Article 3
Applicable turnover
1.
The applicable turnover of a trade repository for a given financial year (n) shall be the sum of one third of each of the following:
(a)
the revenues generated from the core functions of centrally collecting and maintaining records of derivatives of the trade repository on the basis of the audited accounts of the previous year (n-1), divided by the total revenues generated from the core functions of centrally collecting and maintaining records of derivatives of all registered trade repositories during the previous year (n-1);
(b)
the number of trades reported to the trade repository during the previous year (n-1), divided by the total number of trades reported to all registered trade repositories during the previous year (n-1);
(c)
the number of recorded outstanding trades on 31 December of the previous year (n-1), divided by the total number of recorded outstanding trades on 31 December of the previous year (n-1) in all registered trade repositories.
The applicable turnover of a given trade repository (‘TRi’ in the formula below) as referred to in the first subparagraph shall be calculated as follows:
2.
Where the trade repository did not operate during the full year (n-1), the applicable turnover shall be estimated according to the formula set out in paragraph 1 by extrapolating for the trade repository, and for each of the elements referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 1, the values calculated for the number of months during which the trade repository operated in year (n-1) to the whole year (n-1).