Conditions for support for the administrative cost of setting up mutual funds
Article 40
1. Member States shall adopt detailed provisions concerning support for the administrative cost of setting up mutual funds as referred to in point (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 33(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. 2. The support referred to in paragraph 1 shall comprise both the Union financial assistance and the contribution from the producer organisation. The total amount of that support shall not exceed 5 %, 4 % and 2 % respectively of the contribution of the producer organisation to the mutual fund in the first, second and third year of its operation: 3. A producer organisation may receive the support referred to in paragraph 1 only once and only within the three first years of the operation of the fund. Where a producer organisation only asks for support in the second or the third year of operation of the fund, the support shall be 4 % and 2 % respectively. 4. Member States may fix ceilings for the amounts that may be received by a producer organisation as support for the administrative cost of setting up mutual funds.