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)Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on improving securities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories and amending Directives 98/26/EC and 2014/65/EU and Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/909/oj).
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)Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on transparency of securities financing transactions and of reuse and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 337, 23.12.2015, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2015/2365/oj).
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)Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/61/oj).
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)Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/65/oj).
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)Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 173, 12.6.2014, p. 84, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/600/oj).
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)Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (OJ L 335, 17.12.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/138/oj).: (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)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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/97/oj).
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)Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs) (OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 37, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/2341/oj).
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)Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies (OJ L 302, 17.11.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1060/oj).
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)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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/1503/oj).
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)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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/2402/oj). and Article 1(4-5) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1230(¹²)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 202/1230 of 29 November 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the details of the application for registration of a securitisation repository and the details of the simplified application for an extension of registration of a trade repository (OJ L 289, 03.09.2020 p. 345) ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/1230/oj).
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