# Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857 of 17 June 2020 laying down the principles to be included in the contract between the European Commission and the .eu top-level domain Registry in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Article 7: Fees and surplus

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The Registry shall communicate in advance to the Commission the fees that it intends to impose for registering a .eu domain name and information about how they relate to the costs incurred. The fees shall be published by the Registry.
2. At the end of each accounting year, the Registry shall transfer any recorded surplus that is not invested in enhancing the quality of its services or in order to promote the Union objectives in internet governance, to the Union budget.
3. The Registry shall communicate to the Commission the amounts planned for investments that are expected to be deducted from the potential surplus amount to be transferred to the Union budget.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/857/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-857/article-7
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