Source: OJ L, 2025/305, 31.3.2025

Current language: EN

Article 1 General information


Legal persons or other undertakings seeking 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; in accordance with Article 62 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (‘applicants’) shall include in their application for authorisation all the following information:

  1. the legal name, telephone number and email address of the applicant;

  2. any commercial or trading name used or to be used by the applicant;

  3. the legal entity identifier (LEI) of the applicant;

  4. the full name, function, email address and telephone number of the designated contact point or person;

  5. the legal form of the applicant as referred to in Article 62(2), point (b) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114, including information on whether the applicant is a legal person or other undertaking, and, where available, national identification number of the applicant, and evidence of its registration with the national register of companies;

  6. date and Member State of the applicant’s incorporation or foundation;

  7. where applicable, the instruments of constitution, the articles of association as referred to in Article 62(2), point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 and by-laws;

  8. the address of the head office and, where different, of the registered office of the applicant;

  9. information on where the branches will operate, if any, and their legal entity identifiers (LEI), where available;

  10. the domain name of each website operated by the applicant and the social media accounts of that applicant;

  11. where the applicant is not a legal person, documentation to assess whether:

    1. the level of protection of third parties interests and the rights of the 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;, including in case of insolvency, is equivalent to protection afforded by legal persons;

    2. the applicant is subject to equivalent prudential supervision appropriate to its legal form;

  12. where the applicant intends to operate a trading platform for 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;:

    1. the physical address, telephone number and email address of the trading platform for 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;;

    2. any commercial name of the trading platform for 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;.

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