diff --git a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
index eeb3269ce..2bb60e4df 100644
--- a/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
+++ b/cmd/cgr-engine/cgr-engine.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func startRpc(server *utils.Server, internalRaterChan,
 	internalAttrSChan, internalChargerSChan, internalThdSChan, internalSuplSChan,
 	internalSMGChan, internalAnalyzerSChan, internalDispatcherSChan,
 	internalLoaderSChan, internalRALsv1Chan, internalCacheSChan,
-	internalEEsChan chan rpcclient.ClientConnector,
+	internalEEsChan, internalRateSChan chan rpcclient.ClientConnector,
 	exitChan chan bool) {
 	if !cfg.DispatcherSCfg().Enabled {
 		select { // Any of the rpc methods will unlock listening to rpc requests
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ func startRpc(server *utils.Server, internalRaterChan,
 			internalCacheSChan <- chS
 		case eeS := <-internalEEsChan:
 			internalEEsChan <- eeS
+		case rateS := <-internalRateSChan:
+			internalRateSChan <- rateS
 		}
 	} else {
 		select {
@@ -416,6 +418,7 @@ func main() {
 	internalAPIerSv2Chan := make(chan rpcclient.ClientConnector, 1)
 	internalLoaderSChan := make(chan rpcclient.ClientConnector, 1)
 	internalEEsChan := make(chan rpcclient.ClientConnector, 1)
+	internalRateSChan := make(chan rpcclient.ClientConnector, 1)
 
 	// initialize the connManager before creating the DMService
 	// because we need to pass the connection to it
@@ -440,6 +443,7 @@ func main() {
 		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaCore):           internalCoreSv1Chan,
 		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaRALs):           internalRALsChan,
 		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaEEs):            internalEEsChan,
+		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaRateS):          internalRateSChan,
 		utils.ConcatenatedKey(utils.MetaInternal, utils.MetaDispatchers):    internalDispatcherSChan,
 	})
 
@@ -523,6 +527,8 @@ func main() {
 		ldrs, anz, dspS, dmService, storDBService,
 		services.NewEventExporterService(cfg, filterSChan,
 			connManager, server, exitChan, internalEEsChan),
+		services.NewRateService(cfg, filterSChan,
+			server, exitChan, internalRateSChan),
 	)
 	srvManager.StartServices()
 	// Start FilterS
@@ -563,7 +569,7 @@ func main() {
 		attrS.GetIntenternalChan(), chrS.GetIntenternalChan(), tS.GetIntenternalChan(),
 		routeS.GetIntenternalChan(), smg.GetIntenternalChan(), anz.GetIntenternalChan(),
 		dspS.GetIntenternalChan(), ldrs.GetIntenternalChan(), rals.GetIntenternalChan(),
-		internalCacheSChan, internalEEsChan, exitChan)
+		internalCacheSChan, internalEEsChan, internalRateSChan, exitChan)
 	<-exitChan
 
 	if *cpuProfDir != "" { // wait to end cpuProfiling
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 1e5b44ae2..e4ee118a4 100755
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ type CGRConfig struct {
 	apier            *ApierCfg         // APIer config
 	ersCfg           *ERsCfg           // EventReader config
 	eesCfg           *EEsCfg           // EventExporter config
+	rateSCfg         *RateSCfg         // RateS config
 }
 
 var posibleLoaderTypes = utils.NewStringSet([]string{utils.MetaAttributes,
@@ -990,6 +991,12 @@ func (cfg *CGRConfig) EEsNoLksCfg() *EEsCfg {
 	return cfg.eesCfg
 }
 
+func (cfg *CGRConfig) RateSCfg() *RateSCfg {
+	cfg.lks[RateSJson].RLock()
+	defer cfg.lks[RateSJson].RUnlock()
+	return cfg.rateSCfg
+}
+
 // RPCConns reads the RPCConns configuration
 func (cfg *CGRConfig) RPCConns() map[string]*RPCConn {
 	cfg.lks[RPCConnsJsonName].RLock()
diff --git a/config/config_json.go b/config/config_json.go
index ae815ba0d..4fad842ba 100644
--- a/config/config_json.go
+++ b/config/config_json.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const (
 	DNSAgentJson       = "dns_agent"
 	ERsJson            = "ers"
 	EEsJson            = "ees"
+	RateSJson          = "rates"
 	RPCConnsJsonName   = "rpc_conns"
 )
 
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ var (
 		CDRS_JSN, CDRE_JSN, ERsJson, SessionSJson, AsteriskAgentJSN, FreeSWITCHAgentJSN, KamailioAgentJSN,
 		DA_JSN, RA_JSN, HttpAgentJson, DNSAgentJson, ATTRIBUTE_JSN, ChargerSCfgJson, RESOURCES_JSON, STATS_JSON, THRESHOLDS_JSON,
 		RouteSJson, LoaderJson, MAILER_JSN, SURETAX_JSON, CgrLoaderCfgJson, CgrMigratorCfgJson, DispatcherSJson,
-		AnalyzerCfgJson, ApierS, EEsJson}
+		AnalyzerCfgJson, ApierS, EEsJson, RateSJson}
 )
 
 // Loads the json config out of io.Reader, eg other sources than file, maybe over http
diff --git a/config/ratescfg.go b/config/ratescfg.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f945311a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/ratescfg.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+Real-time Online/Offline Charging System (OCS) for Telecom & ISP environments
+Copyright (C) ITsysCOM GmbH
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+
+package config
+
+type RateSCfg struct {
+	Enabled bool
+}
diff --git a/rates/rates.go b/rates/rates.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0398d591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rates/rates.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+Real-time Online/Offline Charging System (OerS) for Telecom & ISP environments
+Copyright (C) ITsysCOM GmbH
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+
+package rates
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/config"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/engine"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
+)
+
+// NewRateS instantiates the RateS
+func NewRateS(cfg *config.CGRConfig, filterS *engine.FilterS) *RateS {
+	return &RateS{
+		cfg:     cfg,
+		filterS: filterS,
+	}
+}
+
+// RateS calculates costs for events
+type RateS struct {
+	cfg     *config.CGRConfig
+	filterS *engine.FilterS
+}
+
+// ListenAndServe keeps the service alive
+func (rS *RateS) ListenAndServe(exitChan chan bool, cfgRld chan struct{}) (err error) {
+	utils.Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("<%s> starting <%s>",
+		utils.CoreS, utils.RateS))
+	for {
+		select {
+		case e := <-exitChan: // global exit
+			rS.Shutdown()
+			exitChan <- e // put back for the others listening for shutdown request
+			break
+		case rld := <-cfgRld: // configuration was reloaded, destroy the cache
+			cfgRld <- rld
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// Shutdown is called to shutdown the service
+func (rS *RateS) Shutdown() (err error) {
+	utils.Logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("<%s> shutdown <%s>", utils.CoreS, utils.RateS))
+	return
+}
+
+// Call implements rpcclient.ClientConnector interface for internal RPC
+func (rS *RateS) Call(serviceMethod string, args interface{}, reply interface{}) error {
+	return utils.RPCCall(rS, serviceMethod, args, reply)
+}
+
+// V1CostForEvent will be called to calculate the cost for an event
+func (rS *RateS) V1CostForEvent(cgrEv *utils.CGREventWithOpts, rply *string) (err error) {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/services/ees.go b/services/ees.go
index 5f907ba8f..f1b32f902 100644
--- a/services/ees.go
+++ b/services/ees.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (es *EventExporterService) ShouldRun() (should bool) {
 func (es *EventExporterService) IsRunning() bool {
 	es.RLock()
 	defer es.RUnlock()
-	return es != nil && es.eeS != nil
+	return  es.eeS != nil
 }
 
 // Reload handles the change of config
diff --git a/services/rates.go b/services/rates.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c7e1b3db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/rates.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+Real-time Online/Offline Charging System (OCS) for Telecom & ISP environments
+Copyright (C) ITsysCOM GmbH
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+*/
+
+package services
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/config"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/engine"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/servmanager"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/utils"
+	"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/rates"
+	//"github.com/cgrates/cgrates/apier/v1"
+	"github.com/cgrates/rpcclient"
+)
+
+// NewRateService constructs RateService
+func NewRateService(cfg *config.CGRConfig, filterSChan chan *engine.FilterS,
+	server *utils.Server, exitChan chan bool,
+	intConnChan chan rpcclient.ClientConnector) servmanager.Service {
+	return &RateService{
+		cfg:         cfg,
+		filterSChan: filterSChan,
+		server:      server,
+		exitChan:    exitChan,
+		intConnChan: intConnChan,
+		rldChan:     make(chan struct{}),
+	}
+}
+
+// RateService is the service structure for RateS
+type RateService struct {
+	sync.RWMutex
+
+	cfg         *config.CGRConfig
+	filterSChan chan *engine.FilterS
+	server      *utils.Server
+	exitChan    chan bool
+	intConnChan chan rpcclient.ClientConnector
+	rldChan     chan struct{}
+
+	rateS *rates.RateS
+	//rpc *v1.EventExporterSv1
+}
+
+// GetIntenternalChan is deprecated and it will be removed shortly
+func (rs *RateService) GetIntenternalChan() (conn chan rpcclient.ClientConnector) {
+	panic("deprecated method")
+}
+
+
+
+// ServiceName returns the service name
+func (rs *RateService) ServiceName() string {
+	return utils.RateS
+}
+
+// ShouldRun returns if the service should be running
+func (rs *RateService) ShouldRun() (should bool) {
+	return rs.cfg.RateSCfg().Enabled
+}
+
+// IsRunning returns if the service is running
+func (rs *RateService) IsRunning() bool {
+	rs.RLock()
+	defer rs.RUnlock()
+	return rs.rateS != nil
+}
+
+// Reload handles the change of config
+func (rs *RateService) Reload() (err error) {
+	rs.rldChan <- struct{}{}
+	return
+}
+
+// Shutdown stops the service
+func (rs *RateService) Shutdown() (err error) {
+	rs.Lock()
+	defer rs.Unlock()
+	if err = rs.rateS.Shutdown(); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	rs.rateS = nil
+	<-rs.intConnChan
+	return
+}
+
+// Start should handle the service start
+func (rs *RateService) Start() (err error) {
+	if rs.IsRunning() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("service aleady running")
+	}
+
+	fltrS := <-rs.filterSChan
+	rs.filterSChan <- fltrS
+
+	rs.Lock()
+	rs.rateS = rates.NewRateS(rs.cfg, fltrS)
+	rs.Unlock()
+	/*rs.rpc = v1.NewEventExporterSv1(es.eeS)
+	if !rs.cfg.DispatcherSCfg().Enabled {
+		rs.server.RpcRegister(es.rpc)
+	}
+	*/
+	rs.intConnChan <- rs.rateS
+	return rs.rateS.ListenAndServe(rs.exitChan, rs.rldChan)
+}
diff --git a/servmanager/servmanager.go b/servmanager/servmanager.go
index fec0e5011..bf40534a8 100644
--- a/servmanager/servmanager.go
+++ b/servmanager/servmanager.go
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ func (srvMngr *ServiceManager) StartServices() (err error) {
 		utils.AnalyzerS:       srvMngr.GetConfig().AnalyzerSCfg().Enabled,
 		utils.DispatcherS:     srvMngr.GetConfig().DispatcherSCfg().Enabled,
 		utils.EventExporterS:  srvMngr.GetConfig().EEsCfg().Enabled,
+		utils.RateS:           srvMngr.GetConfig().RateSCfg().Enabled,
 	} {
 		if shouldRun {
 			go srvMngr.startService(serviceName)
@@ -309,6 +310,14 @@ func (srvMngr *ServiceManager) handleReload() {
 			if err = srvMngr.reloadService(utils.StorDB); err != nil {
 				return
 			}
+		case <-srvMngr.GetConfig().GetReloadChan(config.EEsJson):
+			if err = srvMngr.reloadService(config.EEsJson); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
+		case <-srvMngr.GetConfig().GetReloadChan(config.RateSJson):
+			if err = srvMngr.reloadService(config.RateSJson); err != nil {
+				return
+			}
 		case <-srvMngr.GetConfig().GetReloadChan(config.RPCConnsJsonName):
 			engine.Cache.Clear([]string{utils.CacheRPCConnections})
 		}
diff --git a/utils/consts.go b/utils/consts.go
index 9da3ede6f..79fd4f056 100755
--- a/utils/consts.go
+++ b/utils/consts.go
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ const (
 	MetaCache                   = "*cache"
 	MetaGuardian                = "*guardians"
 	MetaEEs                     = "*ees"
+	MetaRateS                   = "*rates"
 	MetaContinue                = "*continue"
 	Migrator                    = "migrator"
 	UnsupportedMigrationTask    = "unsupported migration task"
@@ -725,6 +726,7 @@ const (
 	MetaYearly               = "*yearly"
 	MetaDaily                = "*daily"
 	MetaWeekly               = "*weekly"
+	RateS                    = "RateS"
 )
 
 // Migrator Action