--- title: "Art. 43 DSA: Supervisory fee" canonical: "https://dposchool.com/dsa/article/43" source: "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065#art_43" source_note: "Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu" text_as_of: "2022-10-27" language: "en" publisher: "DPO School" --- Art. 43 DSA · Chapter III: DUE DILIGENCE OBLIGATIONS FOR A TRANSPARENT AND SAFE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT · Section 5: Additional obligations for providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines to manage systemic risks # Article 43 DSA: Supervisory fee Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026. ## Official text ### Article 43(1) **1.** The Commission shall charge providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines an annual supervisory fee upon their designation pursuant to Article 33. ### Article 43(2) **2.** The overall amount of the annual supervisory fees shall cover the estimated costs that the Commission incurs in relation to its supervisory tasks under this Regulation, in particular costs related to the designation pursuant to Article 33, to the set-up, maintenance and operation of the database pursuant to Article 24(5) and to the information sharing system pursuant to Article 85, to referrals pursuant to Article 59, to supporting the Board pursuant to Article 62 and to the supervisory tasks pursuant to Article 56 and Section 4 of Chapter IV. ### Article 43(3) **3.** The providers of very large online platforms and of very large online search engines shall be charged annually a supervisory fee for each service for which they have been designated pursuant to Article 33. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing the amount of the annual supervisory fee in respect of each provider of very large online platform or of very large online search engine. When adopting those implementing acts, the Commission shall apply the methodology laid down in the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article and shall respect the principles set out in paragraph 5 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 88. ### Article 43(4) **4.** The Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 87, laying down the detailed methodology and procedures for: #### Article 43(4)(a) **(a)** the determination of the estimated costs referred to in paragraph 2; #### Article 43(4)(b) **(b)** the determination of the individual annual supervisory fees referred to in paragraph 5, points (b) and (c); #### Article 43(4)(c) **(c)** the determination of the maximum overall limit defined in paragraph 5, point (c); and #### Article 43(4)(d) **(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. ### Article 43(5) **5.** The implementing act referred to in paragraph 3 and the delegated act referred to in paragraph 4 shall respect the following principles: #### Article 43(5)(a) **(a)** the estimation of the overall amount of the annual supervisory fee takes into account the costs incurred in the previous year; #### Article 43(5)(b) **(b)** the annual supervisory fee is proportionate to the number of average monthly active recipients in the Union of each very large online platform or each very large online search engine designated pursuant to Article 33; #### Article 43(5)(c) **(c)** the overall amount of the annual supervisory fee charged on a given provider of very large online platform or very large search engine does not, in any case, exceed 0,05 % of its worldwide annual net income in the preceding financial year. ### Article 43(6) **6.** The individual annual supervisory fees charged pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall constitute external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (41). ### Article 43(7) **7.** The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and to the Council on the overall amount of the costs incurred for the fulfilment of the tasks under this Regulation and the total amount of the individual annual supervisory fees charged in the preceding year. ## Notes in the official text - (41) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1). ## Source Source: Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1. Only the text published in the Official Journal is authentic. © European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu [Article 43 on EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32022R2065#art_43) Official Journal text of 27 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2026. 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