Annex II List of activities by type of entity


Type of entity

List of activities and services

  • credit institutionsmeans a credit institution as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^32^);Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).

Activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2013/36/EU and activities listed in Section A and B of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU

  • payment institutionsmeans a payment institution as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;, including payment institutionsmeans a payment institution as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366; exempted pursuant to Directive (EU) 2015/2366

Activities listed in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2015/2366

  • account information service providersmeans an account information service provider as referred to in Article 33(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/2366;

Account information services as referred to in point (8) of Annex I to Directive (EU) 2015/2366

  • electronic money institutionsmeans an electronic money institution as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;, including electronic money institutions exempted pursuant to Directive 2009/110/ECmeans an electronic money institution benefitting from a waiver as referred to in Article 9(1) of Directive 2009/110/EC;

Issuing electronic money in accordance with Directive 2009/110/EC and the activities listed in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2015/2366

  • investment firmsmeans an investment firm as defined in Article 4(1), point (1), of Directive 2014/65/EU;

Investment services and activities listed in Section A and B of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU

  • crypto-asset service providersmeans a crypto-asset service provider as defined in the relevant provision of the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets; authorised under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

Services and activities listed in Article 3, point (16), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

  • issuers of asset-referenced tokensmeans an issuer of asset-referenced tokens as defined in the relevant provision of the Regulation on markets in crypto-assets; authorised under Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

Activities referred to in Article 16(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114

  • central securities depositoriesmeans a central securities depository as defined in Article 2(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014;

Activities listed in Annex to Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^1^)

  • central counterpartiesmeans a central counterparty as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

Activity of central counterpartiesmeans a central counterparty as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012

  • trading venuesmeans a trading venue as defined in Article 4(1), point (24), of Directive 2014/65/EU;

Activity of trading venuesmeans a trading venue as defined in Article 4(1), point (24), of Directive 2014/65/EU; as defined in Article 4(21-24), of Directive 2014/65/EU

  • trade repositoriesmeans a trade repository as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012;

Activities of trade repositoriesmeans a trade repository as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012; as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and in Article 3, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^2^)

  • managers of alternative investment fundsmeans a manager of alternative investment funds as defined in Article 4(1), point (b), of Directive 2011/61/EU;

Activities listed in Article 6(4) and in Annex I to Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(^3^)

  • management companiesmeans a management company as defined in Article 2(1), point (b), of Directive 2009/65/EC;

Activities listed in Article 6(3) and in Annex II to Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(^4^)

  • data reporting service providersmeans a data reporting service provider within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014, as referred to in Article 2(1), points (34) to (36) thereof;

Services referred to in Article 2(1), points (34), (35) and (36), of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^5^)

  • insurance and reinsurance undertakingsmeans a reinsurance undertaking as defined in Article 13, point (4), of Directive 2009/138/EC;

Activities authorised for (i) the classes of non-life insurance as referred to in Section B of Annex I to Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(^6^): (ii) classes of life insurance as referred to in Annex II to that Directive: (iii) non-life reinsurance activities and (iv) life reinsurance activities as referred to in article 15(5) of that Directive.

  • insurance intermediariesmeans an insurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(1), point (3), of Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^34^);Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 January 2016 on insurance distribution (OJ L 26, 2.2.2016, p. 19)., reinsurance intermediariesmeans a reinsurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(1), point (5), of Directive (EU) 2016/97; and ancillary insurance intermediariesmeans an ancillary insurance intermediary as defined in Article 2(1), point (4), of Directive (EU) 2016/97;

Activities of insurance and reinsurance distribution as defined in Article 2(1), points (1) and (2), of Directive (EU) 2016/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^7^)

  • institutions for occupational retirement provisionmeans an institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 6, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/2341;

Activities of institutions for occupational retirement provisionmeans an institution for occupational retirement provision as defined in Article 6, point (1), of Directive (EU) 2016/2341; as referred to in Article 7 of Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^8^)

  • credit rating agenciesmeans a credit rating agency as defined in Article 3(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009;

Activities of credit rating agenciesmeans a credit rating agency as defined in Article 3(1), point (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009; as referred to in Article 3(1), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^9^)

  • administrators of critical benchmarksmeans an administrator of ‘critical benchmarks’ as defined in Article 3(1), point (25), of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011;

Provision of benchmarks by administrators as defined in Article 3(1)(5) and 3(1)(6) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, referring to critical benchmarks defined in Article 3(1), point (25), of that Regulation.

  • crowdfunding service providersmeans a crowdfunding service provider as defined in Article 2(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^35^);Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 October 2020 on European crowdfunding service providers for business, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (OJ L 347, 20.10.2020, p. 1).

Provision of crowdfunding services in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^10^)

  • securitisation repositoriesmeans a securitisation repository as defined in Article 2, point (23), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^36^);Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation, and amending Directives 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC and 2011/61/EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 35).

Activity of securitisation repositoriesmeans a securitisation repository as defined in Article 2, point (23), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^36^);Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 laying down a general framework for securitisation and creating a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation, and amending Directives 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EC and 2011/61/EU and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 347, 28.12.2017, p. 35). as defined in Article 2, point (23), of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council(^11^) and Article 1(4-5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1230(^12^)

Non-financial entity: ICT intra-group service providermeans an undertaking that is part of a financial group and that provides predominantly ICT services to financial entities within the same group or to financial entities belonging to the same institutional protection scheme, including to their parent undertakings, subsidiaries, branches or other entities that are under common ownership or control;

Not applicable

Non-financial entity: Other intra-group entity

Not applicable

Non-financial entity: ICT third-party service providermeans an undertaking providing ICT services;

Not applicable

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