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FEES 5 Annex 1R Annual Fees Payable in Relation to 472007/086

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Introduction: annual budget

1. The annual budget for 2007/08 approved by the FSA is 57.3m.6

Part 1: General levy and supplementary levy

2. The total amount expected to be raised through the general levy in 2007/08 will be 18.3m (net of 1.2m to be raised from consumer credit firms.6

Part 2: Fee tariffs for general levy and supplementary levy

3. No establishment costs will be raised in 2007/0861 by the supplementary levy.

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Industry block

Tariff base

General levy payable by firm

1-Deposit acceptors, mortgage lenders 6and administrators (excluding firms in block 14)

36

Number of accounts relevant to the activities in DISP 2.6.1 R

0.0096 per relevant account, subject to a minimum levy of 1001

6

2-Insurers - general (excluding firms in blocks 13 & 15)

Relevant annual gross premium income

0.0656 per 1,000 of relevant annual gross premium income, subject to a minimum levy of 100

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3-The Society (of Lloyd's)

Not applicable

28,0001 to be allocated by the Society

4. Insurers - life (excluding firms in block 15)

Relevant adjusted annual gross premium income

0.126 per 1,000 of relevant adjusted annual gross premium income, subject to a minimum levy of 1001

6

5-Fund managers (including those holding client money/assets and not holding client money/assets)

Relevant funds under management

0.000561 per 1,000 of relevant funds under management, subject to a minimum levy of 100

6

6-Operators, trustees and depositaries of collective investment schemes and operators of personal pension schemes or stakeholder pension schemes2

Flat fee

Levy of 506

6

7-Dealers as principal

Flat fee

Levy of 50

8-Advisory arrangers, dealers or brokers holding and controlling client money and/or assets

Number of relevant persons approved to perform the customer function (CF30), but excluding those persons solely acting in the capacity of an investment manager or solely advising clients in connection with corporate finance business or performing functions relating to these.

1506 per relevant approved person subject to a minimum levy of 15061

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9-Advisory arrangers, dealers or brokers not holding and controlling client money and/or assets

Number of relevant persons approved to perform the customer function (CF30), but excluding those persons solely acting in the capacity of an investment manager or solely advising clients in connection with corporate finance business or performing functions relating to these.

451 per relevant approved person subject to a minimum levy of 50

10-Corporate finance advisers

Flat fee

Levy of 50

11-

N/A for 2007/0861

6

12-

N/A for 2007/0861

6

13-Cash plan health providers

Flat fee

Levy of 50

14-Credit unions

Flat fee

Levy of 50

15-Friendly societies whose tax-exempt business represents 95% or more of their total relevant business

Flat fee

Levy of 50

16-Mortgage lenders, advisers6 3and arrangers (excluding firms in blocks 13, 14 & 15)

36

Flat fee

Levy of 50

17 - General insurance mediation (excluding firms in blocks 13, 14 & 15)

Flat fee

Levy of 50

4

[not used]

5

The industry blocks in the table are based on the equivalent activity groups set out in Part 1 of FEES 4 Annex 1.

6

Where the tariff base in the table is defined in similar terms as that for the equivalent activity group in Part 2 of FEES 4 Annex 1, it must be calculated in the same way as that tariff base - taking into account only the firm's relevant business.

Part 3: Case fees firms4

Table: Standard case fees and special case fees47

47Compulsory jurisdiction - case fee table

case fee

standard case fee

40049

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(for the third chargeable complaint and any subsequent chargeable complaint in this49 financial year 2007/0849)

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special case fee

40049

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(for the third chargeable complaint and any subsequent chargeable complaint in this49 financial year 2007/0849)

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The definitions of standard case fee49 and special case fee49 are in FEES 5.5 in the FSA Handbook.

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The definition of a chargeable case is in the Glossary to the FSA Handbook.

Part 3A: Case fees licensees48

Table: Standard case fees and special case fees48

48Consumer Credit jurisdiction case fee table

case fee

standard case fee

400

(for the third chargeable complaint and any subsequent chargeable complaint in any financial year)

special case fee

400

(for the third chargeable complaint and any subsequent chargeable complaint in any financial year)

Consumer Credit jurisdiction case fee table

The definitions of standard case fee and special case fee are in FEES 5.5, replacing DISP 5.6 (case fees), in the FSA Handbook.

The definition of a chargeable case is in the Glossary to the FSA Handbook

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Part 4: VJ participants47

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Table: Fee tariffs and case fees for VJ participants47

47Voluntary jurisdiction - general levy tariff and case fee table

industry block and business activity

tariff basis

tariff rate

minimum levy

case fee*

1V

deposit acceptors, mortgage lenders and administrators, including debit/charge card issuers

number of relevant accounts

0.00949

5

100

40049

5

2V

VJ participants 49undertaking insurance activities subject only to prudential regulation

7

per 1,000 of relevant annual gross premium income

0.0655

5

100

40049

5

3V

VJ participants 49undertaking insurance activities subject to prudential and conduct of business regulation

49

Per 1,000 of relevant adjusted annual gross premium income

0.1425

5

100

4005

5

6V

intermediaries

n/a

n/a

50

4005

5

8V

National Savings & Investments49

n/a

n/a

10,000

4005

499V

Persons not covered by 1V to 8V undertaking activities which would be consumer credit activities if they were carried on from an establishment in the United Kingdom

n/a

n/a

100

400

*note on case fees

As for the compulsory jurisdiction, VJ participants 49will only be charged for the third and subsequent chargeable case in this 49financial year 2007/0849.

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