Article 64 Withdrawal of authorisation of a crypto-asset service provider

1. has not used its authorisation within 12 months of the date of the authorisation;

2. has expressly renounced its authorisation;

3. has not provided crypto-asset servicesmeans any of the following services and activities relating to any crypto-asset:providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients;operation of a trading platform for crypto-assets;exchange of crypto-assets for funds;exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets;execution of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients;placing of crypto-assets;reception and transmission of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients;providing advice on crypto-assets;providing portfolio management on crypto-assets;providing transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients; for nine consecutive months;

4. has obtained its authorisation by irregular means, such as by making false statements in its application for authorisation;

5. no longer meets the conditions under which the authorisation was granted and has not taken the remedial action requested by the competent authoritymeans one or more authorities:designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 93 concerning offerors, persons seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, issuers of asset-referenced tokens, or crypto-asset service providers;designated by each Member State for the application of Directive 2009/110/EC concerning issuers of e-money tokens; within the specified timeframe;

6. fails to have in place effective systems, procedures and arrangements to detect and prevent money laundering and terrorist financing in accordance with Directive (EU) 2015/849;

7. has seriously infringed this Regulation, including the provisions relating to the protection of holders of crypto-assetsmeans a digital representation of a value or of a right that is able to be transferred and stored electronically using distributed ledger technology or similar technology; or of clientsmeans any natural or legal person to whom a crypto-asset service provider provides crypto-asset services; of crypto-asset service providersmeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59;, or market integrity.

1. the crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; has infringed the provisions of national law transposing Directive (EU) 2015/849;

2. the crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; has lost its authorisation as a payment institutionmeans a payment institution as defined in Article 4, point (4), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366; or its authorisation as an electronic money institutionmeans an electronic money institution as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2009/110/EC;, and that crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; has failed to remedy the situation within 40 calendar days.

Where a competent authoritymeans one or more authorities:designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 93 concerning offerors, persons seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, issuers of asset-referenced tokens, or crypto-asset service providers;designated by each Member State for the application of Directive 2009/110/EC concerning issuers of e-money tokens; withdraws an authorisation as a crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59;, it shall notify ESMA and the single points of contact of the host Member Statesmeans the Member State where an offeror or person seeking admission to trading has made an offer to the public of crypto-assets or is seeking admission to trading, or where a crypto-asset service provider provides crypto-asset services, where different from the home Member State; without undue delay. ESMA shall make such information available in the register referred to in Article 109.

Competent authoritiesmeans one or more authorities:designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 93 concerning offerors, persons seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, issuers of asset-referenced tokens, or crypto-asset service providers;designated by each Member State for the application of Directive 2009/110/EC concerning issuers of e-money tokens; may limit the withdrawal of authorisation to a particular crypto-asset servicemeans any of the following services and activities relating to any crypto-asset:providing custody and administration of crypto-assets on behalf of clients;operation of a trading platform for crypto-assets;exchange of crypto-assets for funds;exchange of crypto-assets for other crypto-assets;execution of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients;placing of crypto-assets;reception and transmission of orders for crypto-assets on behalf of clients;providing advice on crypto-assets;providing portfolio management on crypto-assets;providing transfer services for crypto-assets on behalf of clients;.

1. a subsidiary of a crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; authorised in that other Member State;

2. a subsidiary of the parent undertaking of a crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; authorised in that other Member State;

3. controlled by the same natural or legal persons who control a crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; authorised in that other Member State.

Before withdrawing an authorisation as a crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59;, competent authoritiesmeans one or more authorities:designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 93 concerning offerors, persons seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, issuers of asset-referenced tokens, or crypto-asset service providers;designated by each Member State for the application of Directive 2009/110/EC concerning issuers of e-money tokens; may consult the authority competent for supervising compliance of the crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; with the rules on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.

EBA, ESMA and any competent authoritymeans one or more authorities:designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 93 concerning offerors, persons seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, issuers of asset-referenced tokens, or crypto-asset service providers;designated by each Member State for the application of Directive 2009/110/EC concerning issuers of e-money tokens; of a host Member Statemeans the Member State where an offeror or person seeking admission to trading has made an offer to the public of crypto-assets or is seeking admission to trading, or where a crypto-asset service provider provides crypto-asset services, where different from the home Member State; may at any time request that the competent authoritymeans one or more authorities:designated by each Member State in accordance with Article 93 concerning offerors, persons seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens and e-money tokens, issuers of asset-referenced tokens, or crypto-asset service providers;designated by each Member State for the application of Directive 2009/110/EC concerning issuers of e-money tokens; of the home Member Statemeans:where the offeror or person seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens or e-money tokens has its registered office in the Union, the Member State where that offeror or person has its registered office;where the offeror or person seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens or e-money tokens has no registered office in the Union but does have one or more branches in the Union, the Member State chosen by that offeror or person from among the Member States where it has branches;where the offeror or person seeking admission to trading of crypto-assets other than asset-referenced tokens or e-money tokens is established in a third country and has no branch in the Union, either the Member State where the crypto-assets are intended to be offered to the public for the first time or, at the choice of the offeror or person seeking admission to trading, the Member State where the first application for admission to trading of those crypto-assets is made;in the case of an issuer of asset-referenced tokens, the Member State where the issuer of asset-referenced tokens has its registered office;in the case of an issuer of e-money tokens, the Member State where the issuer of e-money tokens is authorised as a credit institution under Directive 2013/36/EU or as an electronic money institution under Directive 2009/110/EC;in the case of crypto-asset service providers, the Member State where the crypto-asset service provider has its registered office; examine whether the crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; still complies with the conditions under which the authorisation was granted, when there are grounds to suspect it may no longer be the case.

Crypto-asset service providersmeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; shall establish, implement and maintain adequate procedures ensuring the timely and orderly transfer of their clientsmeans any natural or legal person to whom a crypto-asset service provider provides crypto-asset services;’ crypto-assetsmeans a digital representation of a value or of a right that is able to be transferred and stored electronically using distributed ledger technology or similar technology; and fundsmeans funds as defined in Article 4, point (25), of Directive (EU) 2015/2366; to another crypto-asset service providermeans a legal person or other undertaking whose occupation or business is the provision of one or more crypto-asset services to clients on a professional basis, and that is allowed to provide crypto-asset services in accordance with Article 59; when an authorisation is withdrawn.