Article 11
Payment of annual supervisory fees
1.
The annual supervisory fee referred to in Article 7 for a given financial year shall be paid in two instalments.
The first instalment shall be due on 28 February of that year and shall amount to two thirds of the estimated annual supervisory fee. If the applicable turnover calculated pursuant to Article 3 is not yet available at that time, the calculation on the turnover shall be based on the last applicable turnover available pursuant to Article 3.
The second instalment shall be due on 31 August. The amount of the second instalment shall be the annual supervisory fee calculated according to Article 7 reduced by the amount of the first instalment.
2.
ESMA shall send the invoices for the instalments to the trade repositories at least 30 days before the respective payment date.