(5)The Board should calculate the annual contributions to the Fund on the basis of a single target level established as a percentage of the amount of covered deposits of all of the credit institutions authorised in all of the participating Member States. In accordance with Article 69(1) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014, the Board should ensure that the available financial means of the Fund reach at least the target level referred to in Article 69(1) of that Regulation, by the end of an initial period of eight years from 1 January 2016, or, otherwise, from the date on which Article 69(1) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 is applicable by virtue of Article 99(6) of that Regulation.