Art. 6 Specific provisions for complaints handling involving third-party entities | RTS on issuer complaints handling | MiCA

1. Where the tokens have been distributed, totally or partially, through third-party entities, issuersmeans a natural or legal person, or other undertaking, who issues crypto-assets; of asset-referenced tokensmeans a type of crypto-asset that is not an electronic money token and that purports to maintain a stable value by referencing another value or right or a combination thereof, including one or more official currencies; shall ensure that:
  1. the third-party entities notify them in a timely manner of any complaints received regarding the distribution of such tokens and transfer them to the issuermeans a natural or legal person, or other undertaking, who issues crypto-assets; of asset-referenced tokensmeans a type of crypto-asset that is not an electronic money token and that purports to maintain a stable value by referencing another value or right or a combination thereof, including one or more official currencies; that shall assess such complaints;
  2. they notify the third-party entities distributing such tokens in a timely manner of any complaints received by the issuermeans a natural or legal person, or other undertaking, who issues crypto-assets; of asset-referenced tokensmeans a type of crypto-asset that is not an electronic money token and that purports to maintain a stable value by referencing another value or right or a combination thereof, including one or more official currencies; regarding the distribution of those tokens.
1. The third-party entities shall:
  1. allow complainants to:
    
    submit complaints by electronic means or in paper form;
    
    file complaints free of charge;
  2. acknowledge receipt of a complaint regarding the distribution of such tokens clearly mentioning the date of its receipt and, where an electronic complaint form is filed, provide the complainant with a copy of the complaint;
  3. provide the contact details of issuersmeans a natural or legal person, or other undertaking, who issues crypto-assets; of asset-referenced tokensmeans a type of crypto-asset that is not an electronic money token and that purports to maintain a stable value by referencing another value or right or a combination thereof, including one or more official currencies; to the complainant, to allow the complainant to have the option to file complaints directly with issuersmeans a natural or legal person, or other undertaking, who issues crypto-assets; of asset-referenced tokensmeans a type of crypto-asset that is not an electronic money token and that purports to maintain a stable value by referencing another value or right or a combination thereof, including one or more official currencies;;
  4. develop and make available to holders of asset-referenced tokensmeans a type of crypto-asset that is not an electronic money token and that purports to maintain a stable value by referencing another value or right or a combination thereof, including one or more official currencies; the same template for filing complaints as the issuermeans a natural or legal person, or other undertaking, who issues crypto-assets; of asset-referenced tokensmeans a type of crypto-asset that is not an electronic money token and that purports to maintain a stable value by referencing another value or right or a combination thereof, including one or more official currencies;, using the template set out in the Annex;
  5. record internally, in an appropriate manner through a secure electronic register, all complaints received and any measures taken in response thereto for a reasonable period of time and in any event no longer than permitted under national timing requirements, where applicable;
  6. provide the complainant with a privacy notice to accompany the template set out in the Annex to this Regulation, in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.