Payment of the financial contribution
Article 7
After having examined the interim financial report referred to in Article 4 of this Regulation, the Commission shall send a debit note in accordance with Article 98(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 biannually to call the financial contribution due. The central securities depositories shall pay the financial contribution at the latest within 5 working days from the date of the call for the financial contribution. The amounts called biannually shall: (a) be increased or decreased, where appropriate, by the amount resulting from the reconciliation of the financial contribution paid in the previous year with the definitive amount due on the basis of the audited financial statements for that year, referred to in Article 5 of this Regulation; and (b) include the amount provisionally retained that is not needed any more to meet risk management requirements and was reported by the central securities depositories pursuant to point (d)(ii) of Article 5(3) of this Regulation.