Art. 9 Transitional provisions | Methodology for calculating the supervisory fee | DSA

This is a transitional article that addresses how the regulation's cost estimation and reporting mechanisms apply during the initial start-up period.

It bridges the gap between the regulation coming into force and the first full annual cycle, ensuring that costs incurred before the standard machinery was operational are properly accounted for.

It connects directly to the cost estimation rules in Article 2, the reporting obligations in Article 8, and the budgetary procedure in Article 6.

Important points:

The Commission may roll early costs incurred between 16 November 2022 and 31 December 2023 into the first 2024 cost estimation, provided those costs were not already covered by Union budget appropriations for 2023.
The Commission is required to publish its first report under Article 8 by 31 March 2024, covering the entire period from 16 November 2022 to 31 December 2023.
Any costs already paid from existing 2023 Union budget appropriations must be listed separately in that first report and are excluded from the surplus/deficit balance calculation.

1. Costs pursuant to Article 2(1) and (2) already incurred or planned for the period from 16 November 2022 until 31 December 2023 may be added to the first estimation of costs referring to the 2024 period pursuant to Article 6(1) unless already covered by initial appropriations voted by the European Parliament and the Council for the general budget of the Union for 2023.
1. The first report pursuant to Article 8 shall be adopted by the Commission by 31 March 2024 and shall encompass the period from 16 November 2022 until 31 December 2023. For the purpose of the identification of incurred costs pursuant to Article 8(2), the costs paid out of the appropriations referred to in paragraph 1 shall be indicated separately and they shall not be taken into account for the purpose of the balance referred to in Article 8(4).