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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

Table: Standard case fees and special case fees50

Compulsory jurisdiction - case fee table

case fee

standard case fee

450

(for the fourth chargeable case and any subsequent chargeable case in this financial year 2008/09)

special case fee

450

(for the fourth chargeable case and any subsequent chargeable case in this financial year 2008/98)

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

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

Part 3A: Case fees licencees

Table: Consumer credit jurisdiction - standard case fee50

Consumer credit jurisdiction - case fee table

case fee

standard case fee

450

(for the fourth chargeable case and any subsequent chargeable case in this financial year 2008/09)

The definitions of standard case fee and special case fee are in FEES 5.5, (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 participants

Table: Fee tariffs and case fees for VJ participants50

Voluntary 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/credit/charge card issuers and electronic money institutions

number of relevant accounts

0.0178

100

450

2V

VJ participants undertaking insurance activities subject only to prudential regulation

per 1,000 of relevant annual gross premium income

0.165

100

450

3V

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

Per 1,000 of relevant adjusted annual gross premium income

0.073

100

450

6V

intermediaries

n/a

n/a

60

450

8V

National Savings & Investments

n/a

n/a

10,000

450

9V

Post Office Limited

n/a

n/a

10,000

450

10V

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

n/a

n/a

60

450

*note on case feesAs for the compulsory jurisdiction, VJ participants will only be charged for the fourth and subsequent chargeable case in this financial year 2008/09.