Article 4 Identifiers for legal entities and crypto-assets

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; operating 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; shall identify legal entities in order book records by using the entity identifier in accordance with Article 14 of Commission Delegated Regulation establishing technical standards adopted pursuant to Article 68(10), first subparagraph, point (b).

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; operating 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; shall identify 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; in order book records by using the asset identifiers in accordance with Article 15 of Commission Delegated Regulation establishing technical standards adopted pursuant to Article 68(10), first subparagraph, point (b).

Where using the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) to identify legal entities in accordance with paragraph 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; operating 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; shall ensure that the length and construction of the LEI code recorded in the order book records is compliant with the ISO 17442 standard and that the LEI code is included in the Global LEI database maintained by the Central Operating Unit appointed by the Regulatory Oversight Committee, and refers to the entity concerned.