referred to in points 1 to 7 of paragraph 1 of this article loses fee-payer status during a particular calendar year and has a legal successor that itself is a fee-payer for the payment of an annual fee referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, the number of full months in which its legal successor was subject to Banka Slovenije supervision shall be taken into account on a pro rata basis for the payment of the annual fee. If the fee-payer has no legal successor, or its legal successor is not a fee￾payer for the annual fee referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, the proportionate part of the annual fee shall be distributed among all fee-payers set out in paragraph 1 of this article, in accordance with the methodology referred to in Article 4 of this regulation. (4) The fee-payer obliged to pay the fee is the applicant submitting the request.
   CHAPTER II
   ANNUAL FEE
   Article 4
   (calculation of annual fee)
   (1) The total annual fee for a calendar year is equal to Banka Slovenije’s actual costs of supervision during the year, minus revenues from fees charged in accordance with this regulation. (2) Banka Slovenije’s actual costs of supervision for an individual calendar year referred to in the previous paragraph shall include:
8. costs of Banka Slovenije organisational units that relate directly to the supervision of fee￾payers set out in paragraph 1 of the previous article (direct costs);
9. a portion of the costs of other Banka Slovenije organisational units that provide administrative
   services and support to the organisational units referred to in the previous point (indirect costs). (3) The amount of the annual fee referred to in paragraph 1 of this article for an individual calendar year shall be determined for the fee-payer set out in paragraph 1 of the previous article on the basis of the methodology set out in the appendix to this regulation.

Article 5
(notice to fee-payer)
(1) The amount of the annual fee shall be determined for a fee-payer by means of an invoice issued by Banka Slovenije by 31 March of the current year for the previous calendar year. (2) The invoice referred to in the previous paragraph shall contain:

1. the amount of the actual costs of supervision referred to in paragraph 2 of the previous article;
2. the amount of the total annual fee for the individual calendar year referred to in paragraph 1
   of the previous article;
3. the amount of the annual fee to be paid by the fee-payer, itemised into fixed and variable
   portions.
   CHAPTER III
   OTHER FEES
   Section 1
   General
   Article 6
   (amount and calculation)
   (1) The amount of fees shall be determined in points.
   (2) The value of a point pursuant to this regulation is EUR 3.
   (3) The amount of the fee shall be calculated as the multiple of the number of points for the particular request and the value of a point on the day that the obligation to pay the fee arises. (4) The obligation to pay the fee shall be deemed to have arisen on the day that the request is lodged.
   Section 2
   Fees for decisions
   Article 7
   (suitability assessment in connection with performance of various functions) (1) The fees for the granting of an authorisation in connection with the performance of various functions are as follows:
4. 200 points for an authorisation that the independent pursuit of profit-making activities within
   the framework of an organised undertaking (sole trader) is not considered a directorship under
   Article 45 of the ZBan-4;
5. 200 points for an authorisation to hold an additional non-executive directorship under Article
   45 of the ZBan-4;
6. 1,600 points for an authorisation to perform the function of a member of a management board
   under Article 48 of the ZBan-4;
7. 200 points for an authorisation to combine the functions of the risk committee and the audit
   committee under Article 58 of the ZBan-4;
8. 1,600 points for an authorisation to perform the function of a member of a supervisory board
   under Article 63 of the ZBan-4;
9. 1,600 points for an authorisation to perform the function of a liquidator of a bank under Article
   123 of the ZBan-4;
10. 1,600 points for an authorisation to perform the function of the senior management of a third￾country branch under Article 318 of the ZBan-4.

(2) The fee for processing the notification under Article 74 of the ZBan-4 in connection with other key function holders is 400 points. (3) The fee for a suitability assessment for a significant key function holder under Article 77 of the ZBan-4 is 800 points.
Article 8
(approval and exemption from approval of financial holding company or mixed financial holding company, and exclusion from perimeter of consolidation) (1) The fee for an approval or an exemption from approval of a financial holding company or mixed financial holding company under Article 108 of the ZBan-4 or Article 113 of the ZBan-4 and for the exclusion of a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company that has been exempted from approval from the perimeter of consolidation on the basis of paragraph 5 of Article 113 of the ZBan￾4, where Banka Slovenije is responsible for supervising the entity on a consolidated basis, is 2,400 points. (2) When the approval process pursuant to the previous paragraph is occurring in parallel with the assessment of the suitability of the qualifying holder on the basis of Article 87 of the ZBan-4, or in parallel with the process of assessing the suitability of a significant holding on the basis of Article 262 of the ZBan-4, the fee for the granting of approval of a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company for whose supervision on a consolidated basis Banka Slovenije is responsible under Article 108 of the ZBan-4 is 1,800 points. (3) The fee for specific actions in the process of approval or exemption from approval of a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company and in the process of excluding a financial holding company or a mixed financial holding company that has been exempted from approval from the perimeter of consolidation on the basis of paragraph 5 of Article 113 of the ZBan-4 where the entity is classed as a significant supervised entity in accordance with Regulation 1024/2013/EU, is established in the Republic of Slovenia and its supervision on a consolidated basis is the responsibility of the European Central Bank in accordance with Regulation 1024/2013/EU, is 1,000 points.
Article 9
(authorisations in connection with status position) (1) The fee for issuing an opinion on the assessment of a merger or demerger under Section 3.6 of the ZBan-4 is 2,400 points. (2) The fee for specific actions in the process of assessing a merger or demerger involving a significant supervised entity established in the Republic of Slovenia and for which the European Central Bank is responsible in accordance with Regulation 1024/2013/EU is 1,400 points. (3) Should Banka Slovenije decide in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 104 of the ZBan-4 that it will not assess the merger, the fee is 1,400 points.
Article 10
(authorisations in connection with cross-border provision of services and representation) (1) The fees for the granting of an authorisation in connection with the cross-border provision of services and representation are as follows:

1. 1,600 points for an authorisation to establish a bank branch in a third country under Article 163
   of the ZBan-4;
2. 3,200 points for an authorisation to establish a third-country branch in the Republic of Slovenia
   under Article 168 in connection with Article 311 of the ZBan-4;
3. 400 points for an authorisation to establish a representative office of a third-country bank under
   Article 170 of the ZBan-4.

(2) The fee in connection with the notification of the intention to establish a branch of a bank in another Member State and the request to forward the notification to the competent authority of the Member State in which the bank intends to establish a branch under Article 158 of the ZBan-4 is 500 points.
Article 11
(authorisation in connection with establishment of two intermediate EU parent undertakings) (1) The fee for granting an authorisation in connection with the establishment of an additional intermediate EU parent undertaking under Article 171 of the ZBan-4 is 800 points. (2) The fee for granting an authorisation in the case of a group for whose supervision on a consolidated basis the European Central Bank is responsible in accordance with Regulation 1024/2013/EU and that includes a significant supervised entity established in the Republic of Slovenia is 200 points.
Article 12
(authorisation in connection with capital instruments) (1) The fee for granting an authorisation in connection with the inclusion of a Common Equity Tier 1 instrument referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 26 of Regulation 575/2013/EU is 500 points. (2) The fee for granting an authorisation in connection with the inclusion of capital instruments referred to in Articles 52 and 63 of Regulation 575/2013/EU in the calculation of own funds under Article 178 of the ZBan-4 is 500 points. (3) The fee for processing an official notification for subsequent issuances of forms of Common Equity Tier 1 instruments under the second subparagraph of Article 26(3) of Regulation 575/2013/EU is 250 points.
Article 13
(assessment of suitability of material holding) (1) The fee for a decision on the assessment of the suitability of a material holding on an individual basis, a consolidated basis, or an individual and consolidated basis under Article 258 of the ZBan-4 is 2,400 points. (2) The fee for a decision on a suitability assessment in the case of a group for whose supervision on a consolidated basis the European Central Bank is responsible in accordance with Regulation 1024/2013/EU and that includes a significant supervised entity established in the Republic of Slovenia is 1,800 points.
Article 14
(authorisation for savings bank to execute foreign exchange transactions) The fee for granting an authorisation for a savings bank to execute foreign exchange transactions under Article 435 of the ZBan-4 is 800 points.
Article 15
(objection)
(1) The fee for an objection to an order in accordance with subsection 16.3.2 of the ZBan-4 is 400 points.

(2) The fee for an objection to a decision to publish information in accordance Article 386 of the ZBan￾4 is 400 points. (3) If the applicant is challenging an order and a decision to publish information in the same objection, the fee for this objection is 600 points.
Article 16
(authorisation in connection with certain prudential requirements under Regulation 575/2013/EU) (1) The fee for granting an authorisation to use internal approach under Regulation 575/2013/EU as defined in point 20 of paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the ZBan-4 is 2,400 points. (2) The fee for granting an authorisation for the treatment of foreign exchange risk hedges of capital ratios under Article 104c of Regulation 575/2013/EU is 1,000 points. (3) The fee for granting an authorisation in connection with the calculation of own funds requirements for operational risk under Articles 314, 315, 316 and 320 of Regulation 575/2013/EU is 500 points. (4) The fee for granting an authorisation for the calculation of own funds requirements for credit valuation adjustment (CVA) risk using the standardised approach under Article 383 of Regulation 575/2013/EU is 2,400 points. (5) The fee for granting an authorisation to a small and non-complex institution to use a simplified methodology for the calculation of the net stable funding ratio under Article 428ai of Regulation 575/2013/EU is 500 points.
Article 17
(authorisation under law governing mortgage and municipal bonds) The fees for granting an authorisation in connection with individual requirements under the Mortgage and Municipal Bonds Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Nos. 123/21 and 10/26 [ZdZEETD]; hereinafter: the ZHKO-2) are as follows:

1. 800 points for an authorisation for a mortgage bond programme or municipal bond programme
   under Article 6 of the ZHKO-2;
2. 200 points for an authorisation for the subsequent inclusion of mortgage bonds and municipal
   bonds in the issuance of mortgage bonds and municipal bonds within the group under paragraph 3 of Article 25 of ZHKO-2;
3. 400 points for an authorisation to execute the transactions of a trustee or internal trustee of
   cover assets under Article 33 of the ZHKO-2;
4. 400 points for an authorisation to execute the transactions of a deputy trustee of cover assets
   under Article 33 in connection with Article 32 of the ZHKO-2;
5. 200 points for an authorisation to transfer cover assets to another issuer under Article 47 of
   the ZHKO-2.
   Article 18
   (authorisations under decree on implementation of Regulation 648/2012/EU) (1) The fee for approving an exemption in intragroup transactions on the basis of an official notification by a counterparty under Articles 4, 9 or 11 of Regulation 648/2012/EU is 500 points. (2) The fee for granting an authorisation to use a model for initial margin calculation under the third subparagraph of Article 11(3) of Regulation 648/2012/EU is 2,400 points, and the fee for granting an authorisation to change the model is 1,000 points. When this model is based on the pro forma model referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article 11(3) of Regulation 648/2012/EU, the fee for granting an authorisation to use or change the model is 1,000 points.

Article 19
(ex officio authorisations)
The fee for deciding on the granting of an authorisation granted ex officio by Banka Slovenije is 500 points.
Article 20
(other authorisations or decisions)
The fee for granting an authorisation or a decision for which no fee is defined in the other articles of this regulation is 500 points.
Section 3
Fees for actions in decision-making procedures
Article 21
(general)
(1) The provisions of Article 6 of this regulation shall apply mutatis mutandis to the amount and calculation of fees for actions in decision-making procedures. (2) The fees for specific actions of Banka Slovenije in the decision-making procedure with regard to matters for which pursuant to Regulation 1024/2013/EU the European Central Bank is responsible in connection with significant supervised entities in the euro area, as defined by Regulation 1024/2013/EU, where the decisions are made within the framework of common procedures as defined in Part V of Regulation (EU) No 468/2014 of the European Central Bank of 16 April 2014 establishing a framework for cooperation within the Single Supervisory Mechanism between the European Central Bank and national competent authorities and with national designated authorities (SSM Framework Regulation) (OJ L 141 of 14 May 2015, p. 1; hereinafter: Regulation 468/2014/EU), are set out in Articles 22 and 23 of this regulation. (3) The fees for other specific actions of Banka Slovenije in the decision-making procedure on matters relating to significant supervised entities as defined by Regulation 1024/2013/EU and for which the European Central Bank is responsible pursuant to the aforementioned regulation, where Banka Slovenije provides assistance in preparation and verification in accordance with Part VI of Regulation 468/2014/EU, shall be determined in the same amount as the fees for the granting of individual authorisations as defined in this regulation, unless stipulated otherwise for a particular authorisation under this regulation.
Article 22
(authorisations in connection with provision of services) The fees for granting an authorisation in connection with the provision of individual services under the ZBan-4 are as follows:

1. 3,200 points for an authorisation to provide banking services under Article 37 in connection
   with Article 140 of the ZBan-4;

2. 1,600 points for an authorisation to provide individual financial services under Article 37 in
   connection with Article 148 of the ZBan-4;

3. 1,600 points for an authorisation to provide individual ancillary financial services under Article
   37 in connection with Article 148 of the ZBan-4;

4. 500 points for an authorisation to provide services within the framework of liquidation
   proceedings at a bank under Article 125 of the ZBan-4;

5. 500 points for the reacquisition of an authorisation to provide banking, financial and ancillary
   financial services under Article 127 of the ZBan-4;

6. 1,600 points for an authorisation to provide investment services and activities as a credit
   undertaking under Articles 152 and 153 in connection with Article 140 of the ZBan-4;

7. 1,600 points for an authorisation to waive the granting of an authorisation to a credit
   undertaking under Article 154 of the ZBan-4;

8. 1,600 points for the provision of ancillary services of third-country branches under Article 311
   of the ZBan-4;

9. 2,400 points for an authorisation to convert a savings bank into a bank under Article 437 of
   the ZBan-4;

10. 1,600 points for an authorisation for a credit undertaking to provide financial services or other
    financial services under Article 439 of the ZBan-4.
    Article 23
    (decisions in connection with qualifying holdings) (1) The fee for issuing a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding is 2,400 points, and relates to the following decisions:

11. a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding under
    paragraph 1 of Article 81 of the ZBan-4;

12. a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding on the basis
    of an agreement to act in concert under paragraph 2 of Article 81 of the ZBan-4;

13. a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding on the basis
    of a qualifying shareholders’ agreement under paragraph 3 of Article 81 of the ZBan-4;

14. a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding for parties to
    a qualifying shareholders’ agreement for any further acquisition of shares based on which they would together exceed the range to which a previously granted decision to not oppose acquisition applies under paragraph 4 of Article 81 of the ZBan-4;

15. a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding for a new
    party to a qualifying shareholders’ agreement under paragraph 5 of Article 81 of the ZBan-4;

16. a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding under Article
    82 of the ZBan-4;

17. a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding for a
    qualifying holder for any further acquisition of shares based on which it would exceed the range to which a previously granted decision to not oppose acquisition applies under paragraph 2 of Article 91 of the ZBan-4;

18. a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding for joint
    qualifying holders for any further acquisition of shares based on which they would together exceed the range to which a previously granted decision to not oppose acquisition applies under paragraph 3 of Article 91 of the ZBan-4. (2) The fee for issuing a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding under the previous paragraph applies to the direct future qualifying holder. When the request for a suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding also includes indirect future qualifying holders, the fee shall be increased by 400 points for each indirect future qualifying holder, up to a maximum of 5,600 points (for the direct and indirect future qualifying holders in total). (3) The fee for issuing a decision on the suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding under paragraph 1 of this article that includes an indirect holder only is 2,400 points. When the request for a suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding also includes additional indirect future qualifying holders, the fee shall be increased by 400 points for each indirect future qualifying holder, up to a maximum of 5,600 points (for the indirect future qualifying holders in total). (4) In the event of the withdrawal of a request for a suitability assessment for the acquisition of a qualifying holding on account of the need to conduct parallel suitability assessment procedures for the acquisition of a qualifying holding in other participating Member States within the Single Supervisory Mechanism, the repeat payment of the fee for making a decision on the repeat request for a suitability assessment for the acquisition of the qualifying holding in question shall be waived for the fee-payer.

CHAPTER IV
TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 24
(repeal of previous regulation)
On the day that this regulation enters into force, the Regulation on annual fees for supervision and fees in connection with decision-making procedures of Banka Slovenije (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Nos. 202/21 and 15/26 [ZBan-4]) shall be repealed.
Article 25
(entry into force)
(1) This regulation shall enter into force on the fifteenth day after its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia. (2) This regulation shall not apply to procedures under Chapter III of this regulation that commenced before the entry into force of this regulation, provided that when the request was submitted the obligation to pay a fee was set out in the Regulation on annual fees for supervision and fees in connection with decision-making procedures of Banka Slovenije (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Nos. 202/21 and 15/26 [ZBan-4]) or the obligation to pay a fee did not exist. Ljubljana, 7 July 2026 Primož Dolenc President of the Governing Board of Banka Slovenije

Appendix
Methodology for calculation of annual fee for supervision General

1. The basis for determining the annual fee for supervision of an individual fee-payer is the total annual
   fee for the individual calendar year, as defined in paragraph 1 of Article 4 of this regulation.
2. The annual fee for supervision of an individual fee-payer is calculated as the sum of the fixed and
   variable portions of the total annual fee, having regard for paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 3 of this regulation.
3. The calculation of the fixed and variable portions of the total annual fee is determined for a fee￾payer on an individual basis as at the final day of the calendar year to which the annual fee for
   supervision relates.
   Fixed portion of total annual fee
4. The fixed portion of the total annual fee amounts to 10% of the amount referred to in point 1 of this
   appendix, having regard for points 5 to 7 of this appendix.
5. The amount of the fixed portion of the annual fee for supervision of a fee-payer referred to in point
   4 of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this regulation is EUR 25,000.
6. The amount of the fixed portion of the annual fee for supervision of a fee-payer referred to in points
   5 and 6 of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this regulation is EUR 5,000.
7. The amount of the fixed portion of the total annual fee referred to in point 4 of this appendix is
   reduced by the amount of the annual fee for supervision of fee-payers under points 5 and 6 of this
   appendix, and is equally distributed among fee-payers referred to in points 1, 2, 3 and 7 of paragraph 1
   of Article 3 of this regulation; however, the amount of the fixed portion of the annual fee for small and non-complex institutions is halved.
8. The difference between the amount of the fixed portion of the total annual fee referred to in point 4
   of this appendix and the sum of the amounts under points 5, 6 and 7 of this appendix is transferred to the variable portion of the total annual fee. Variable portion of total annual fee
9. The variable portion of the total annual fee consists of the sum of the difference between the amount
   of the total annual fee referred to in point 1 of this appendix and the amount of the fixed portion of the total annual fee referred to in point 4 of this appendix, and the transferred fixed portion of the total annual fee referred to in point 8 of this appendix.
10. The amount of the variable portion of the annual fee for supervision of a fee-payer referred to in
    points 4, 5 and 6 of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this regulation is zero.
11. The amount of the variable portion of the total annual fee referred to in point 9 of this appendix,
    having regard for point 10 of this appendix, is distributed among fee-payers referred to in points 1, 2, 3 and 7 of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of this regulation, with regard to each fee-payer’s weighted share of the sum of the total assets of fee-payers and of the sum of the total risk exposure amounts of fee-payers, where total assets carry a weight of 0.25 and total risk exposure amounts carry a weight of 0.75.
12. For the purposes of the calculation referred to in point 11 of this appendix, the total assets and total
    risk exposure amount of a fee-payer taken into account are those reported by the fee-payer in

accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2021/451 of 17 December 2020 laying down implementing technical standards for the application of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to supervisory reporting of institutions and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) No 680/2014 (OJ L 97 of 19 March 2021, p. 1), last amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/855 of 15 March 2024 amending the implementing technical standards laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/451 as regards rules on the supervisory reporting of interest rate risk in the banking book (OJ L 2024/855 of 24 April 2024, p. 1).