Article 36Supervisory fee

1. The Commission shall charge an annual supervisory fee on providers of very large online platforms designated in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 which constitute, are embedded in or embed online social networking services, video-sharing platform services, or software application stores, and on providers of AI companions, general conversational chatbots, and video gaming platforms for which it enjoys the competence to supervise their compliance with Chapters II to V of this Regulation in accordance with Article 33 of this Regulation.

2. Each provider referred to in paragraph 1 shall be charged the annual supervisory fee for each service or system falling within the scope of this Regulation.

3. The overall amount of the annual supervisory fees pursuant to paragraph 1 shall cover the costs incurred by the Commission in the preceding calendar year in relation to its supervisory tasks under this Regulation vis-à-vis the providers referred to in paragraph 1, in particular costs related to human resources, including officials, the set-up, maintenance and operation of the EU Age Verification Scheme pursuant to Article 29, the exercise of supervisory and enforcement tasks pursuant to Article 34, and the development of expertise and capabilities pursuant to Article 37.

4. For the purpose of establishing the annual supervisory fee for the tasks pursuant to paragraph 3, the annual supervisory fee for each of the providers referred to in paragraph 1 shall not exceed 0,03 % of its worldwide annual net income in the preceding financial year.

5. For the purpose of the application of this Article, the Commission shall apply rules and principles laid down in Article 43 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065.

6. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article X, laying down the detailed methodology and procedures for:

• (a)
  the determination of the estimated costs referred to in paragraph 3;
• (b)
  the determination of the individual annual supervisory fees referred to in paragraph 1;
• (c)
  the determination of the maximum overall limit defined in paragraph 4; and
• (d)
  the detailed arrangements necessary to make payments.

When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall respect the principles set out in paragraph 5 of this Article.