On 30 September 2025, an amendment to the Regulation on supervisory costs of one-off actions (the Supervisory Costs Regulation) was published. The Regulation increases the rates charged by the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) for one-off supervisory actions. One-off supervisory actions are, for instance, screenings of (co-)policymakers and applications for a declaration of no-objection (verklaring van geen bezwaar, DNO).
The main reason for this amendment, is that the fees for one-off activities have not been indexed since 2012. Any costs of activities not covered by these fees were charged as part of the ongoing supervision charges for the relevant category of regulated entities. For this reason, the sector has indicated that the fees for one-off activities need to be increased. The fees will now be indexed annually.
The explanation to the amendment also refers to a recent judgment of the Dutch Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal (College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven) in which it ruled that DNB may not include the costs of one-off supervisory activities in its fees for ongoing supervision. This judgment has not yet been considered as part of the amendment and will be addressed at a later stage.
Most notably, the structure for the fees charged for granting a DNO has been simplified. Instead of different multiple rate brackets for various sectors, one fixed fee applies for all types of DNO applications.
The amended Supervisory Costs Regulation is available here.