The independent body administering the fund is to be responsible for collecting contributions from undertakings which are assessed as liable to contribute to the net cost of universal service obligations in the Member State and is to oversee the transfer of sums due or administrative payments to the undertakings entitled to receive payments from the fund.
Is é an comhlacht neamhspleách a riarfaidh an ciste a bheidh freagrach as na ranníocaíochtaí sin a bhailiú ó na gnóthais a meastar iad a bheith faoi dhliteanas rannchuidiú le glanchostas na n-oibleagáidí seirbhíse uilíche sa Bhallstát, agus is é a mhaoirseoidh aistriú na suimeanna is dlite nó na n-íocaíochtaí riaracháin chuig na gnóthais sin atá i dteideal íocaíochta as an gciste.