Purchasers of melt material in accordance with Article 31a PMCA, trade assayers and group companies in accordance with Article 42bis PMCA must pay an annual supervisory levy to the Central Office.
Purchasers of melt material in accordance with Article 31a PMCA shall pay the levy in the form of a lump sum for a period of four years.
Trade assayers and group companies in accordance with Article 42bis PMCA that hold a licence for commercial trading in banking precious metals from the Central Office shall pay the levy in the form of a fixed basic levy and a variable supplementary levy.
The supplementary levy covers the costs that are not covered by the basic levy.