EN C 22/18 Official Journal of the European Union 22 1 2020 Table 4 Development of disputed amounts at national level related to ex-ante contributions to the SRF Number of cases May 2019 Challenged amounts May 2019 (in million EUR) Number of cases May 2018 135 5,7 n/a 114 586,8 122 131 559,1 131 240 562,9 241 5 84,1 5 625 1 765,9 499 Contribution related to year Challenged amounts May 2018 (in million EUR) n/a 597,1 559,1 565,5 84,1 1 805,8 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Source: TOTAL ECA based on SRB data; amounts rounded to the nearest million 48 national courts as well as EU courts If applications are successful, the relevant amount or a part thereof will only be reimbursed once, if applicable Contingent liabilities related to administrative contributions 49 Every year, the SRB collects administrative contributions to finance its operating costs All banks that fall within the scope of the SRM Regulation in the 19 participating Member States have to contribute to the administrative expenditure of the SRB In January 2018, the final system of contributions to the administrative expenditure of the Single Resolution Board came into force, creating a permanent system for administrative contributions (40) Unlike ex-ante contributions to the SRF, administrative contributions are not collected via the NRAs but directly by the SRB They are collected per banking group, while ex-ante contributions are collected per single entity This results in a different number of banks within their respective scope 50 In February 2019, the SRB calculated the annual administrative contributions for the financial year 2019 based on ECB data at year-end 2017 Based on these calculations, it provided banks with the respective contribution notices By the end of March 2019, the SRB had collected administrative contributions amounting to Ű88,8 million from 2 660 banks (see Table 5) Significant institutions paid around 95 % of these contributions The amount collected was lower than in 2018, as it was reduced by higher budgetary amounts carried over from 2017 Where necessary, the contributions will be recalculated based on information on changes in scope or status of institutions from end 2019 during the next calculation cycle in the first quarter of 2020 As stated in the SRBŐs accounts, it has to be noted that Ű198 million of the amount challenged has been brought before Table 5 Administrative contributions collected by the SRB 2019 2018 2017 2016 2 660 2 729 (*) 2 819 (*) 2 963 (*) 88,8 91,4 83,0 56,7 Number of banks Total amount paid (in million EUR) 2015 3 060 (*) 21,8 (*) for 2015-2018 the number of banks reflect an annual average as the contributions for these years have been recalculated in 2018, when the final system came into force; For the calculation of administrative contributions, 2015 includes November and December 2014 Source: SRB; amounts rounded to the nearest million; (40) EC Delegated Regulation (EC) No 2017/2361 
33. SV C 22/18 Europeiska unionens officiella tidning 22.1.2020 Tabell 4 Utvecklingen av belopp som bestridits p nationell niv avseende frhandsbidrag till den gemensamma resolutionsfonden Antal ml maj 2019 Belopp som bestridits maj 2019 (i miljoner euro) Antal ml maj 2018 135 5,7 e.t.